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PHY 241 Fall 2018
PHY 241 Lab 6- Law of Conservation of Energy
Introduction:
Last week we spent significant effort understanding the forces
and
resulting acceleration of the cart in Figure 1 to the right. This
week we
want to keep the same experimental setup and focus our
attention on the
various Energies within this system. For example, because
objects are
moving up and down, there must be Gravitational Potential
Energy, GPE.
Also, a spring is involved, so there must be Spring Potential
Energy, SPE,
as well. If we add ALL forms of energy involved in the system,
we can also
define a Total Energy, TE,
�� = ��� + ��� + ⋯ . (1)
The Total Energy is a very useful idea because the Law of
Conservation of Energy promises us that the
Total energy will behave in a very specific, simple way. The
Law of Conservation of Energy states:
“The total amount of energy in a system is a constant unless
energy is transferred through the
system boundary through Work, Heat, Electrical Transmission,
etc.”
This single statement gives us a series of concrete goals.
A. Calculate, ��� and ��� for each time step at which we
collected data.
B. Plot each form of Energy over multiple bounces of the cart.
Also add �� to the graph below.
Does the behavior of the Total Energy agree with the Law of
Conservation of energy stated
above?
spring
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C. Plot �� over multiple bounces with the Energy axis
“zoomed in” so you can evaluate the
fluctuations in TE, similar to the “Is TE Constant?” graph
below. Worry, ponder, and deliberate
whether the changes in TE are due to Random Uncertainty, or
some unaccounted form of
Energy.
D. If possible describe the Energy Transfer involved during
your data run both qualitatively and
quantitatively.
Equipment: (same as last experiment)
CBR 2- connected directly to a computer using a USB cable
Spring
String with loop knots in each end
Set of Masses
Hook
Cart
Safety glasses
Paperclip
Pulley
2 m track
Bubble level
Computer with Logger Pro or Logger Lite and Excel.
Procedure:
1) The central goal/question for this lab is: How does the Total
Energy of our system change
as the cart bounces back and forth multiple times?
2) Take some time to familiarize yourself with the
accompanying spreadsheet. You should
notice that there is a region for Initial Values. An important
part of this lab is figuring out
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
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what measurements you need to take to supplement the CBR
measurements in order to
calculate the energies required. Most likely, there are too many
columns in the Initial
Values and the Data Table.
3) Arrange your equipment to match Figure 1. Figure 2 shows a
fast and easy way to connect
the different components. Make sure you place the CBR in a
location where it can measure
either the cart or the hanging mass as it moves.
4) When entering equations in E through L columns make sure
you use:
a. absolute references ($X$1) when using Initial Value cells.
b. relative references (X1) when using Data Table cells.
c. Refer to your Prelab for hints to improve the accuracy of your
calculations.
5) Before leaving the classroom, make sure you email the data
out to the entire group and the
Teaching Assistant. Please use the subject “Lab 6 data- Section
###, Group ###.”
6) Also clean up your work station and returning small
equipment to the appropriate storage.
7) Researcher: Use formulae (and the Word Equation Editor) to
explicitly describe how the
position data from the CBR was transformed into Stretch and
Height data of the spring and
hanging mass respectively.
8) Researcher: For each type of energy your group calculate in
evaluating TE, provide a formula
describing how your group calculated that energy.
For example, if you were to consider the work done by the
friction inside the pulley you
might write:
“For each data time step, our group estimates that the friction
inside the pulley does work
on the system and reduces the total energy by
Δ������� = −�ℎ������ ∙ ��������������� ∙
����� , (2)
Where ��������������� ≈ .1
�
�2
(as given in the lab manual) and ����� is the distance the
cart
traveled between adjacent data points.”
Notice that symbols are clearly labeled (using the “_” key in the
Word Equation Editor to
add subscripts to symbols) and new values like
��������������� get a bit of explanation.
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Figure 2
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9) DA: Creating the two graphs described in the introduction
and make sure they are properly
formatted, including captions.
10) DA: Determine and report the approximate magnitude of the
Random Uncertainty in your
Total Energy measurement (with proper rounding and units).
