Tamarian Symbolism by NoaLea Sharel https://padlet.com/noaleas/7ww43df2up8snbp8 en-us 2021-05-28 21:38:23 UTC 2025-08-13 17:51:02 UTC hello@padlet.com "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok" (season 5, episode 2) noaleas https://padlet.com/noaleas/7ww43df2up8snbp8/wish/1569755864 This phrase would be meaningless to someone who doesn't understand the history of the Tamarians. ]]> 2021-05-28 21:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/noaleas/7ww43df2up8snbp8/wish/1569755864 Context noaleas https://padlet.com/noaleas/7ww43df2up8snbp8/wish/1569760669 Without knowing Tamarian history, one would not know that "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra," meaning "cooperation," was a reference to Darmok and Jalad and two Tamarians who all fought together against a common enemy on an island called Tanagra.]]> 2021-05-28 21:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/noaleas/7ww43df2up8snbp8/wish/1569760669 Ian Bogost's article in The Atlantic, "Shaka, When the Walls Fell" noaleas https://padlet.com/noaleas/7ww43df2up8snbp8/wish/1569770709 "Picard calls it 
metaphor
, and Troi calls it 
image
. For the Federation crew, the
Tamarians cite examples that guide their understanding of and approach to the
various problems they encounter on a day-to-day basis: as Picard puts it, by citing
'a situation similar to this one.'” 
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