Rachel+Behr

Journal

2-21-2012

I know its been a few weeks since we talked about it, but one of my other classes recently connected to our discussion of slave women and the way they view the wilderness. What I've attached is 2 pdf files of two court trial transcriptions, during which 2 Native American women are being tried for infantside. The general assumption is that they used plants from the forest to commit the crimes. I thought it was interesting how during these court trials the reasoning behind the crime is never discussed. I also thought it was interesting how other Native American Women were testifying against the women on trial. It seems like they were doing it to stay on the good side of the colonists who were their landlords which was something I wasn't expecting after the discussions we've been happening. Since these trials occurred in a similar time period, I figured it was a good connection to make. A note on the pdf files: In both, the court trial transcriptions are only in the first few pages. The rest of the document is off topic.

2-24-2012 Today we were talking a lot about consumerism and the disassociation form where our food is produced. It might not be totally relevant, but it reminded me a lot of two photography collections that I came across in high school. The first of these is called What the World Eats. What the photographer did was travel all over the world taking photos of statistically average families from several countries and the food they currently had. For me, this relates to the class because you can see the difference between families who buy their food at a supermarket, and those who grow it themselves. The prices associated with the food, being current, also completely astounded me.

The second one which is way less related, but also extremely interesting is called [|Everything You Own in a Photo]. It is the same concept as the first, taking a statistically average family as a basis to survey their possessions. While the link only shows a few, the exhibit itself has 30 + countries represented. It is crazy to see how far consumerism has come since the time period we're discussing in class which is just starting to appeal to industrialization and commercialization of goods.

2-25-2012

__What Nature Is To Me__

Nature is that one simple thing that stands out when you're walking along outside. It's beauty is unexpected and perfect within the craziness of the modern world.

3-1-2012

I said I'd post the Erie Canal Song. You can listen to it on that page but the lyrics will follow. **Erie Canal Song**

(Written by: Thomas Allen in 1905)
 * Low Bridge, Everybody Down **

I've got a mule, and her name is Sal, Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie canal, She's a good ol' worker and a good ol' pal, Fifteen miles on the Er-ie can-al, We've hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lum-ber coal and hay, And ev'ry inch of the way we know From Al-ba-ny to Buff-a-lo OH

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Low bridge ev'-ry bod-y down, Low bridge for we're com-in to a town, And you al-ways know your neighbor, You'll always know your pal, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">If you've ev-er navigated on the Er-ie can-al

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<span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We'd better look round for a job old gal, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fif-teen miles - on the Er-ie can-al, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You bet your life I wouldn't part with Sal, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Giddap 'there gal we've passed that lock, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We'll make Rome fore six o'clock, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">So, it's one more trip and then we'll go, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Right back home to Buff-a-lo OH

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<span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh, where would I be if I lost my pal? <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al. <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Oh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A friend of mine once got her sore, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Now he's got a busted jaw, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">'Cause she let fly with her iron toe, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">And kicked him in to Buff-a-lo OH

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<span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Don't have to call when I want my Sal, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">She trots from her stall like a good old gal, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I eat my meals with Sal each day, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I eat beef and she eats hay, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">And she ain't so slow if you want to know, <span class="body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">She put the "Buff" in Buff-a-lo OH

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