11) PI: Calculate the energy transferred into/out of the system
based on your data (a graph is a
good way to visualize this calculation). Is this consistent with
the acceleration of friction
measurements you collected in Lab 3? Explain.
12) PI: Evaluate the Law of Conservation of Energy (as given in
the intro of this lab manual) in
light of your group’s data and analysis. Be as specific as
possible in highlighting any
deficiencies you see in the Law or in your data.
Chapter 8
Anishinaabe Rhetoric
I work as a university professor teaching classes in Native
American Studies.
The standard practice is to have students write evaluations of
the course and
the instructor at the end of the semester. As I have explained
elsewhere, I use a
pedagog y informed by Anishinaabe teaching methods.1 As I
tell my students,
I could teach just like any other professor. But, I ask them, what
good would
that do anybody? If I taught like any other professor, I would
essentially be a
brown white man. I want my students to understand that Native
Americans
who try to live by their traditional cultural values are different
from mainstream
Americans. So, I bring Anishinaabe cultural values into the
classroom. In
today’s globalized economy, the more experience and exposure
students have
to people from different cultural backgrounds, the better they
will be able to
compete. So, it is to the students’ advantage for me to teach as
an Anishinaabe.
I have the students read the articles on my pedagogical methods
so they can
better understand my teaching style. However, challenges still
persist relating
to what can only be called cross-cultural conflict, the largest
being the manner
in which I stray from my prepared remarks and start to digress.
It is not unusual
for students to comment negatively on my continual digressions
in their course
evaluations. As might be imagined, such comments do not look
good during
the regular reviews professors have to undergo. Comments
about my digressions
leave me with some explaining to do. So, I have reached a point
where I find I
have to carefully train my students at the start of the semester
on what I am now
calling “Anishinaabe rhetoric.” From my experience listening to
speakers from
different Native nations, I suspect many of the features of
Anishinaabe rhetoric
apply to other Native American cultures, too. In that regard, the
phenomenon
in question, then, might be referred to as “Native American
rhetoric.” In some
respects, I have to thank my students for their negative
comments. Their
comments have got me thinking seriously about the nature of
Anishinaabe
rhetoric, especially the use of digressions. I have come to the
conclusion that
Anishinaabe rhetoric is intended to speak from the human heart
to the human
heart, not from the logical mind to the logical mind. To support
my claim, I will
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being170
explanation of how to listen to digressions. I will finish with
remarks comparing
Anishinaabe styles of argumentation with those found in
mainstream society
and in other cultures.
During one of my explanations concerning the nature of
digressions in
Native American rhetoric in one of my classes, a student
brought up an example
of an event we had both attended. The difference in our
reactions to the same
event is rather telling. At this event, an elder was asked what
my student took
to be a well thought out and well considered question. The elder
proceeded to
not address the question directly, but went on a long, rambling
discourse that
seemed to cover everything but the subject that was at the heart
of the matter.
The student in my class took this to be very rude on the part of
the elder. In his
opinion, the person asking the question had obviously put a lot
of thought into
the matter and so deserved a direct answer. In the student’s
opinion, then, the
elder was very rude to not answer the question by going off on
one digression
after another. My take on the matter was completely different. I
told the class
that when it was clear the elder intended to go off on a long,
rambling discourse,
I sat up and got excited. For me, this was an opportunity to
listen to wisdom.
So I thought the elder was not being rude at all, but was doing
all of us a favor
by engaging in a digression-filled response. As we continued
our conversation, it
became evident that the students who had been at the event, who
were all non-
Indians, tuned out what the elder had to say. They were in
general agreement
with the first student. The digressions of the elder had turned
them off. So the
non-Indian students were put off by the elder. I was excited by
what the elder
had to say. How can we account for this difference? As it turns
out, important
cultural values and assumptions are at work on both sides, the
non-Indian and
the Indian, that lead to cultural conflict. To begin an
examination of this topic,
we can explore this phenomenon from the points of view of the
speaker and
the audience. We will begin with the logic—Anishinaabe
logic—informing
the speaker.
