Isolation

[commonpeople1]

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One of South America's few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru.

From the BBC.

Comments

[tga.livejournal.com]

Well, I am not talking about teaching them our culture but learning about theirs.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

But the thing is that once these villages are touched, their culture changes and often b/c they are so poor, they become dependent on the outsiders for things they shouldn't be. All I want is for habitat to be maintained, which is why it's good we know about them, but they need to be left alone to live the way they always have.

[tga.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree with leaving them to their own devices and letting them live the way they are used to but surely getting someone to go down and learn about them I think would be useful to us in the western society.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Why do they have to be useful to us in Western society?

[tga.livejournal.com]

I think seeing how they live could be insightful. They have probably been living the same way for 100's years. It would also be interesting to see how they survive out where they live as well. It's good to be educated about different cultures and we could, as a society learn something from them.

Why wouldn't it be useful?

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I just think that thinking of them in terms of how they could be useful to us is patronizing. *shrug*

[tga.livejournal.com]

Ok.