Amatshe ayigugu amasiko
Noma nini lapho ngazi ukuthi ngizoba “sendaweni” (ohambweni lwabezindaba oluya endaweni ethile) ngihlala ngibheka izindaba ezisemazingeni aphansi ezingase zilingane nesitayela sami nezintshisekelo zami. Ngicabanga ukuthi uma ngize “ngale ndlela” ngingalisebenzisa ngokugcwele leli thuba. Njengoba kuvame ukuvela, ngithola izindawo ezinhle engiya kuzo-ngaphakathi-lapho ngiya khona.
Lokhu kwenzeke muva nje lapho ngisesabelweni eHouma, eLouisiana; futhi vele indawo yami yokungena yayiseNew Orleans. Ngakho ukuchitha ubusuku obubili obengeziwe ku-Big Easy kwaba, njengoba ngithole, isikhathi esichithwe kahle ngoba ngithole intubuko yase-Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Le ndaba yesibili yaba "I-Ogden Museum of Southern Art: The Resilience of Culture in the American South."
Isizathu sokuthi le ndaba “isebenze” kahle kimi ukuthi, ngokuyinhloko le mnyuziyamu emangalisayo ihlanganiswe ngobuciko futhi imele iNingizimu. Kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, i-Ogden ihileleke ngokuqondile ekwakhiweni kabusha kwe-New Orleans; iyinhlangano yezenhlalo, kanye nezinye eziningi, “ezingumnyombo walendaba.”
Isimo esibanzi sesikhungo sezobuciko
Intshisekelo yami ethile mayelana nezindaba zokuvakasha ezigxilile ezobuciko, noma lokho okuvame ukubizwa ngakho manje njengezimboni zamasiko. Lesi sakamuva yitemu eliphelele elingene kusichazamazwi sezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ngoba ngokwandayo imiphakathi ithola ukuthi zingaki izimboni zayo zamasiko (iminyuziyamu; izindawo zemibukiso yezobuciko; iziza zamagugu kazwelonke noma zombuso; izikhumbuzo zezwe nezimpawu zomhlaba; imiphakathi yezizwe nezindawo ezingomakhelwane; imikhosi nemibukiso , imidlalo yaseshashalazini, umculo, kanye nezindawo zezolimo ezengezi nje kuphela ngqo esikhwameni somphakathi, kodwa futhi kungaba yisizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi abantu bavakashele le ndawo.
Ongase ukwazi mayelana nezokuvakasha zamasiko
Ngiyakumema ukuthi uhlole izibalo ezilandelayo. (Sicela uqaphele ukuthi izibalo ezingezansi zivela emithonjeni eminingi.)
• NgokweNgqungquthela YeZizwe Ezihlangene Yezohwebo Nentuthuko, izimboni zamasiko emhlabeni wonke zilinganiselwa ukuthi zithatha amaphesenti angu-7 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya emhlabeni.
• E-Canada, ucwaningo olwenziwe esifundazweni sethu esisesiqhingini esisogwini i-Atlantic, i-Newfoundland ne-Labrador, lulinganisela ukuthi idola ngalinye elichithwe ekukhangiseni kwezokuvakasha, kunembuyiselo engu-$10 ekhiqizwe yizindleko ezintsha zokuvakasha.
• E-China, ukukhuphuka kwalokho okwaziwa ngokuthi “izimboni zamasiko” kubonakala njengesinyathelo esilandelayo endleleni esuka esizweni esithuthukayo iye embusweni womhlaba.
• Inani elikhulayo labahambi libeka ezobuciko, amagugu, nezinye izinto eziheha amasiko njengesinye sezizathu ezinhlanu eziphezulu zokuvakashela indawo.
• Iziphathimandla zezokuvakasha manje sezichitha isikhathi esiningi nemali zichaza ukuthi zingobani laba “bavakashi bamasiko”.
• E-United States, cishe abantu abadala baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-120 babonisa ukuthi bafake okungenani okukodwa okukhangayo okugxile kwezobuciko ezinhlelweni zabo zokuvakasha eminyakeni yamuva. Ingxenye eyodwa kwezine yalezi zihambi ezifanayo ithatha uhambo oluthathu noma ngaphezulu ngonyaka.
• Abahambi bezamasiko abazona izivakashi ezingenzi lutho; bayazi ukuthi bafunani. Futhi abakufunayo uhambo oluzuzisayo nolwazi olucebisayo.
• E-United States abahambi baya ngokuya bekhetha izindawo eziningi zasemakhaya nezingaphandle ezigxile ngokwengxenye kumasiko, umlando, nezinsiza zemvelo.