There are four factors that result in the use of digressions in
Anishinaabe
rhetoric. First, the speaker tries to be guided by the spirits as
much as possible
and, if not the spirits directly, by spiritual values and ways of
thinking. Second,
the speaker prefers to address what he or she knows directly.
Third, the speaker
will talk about what he or she thinks the audience needs to hear.
Finally, the
speaker tries to speak from the heart as much as possible. We
will explore these
issues in turn.
Being guided by the spirits, or at least speaking on the basis of
spiritual values
and ways of thinking, can be a difficult topic to understand.
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Anishinaabe Rhetoric 171
the spirits does not mean one is “channeling” the spirits in some
kind of New
Age trance. So it is not as if the spirits take possession of the
speaker and use
the speaker’s body to make their voices heard. It is also not the
case the spirits
are somehow standing behind the speaker and directing the
speaker what to
say. Instead, a different process is at work. I heard an
Anishinaabe spiritual
leader talk about this process once. It was very informative. In
this case, the
individual, who will remain anonymous, was talking about how
he got ready to
make speeches he was scheduled to give. In other words, he was
talking about
his speech writing process, such as it was. This individual
explained that he did
not write down his speeches ahead of time. In fact, he positively
wanted to
avoid writing things down. From his point of view, writing
things down would
act more as a hindrance than a help. He also did not want to be
limited by the
words that were on the paper in front of him. Instead, he said he
engaged in a
process of thinking deeply on the topic in a prayerful manner.
In this manner,
he constructed a general plan about what he wanted to say.
However, as can be
seen, this process also leaves a lot of leeway for him to change
his plan on the fly,
and be guided by the needs of the moment. Those needs of the
moment can, and
often do, involve engaging in digressions.
Being informed by spiritual values works in a somewhat similar
fashion, but
has its own dynamic. A situation of this type occurs during
extemporaneous
speaking, that is, when one has not had the chance to plan out
one’s talk ahead
of time. Under these circumstances, the question arises as to
what should
form the foundation of one’s remarks. Should the remarks be
guided more by
constructing a logical argument on the fly, or should one be
guided by spiritual
values? While speaking on the basis of spiritual values does not
preclude the
possibility of constructing a logical argument, it is not
necessary. In fact, in some
ways trying to speak on the basis of logic can be more of a
hindrance than a
help. Spiritual values work via their own internal logic that do
not necessarily
match the dictates of formal logic. Oftentimes, spiritual values
are taken as an
a priori argument as well. They exist without having to establish
a justification
for them. Long experience has already established the truth of
spiritual values.
So instead of constructing a logical argument, the speaker is
more apt to draw
out the consequences of the topic of discussion based on
spiritual values. Since
those consequences can be many and varied, and do not
necessarily follow in
logical order, the speaker may present a series of statements
that may not appear
to be connected on the surface, but are on a deeper level. So
while on the surface
the comments may appear rambling and disconnected, they are
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being172
For example, the speaker might be asked a question about some
aspect of
the religious tradition of the culture, and the speaker will
suddenly start talking
about his or her grandmother’s cooking. On the surface, and for
those not
familiar with the tradition, it might seem as if the speaker is
totally incoherent.
However, in the mind of the speaker, the religion of the culture
may not be
imagined so much as a belief system but more as the basis of
one’s action. Also,
talking about cooking may serve as a holographic devise. In a
hologram, one
part of the image can be used to conjure up the whole image.
Thus, for example,
in Anishinaabe culture, most of the food sources have sacred
stories connected
with them. Gathering and preparing food, then, becomes a
religious act in and
of itself. So grandmother’s act of cooking can be a part of the
religious tradition
of the culture. The spiritual values being expressed by that act
are many. The act
represents a bond with the spiritual world. It serves as evidence
of that bond. It
is a reminder to act in a respectful manner toward food sources.
It celebrates the
bonds that exist between the spiritual world and the human. It
also reinforces
the bonds that exist between human beings in the act of taking
care of one
another. And these are only a small sample of the many ways
grandmother’s
cooking relates to the religion of the culture. So even though on
the surface the
speaker may not appear to be addressing the question, in fact,
on a very deep
level, the speaker is, in fact, doing just that. On the surface,
though, especially
to a non-Indian not versed in Native American rhetoric, the
comments would
appear to be utter nonsense. The non-Indian might be left with
the impression
that the speaker is rude or incoherent or insane or worse. So this
is one way
in which Native American rhetoric can lead to acute levels of
cross-cultural
misunderstanding and conflict.
