Author: Darolyn Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780557178537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sitting at the Feet of Our Elders: Flanner House Speaks is a project of the Writers' Center of Indiana and Flanner House Indianapolis and has been generously funded by Central Indiana Community Foundation's James Proctor Fund for Aged Men and Women, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation, in Marion County. Our purpose in this project was simple...to remember. We gathered as many memories as we could from the Elders. We had many seniors who could not write, so we listened and wrote for them. We asked them at first to just remember anything - people, places, events, or times. After listing those snapshot memories, we then asked the seniors to take one memory talk about the entire scene and to tell it like they remember it happening and feeling. The book begins with examples of lines from their first exercise of completing the phrase, I Remember... As you read on, you will see those lines then developed into complete memoirs.
Sitting at the Feet of Our Elders: Flanner House Speaks
Author: Darolyn Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780557178537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sitting at the Feet of Our Elders: Flanner House Speaks is a project of the Writers' Center of Indiana and Flanner House Indianapolis and has been generously funded by Central Indiana Community Foundation's James Proctor Fund for Aged Men and Women, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation, in Marion County. Our purpose in this project was simple...to remember. We gathered as many memories as we could from the Elders. We had many seniors who could not write, so we listened and wrote for them. We asked them at first to just remember anything - people, places, events, or times. After listing those snapshot memories, we then asked the seniors to take one memory talk about the entire scene and to tell it like they remember it happening and feeling. The book begins with examples of lines from their first exercise of completing the phrase, I Remember... As you read on, you will see those lines then developed into complete memoirs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780557178537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sitting at the Feet of Our Elders: Flanner House Speaks is a project of the Writers' Center of Indiana and Flanner House Indianapolis and has been generously funded by Central Indiana Community Foundation's James Proctor Fund for Aged Men and Women, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation, in Marion County. Our purpose in this project was simple...to remember. We gathered as many memories as we could from the Elders. We had many seniors who could not write, so we listened and wrote for them. We asked them at first to just remember anything - people, places, events, or times. After listing those snapshot memories, we then asked the seniors to take one memory talk about the entire scene and to tell it like they remember it happening and feeling. The book begins with examples of lines from their first exercise of completing the phrase, I Remember... As you read on, you will see those lines then developed into complete memoirs.
Harris Finds His Feet
Author: Catherine Rayner
Publisher: Tiger Tales
ISBN: 1680105965
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A beautiful story of a child's journey to independence. Grandpa shows Harris how to hop high into the sky, to climb to the tops of the mountains, and to run very fast. Harris not only learns about the world around him but also the importance of finding his own feet...
Publisher: Tiger Tales
ISBN: 1680105965
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A beautiful story of a child's journey to independence. Grandpa shows Harris how to hop high into the sky, to climb to the tops of the mountains, and to run very fast. Harris not only learns about the world around him but also the importance of finding his own feet...
At the Elbows of My Elders
Author: Gail Milissa Grant
Publisher: Missouri History Museum
ISBN: 1883982669
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Black families throughout the United States were fighting segregation in their local communities for decades before the civil rights movement. Their everyday battles (both individual and institutional) built the foundation for the more publicized crusade to follow. In this memoir, Gail Milissa Grant draws back the curtain on those times and presents touching vignettes of a life most Americans know nothing about. She recounts the battles fought by her father, David M. Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St. Louis, and describes the challenges she faced in navigating her way through institutions marked by racial prejudice."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Missouri History Museum
ISBN: 1883982669
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Black families throughout the United States were fighting segregation in their local communities for decades before the civil rights movement. Their everyday battles (both individual and institutional) built the foundation for the more publicized crusade to follow. In this memoir, Gail Milissa Grant draws back the curtain on those times and presents touching vignettes of a life most Americans know nothing about. She recounts the battles fought by her father, David M. Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St. Louis, and describes the challenges she faced in navigating her way through institutions marked by racial prejudice."--BOOK JACKET.
Aging Wisely... Wisdom of Our Elders
Author: Irving Silverman
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284144860
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Aging Wisely... Wisdom of our Elders is a unique resource that reflects the ideas, opinions and experiences of a diverse group of senior citizens. Each story provides a unique perspective on the physical, emotional, and social aspects of growing old from those who have made the journey.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284144860
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Aging Wisely... Wisdom of our Elders is a unique resource that reflects the ideas, opinions and experiences of a diverse group of senior citizens. Each story provides a unique perspective on the physical, emotional, and social aspects of growing old from those who have made the journey.
In Indian Culture: Why Do We...
