Communication in "Lingua Franca" and "Story of Your Life" by Veronica Perez https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn en-us 2021-11-20 00:32:53 UTC 2023-06-04 04:54:43 UTC hello@padlet.com " 'The Earthers don't speak to us unless they are contracting business,' Flowers-in-the-Sun explained. 'They think our life-knowledge is not equal to theirs.' " - "Lingua Franca" by Carole McDonnell, page 208 veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903093023 2021-11-20 00:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903093023 “We experienced events in an order, and perceived their relationship as cause and effect. [The Heptapods] experienced all events at once, and perceived a purpose underlying them all. A minimizing, maximizing purpose.” - "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, page 134 veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903098284 2021-11-20 00:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903098284 "Darmok" veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903099331 In this episode of Star Trek, the crew of the USS Enterprise encounters an alien ship. Like in "Story of Your Life," the linguistic differences between the two groups leads to confusion and prevent them from exchanging goods and cultural knowledge. ]]> 2021-11-20 00:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903099331 veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903108050 The Heptapod's language dictates how they think and experience time. As the quote above suggests, the Heptapods experience time all at once, hence their overlapping and deeply connected logograms. ]]> 2021-11-20 01:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903108050 Arrival veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903115830 This scene from Arrival, a movie inspired by Chiang's story, shows Dr. Louisa Banks meeting the Heptapods for the first time. Note that the aliens create the logograms almost all at once. The Heptapods don't distinguish between the beginning or the end of a logogram, which reflects the way they experience time. ]]> 2021-11-20 01:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903115830 Assimilation veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903129533 For their own financial and cultural gains, the Earthers are imposing their ways of life onto Mist's community. ]]> 2021-11-20 01:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903129533 Social Hierarchy veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903132893 The Earthers assume that because Mist's community uses a non-hearing mode of communication, natives are linguistically inferior. This creates a social hierarchy that encourages locals to adhere to the Earthers' customs for a chance to rise to the top of the hierarchy. ]]> 2021-11-20 01:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903132893 Assimilation of Children veroperez0322 https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903137512 This picture shows Native American children being forcibly Americanized. This is compatible to the colonization of Mist's community and the way in which the children become assimilated, ensuring that future generations follow the Earthers' traditions. ]]> 2021-11-20 01:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/veroperez0322/4i87cmssu8n9xzxn/wish/1903137512