Project D: Vanessa Lopez by Vanessa Lopez https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8 ENG 4043 Fall B en-us 2020-11-13 14:55:02 UTC 2026-02-23 11:52:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f680.png The Children of Tama vlope152 https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920341587 In "Darmok," Picard and his crew meet the technologically advanced race, the Children of Tama. When trying to communicate with them, the universal translator successfully interprets their language... But it doesn't make any sense.]]> 2020-11-13 14:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920341587 Metaphors vlope152 https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920366252 Eventually, Picard figures out how the Children of Tama communicates: "That's how you communicate, isn't it? By citing example, by metaphor! Uzani's army, with fists open" (Star Trek: The Next Generation).]]> 2020-11-13 15:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920366252 Romeo and Juliet vlope152 https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920420019 The way that the Tamarians communicate are further elaborated:

DATA: They seem to communicate through narrative imagery by reference to individuals and places which appear in their mytho-historical accounts.

TROI: It's as if I were to say to you, Juliet on her balcony.

CRUSHER: An image of romance.

(Star Trek: The Next Generation)]]> 2020-11-13 15:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920420019 Or Allegory? vlope152 https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920433752 In his review of the episode, Ian Bogost claims that it's allegory the Tamarians used: "allegory's veiled language is powerful, because allegories effectively freeze time, making a historical or fictional scene immortal" (Bogost). ]]> 2020-11-13 15:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920433752 Citations vlope152 https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920671345 Bogost, Ian. “Shaka, When the Walls Fell.” The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 18 June 2014, www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/star-trek-tng-and-the-limits-of-language-shaka-when-the-walls-fell/372107/. Accessed 13 Nov. 2020.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation. NBC, 1991, disc 102.
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]]> 2020-11-13 16:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920671345 The Power of Language vlope152 https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920694799 Bogost concludes that "understanding how the world works is a more promising approach to intervention within it than mere description or depiction." However, I think that myth and important figures in literature are powerful and teaches us about our world.]]> 2020-11-13 16:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vlope152/pduvzhh1uzpxcsg8/wish/920694799