Author: Swamini Vimalananda
Publisher: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
ISBN: 8175970715
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Indian culture is admired and respected all over the world for its depth. This book features in simple terms, the various aspects of this rich spiritual culture.
Publisher: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
ISBN: 8175970715
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Indian culture is admired and respected all over the world for its depth. This book features in simple terms, the various aspects of this rich spiritual culture.
Bedtime Stories for Elders
Author: John C. Robinson
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780993536
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Stories of meaning, magic, healing and transformation for enlightened elders - wisdom tales for a new vision of aging.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780993536
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Stories of meaning, magic, healing and transformation for enlightened elders - wisdom tales for a new vision of aging.
Our Elders
Author: John Armstrong Muir Gray
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"So Wise Were Our Elders"
Author: John Holmes McDowell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813155665
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"So wise were our elders!" Thus exclaims Mariano Chicunque, himself an elder, expressing in a single phrase the thrust of the mythic narrative tradition he simultaneously presents and represents in his storytelling. A remarkable body of mythology is documented for the first time in this volume. John Homes McDowell's study revolves around thirty-two mythic narratives of the Kamsá Indians who live in the Sibundoy Valley of the Colombian Andes, collected by the author from several renowned Kamsá storytellers. Each myth is given in the native language with parallel English translations that seek to capture the flavor of the original performances. Textual annotation and commentary assess the grounding of the myths in the language and culture of the Kamsá indigenous community. Introductory chapters describe the process of transcription and translation and highlight important characteristics of the collection. McDowell stresses the collaborative nature of the enterprise, which benefits from the shared vision of the ethnographer and of indigenous consultants who were involved in every step of the process. The narratives are portrayed as a residual mythology in transit toward folktale but still evocative of a traditional cosmos. The myths are much more than inert "literary" objects, and under McDowell's scrupulous analysis they emerge as a storehouse of narrative potential whose performances still have meaning in Kamsá society and culture today. "So Wise Were Our Elders" is a companion volume to McDowell's Sayings of the Ancestors: The Spiritual Life of the Subundoy Indians (1989).
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813155665
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"So wise were our elders!" Thus exclaims Mariano Chicunque, himself an elder, expressing in a single phrase the thrust of the mythic narrative tradition he simultaneously presents and represents in his storytelling. A remarkable body of mythology is documented for the first time in this volume. John Homes McDowell's study revolves around thirty-two mythic narratives of the Kamsá Indians who live in the Sibundoy Valley of the Colombian Andes, collected by the author from several renowned Kamsá storytellers. Each myth is given in the native language with parallel English translations that seek to capture the flavor of the original performances. Textual annotation and commentary assess the grounding of the myths in the language and culture of the Kamsá indigenous community. Introductory chapters describe the process of transcription and translation and highlight important characteristics of the collection. McDowell stresses the collaborative nature of the enterprise, which benefits from the shared vision of the ethnographer and of indigenous consultants who were involved in every step of the process. The narratives are portrayed as a residual mythology in transit toward folktale but still evocative of a traditional cosmos. The myths are much more than inert "literary" objects, and under McDowell's scrupulous analysis they emerge as a storehouse of narrative potential whose performances still have meaning in Kamsá society and culture today. "So Wise Were Our Elders" is a companion volume to McDowell's Sayings of the Ancestors: The Spiritual Life of the Subundoy Indians (1989).
At the Feet of Our Elders
Author: Chinenye Oparah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941592182
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
At the Feet of Our Elders: A Guided Journal of 45 Interview Questions for Conversations Between Adults and Their Elders is designed to facilitate conversations between adults and elders in their family or within their community. There are 45 guided prompts to encourage strengthening relationships across generations! There is also space at the end of the journal for writers to think of their own questions. A fun exercise in communication and building relationships will turn into a timeless keepsake that can be treasured for generations. Features 218 Pages 45 Guided Prompts 10 Write-In Prompts Space to Interview 2 Elders
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941592182
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
At the Feet of Our Elders: A Guided Journal of 45 Interview Questions for Conversations Between Adults and Their Elders is designed to facilitate conversations between adults and elders in their family or within their community. There are 45 guided prompts to encourage strengthening relationships across generations! There is also space at the end of the journal for writers to think of their own questions. A fun exercise in communication and building relationships will turn into a timeless keepsake that can be treasured for generations. Features 218 Pages 45 Guided Prompts 10 Write-In Prompts Space to Interview 2 Elders
At the Feet of Our Elders
Author: Kia Haselrig-Oparah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941592205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941592205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description