• Izibalo ezangimangaza kakhulu, nokho, ukuthi abantu abangu-18-34 bamelwe kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kwamasiko. (Futhi bavame ukuceba, abafundile kakhudlwana, futhi abanolwazi lwezobuchwepheshe.) Bengilindele ukuthi iqembu eliqondiwe eliyinhloko kube isixuku sabangu-50+ emphakathini wethu osekhulile, mhlawumbe ngoba yilapho engihlala khona manje.
E-United States izindawo ezihamba phambili zokuvakasha kwamasiko ngokombiko wokugcina engiwubonile yilezi:
1. California 2. Texas 3. New York 4. Florida 5. Pennsylvania 6. Virginia 7. Illinois 8. Tennessee 9. North Carolina 10. Georgia
Engxoxweni yami noDavid Houston, uMphathi we-Ogden (kodwa futhi uthisha wezobuciko, isazi-mlando, isazi sesayensi yezamasiko, isazi sezenhlalo, isazi sefilosofi, isishoshovu sezobuciko, kanye nonembeza wezenhlalo), uDavid wagcizelela ukuthi i-Ogden kanye nezimboni zamasiko zizonke ziphathelene nokusimama, nokuthi ngokulandela uKatrina yena nabasebenzi bakhe babezimisele ukufeza izibopho zabo emphakathini ngokuqhubeka nokwenza i-Ogden ibe isikhungo somphakathi, indawo evamile, nendawo yokukhosela.
Akukhona nje ngemidwebo elenga odongeni.
Imboni yezamasiko yemibhalo
Futhi akumelwe ngikhohlwe isigcawu sohambo lwemibhalo. Isikhathi eside abahambi bebelokhu belandela imizila yohambo olungcwele, efana “nomzila” kaJane Austen noma umzila we-Arthurian Legends. Futhi ababhali bamanoveli bavame ukuveza iqiniso kangcono kunanoma ubani omunye.
Umbhali waseBrithani u-Ian McEwan, owaziwa kakhulu ngokuwina i-Booker Award-Atonement kanye namanoveli anjenge-Amsterdam, angase atuswe ngenhlawulo yokumaketha ngephrozi yakhe; ukuheha abahambi ezindaweni abhala ngazo. Encwadini yakhe yangoMgqibelo, unikeza umuzwa omuhle futhi ojulile wedolobha laseLondon, ngamehlo omlingisi wakhe oyinhloko. Lolu uhlobo lwenoveli olungenza ngifune ukuphuthuma kulelo dolobha elikhulu. Ngokusebenzisa abalingiswa bakhe uphinde aveze izindikimba nezindaba ezithinta umhlaba wonke… emhlabeni jikelele.
NgoMgqibelo, uHenry, udokotela ohlinzayo we-neurosurgeon uthola ulwazi olusha olugcwele ngalokho akwenzayo lapho engena ebuchosheni beziguli zakhe. Uhambile ukuyozwa iqembu lendodana yakhe liqopha kabusha.
“Akasakhathali, uHenry uyasuka odongeni abencike kulo, angene phakathi nehholo elimnyama, ebheke enjinini enkulu yomsindo. Ayiyeke imginye. Kunalezi zikhathi eziyivelakancane lapho abaculi bendawonye bethinta okuthile okumnandi kunalokhu abake bakuthole ngaphambili ekuzilolongeni noma ekuculweni, ngale kokuhlanganyela nje noma ubuciko bobuchwepheshe, lapho indlela abakhuluma ngayo iba lula futhi ibe mnandi njengobungani noma uthando. Kulapho-ke besinika amazwibela alokho okungase kube khona, okungcono kakhulu kwethu, nomhlaba ongenakwenzeka lapho unganikeza khona konke onakho kwabanye, kodwa ungalahlekelwa lutho ngawe. Emhlabeni wangempela kunezinhlelo ezinemininingwane, imiklamo yemibono yezindawo ezinokuthula, zonke izingxabano ezixazululiwe, injabulo yawo wonke umuntu, kuze kube phakade - izimanga lapho abantu belungiselelwa ukufela futhi babulale. Umbuso kaKristu emhlabeni, ipharadesi labasebenzi, isimo esihle samaSulumane. Kodwa emculweni kuphela, futhi ezikhathini ezingavamile kuphela, lapho ikhethini liqala khona leli phupho lomphakathi, futhi lihlanganiswa ngokumangalisayo, ngaphambi kokushabalala ngamanothi okugcina. "
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