ANTHR110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Menopause, Patrilineality, Alumnus
14 Jan 2016
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Tony is gaga"s elder through life and music experiences. Author, metis speaker and representative, u of a anthropology alumni. Councillor for buffalo lake m tis settlement o o: m. a. Anthropology, u. of alberta (1995: m tis settlements general council health board o. Ecological approach: weche teaching = wise science , it is meant to be o o, metis do not use the word elder like aboriginals do. Community elder for metis settlements life skills journey project. Interactions and relationships provide experiences of aging, not biological/chronological aging. Our evolutionary plasticity allows for adaptations of physical and social environments. The life-course can extend past death, the physical termination of your body. Suggests that old age is not the final stage, can become spirits. The passage through death can open doors to a new life stage, that of their ancestors, where they still play an active role in their descents, they are still apart of the life course.
