The First Agrarian States: The Late Neolithic Multispecies Resettlement Camp

The First Agrarian States: The Late Neolithic Multispecies Resettlement Camp

By James Scott

( I never read directly his works, so it may not be a valid reflection.)

     As the flyer summary implied, this was a lecture about the significance of Neolithic Evolution, in which the speaker focused on the impact of using fire, plant and animal domestication, and the subsequent effects such as centralization and emergence of states.  The use of fire had transformed human subsistence in the first place (mmm, because I came into the lecture room from this part). It enabled early human beings to enlarge the range of food choices. Although I am not sure how it connects to the next part, together with plant domestication, e.g., rice and millet, the use of fire contributed to the centralization of human population and a sedentary life style in which this evolution could not be reversed and continued to develop toward "elaboration" and complexity.
 

For those suffering from procrastination

"It is a good day to die, we have nothing to lose."

Tango of a Murder and 動動觀察日記

Honolulu Museum of Art

灰瓦白牆日本春宮畫特展中

A great example of fusion

Friends of Magics

Obviously I am in this 29-phobia and start reminiscent with the passing youth (中譯：悲春傷秋停不住，都是逢九必亂)。

"Liberated or Leftover? Single Women in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo"

就是剩女（aka, 敗犬、負け犬、港女、嫁不出去的老處女）啦
這種演講註定是人多嘴雜（不過現場好像中年男比較多喔，向我這樣的標準剩女一般看到標題就心酸地不想去了吧）。但我釋懷了：

「原來這不是我的錯，我被剩下其實是資本主義現代化社會與傳統/封建農業生產方式碰撞下無奈的結果」

且聽我道來。

花とアリス

這就是我們為什麼要小清新！！

      「花與愛麗絲」有著極為明確標準的文藝片開頭（令人摸不著頭腦的少女遊蕩和嘻笑）、小清新攝影必備的大量逆光畫面、岩井俊二招牌式花漾少男少女、和無懈可擊的鋼琴加小提琴配樂。以上敘述似乎可以些微捕捉出花與愛麗絲的樣貌，但未觸及其穿透人心的光芒。

     "Hana and Alice" has a very classic opening for art film (i.e., weirdly, wondering girls and their laughs), numerous must-have photographic shots that against lights, Iwai Junji films' typical beautiful  boys and girls, and the impeccable music composing with piano and violin. My above technical descriptions may help you to catch the way this film looks like, but definitely not the light that touches your heart.

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(為了表示我理科出身的良好傳統，堅持標號I、II、3)