Closely related to the above example is the tendency for
speakers to talk in
terms of their own personal experience. This has to do with
Anishinaabe and
other nations’ ideas regarding epistemolog y, which deals with
understanding
knowledge and how we come to achieve knowledge. Of course,
it is true that the
Anishinaabeg and other Native people can think and talk in
abstract terms if so
desired. However, knowledge based in experience is preferred.
The preference
for experiential knowledge is due to a number of reasons.
Perhaps first and
foremost, it has to do with the understanding of how knowledge
comes to
individuals. One of the more interesting examples of this
concerns the teaching
of the Yankton Lakota elder, Maria Pearson, who we met in
Chapter 1. I related
this story in my article on Anishinaabe pedagog y, but it is
worth repeating here.2
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looked up and
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standing behind the Indians. The one looked up and said, “Some
Indians. They
can’t even tell buzzards from eagles.” Maria’s take on this story
is pertinent to our
discussion here. Her take on the story was that rather than insult
the Indians,
the white men should have been asking themselves why they
saw buzzards when
the Indians saw eagles. To explain a bit further, Maria
explained that from her
point of view, the things we experience are put here by the
Creator for us to
experience uniquely on an individual basis. So, while it is true
that we can have
shared experiences, the exact nature of the experience will
depend on what the
Creator put there for us to experience individually. I had the
opportunity to
share this story with an Anishinaabe. It was interesting in that
not only did he
concur with Maria’s take on epistemolog y, he offered his own
story to further
support that observation. He related that he was at a powwow in
Canada when
he looked up and, outside the arena circle on the other side from
where he was
sitting, he saw four bison. He turned to his friend who was
sitting next to him
and told his friend to look at the bison. When the Anishinaabe
looked backed,
the bison were gone. His take on that experience was that the
Creator put the
bison there for him to see, not others. So, of course when his
friend looked
up, the bison were gone. The Anishinaabe who told me this
story was not sure
why the Creator put those bison there for him to see, but he was
convinced
he was meant to have the experience. The teachings of Maria
and the story the
Anishinaabe told both indicate why, fundamentally, the
Anishinaabeg and
other Native Americans prefer to speak on the basis of
experiential knowledge.
As can be seen, from the Anishinaabe point of view,
experiential knowledge
is knowledge that comes from the Creator. In the minds of the
Anishinaabeg,
there can be no greater or more reliable source of knowledge
than this. If the
idea is to convey the best knowledge one has available, it
therefore makes logical
sense for an individual to speak on the basis of personal
experience.
The preference for experiential knowledge leads to the same
type of confusion
discussed in the example above wherein, when asked about the
religion of a
given tradition, an individual might start talking about his or
her grandmother’s
cooking. We can further nuance the above example by
considering Anishinaabe
approaches to epistemolog y. We already considered how
talking about cooking
can be an appropriate response to a question about religion. We
thought about
how religion could be conceived as an act rather than a set of
beliefs, although, of
course, the Anishinaabeg have their belief system. If we add in
considerations of
Anishinaabe epistemolog y, we can deepen our understanding of
the speech act
under analysis. If we conceptualize religion as acts, then there
is an internal logic
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being174
As we saw above, Anishinaabe approaches to epistemolog y
posit that one’s
experiences are put here for the individual by the Creator. In
some respects, then,
the experiences one has had become the highest form of
knowledge. It is, in
effect, knowledge that has been bestowed on an individual by
the Creator. This
is not to say that other forms of knowledge are not valued, such
as book learning.
This also does not preclude the possibility of learning from the
experiences of
others, which is a topic we will return to below when we discuss
how to listen to
Anishinaabe rhetoric. Instead, what we find at work here is the
highest respect
being given to knowledge that comes to us from the spiritual
realm. We also want
to keep in mind that the types of experience under discussion
here are extremely
inclusive in nature. Thus, not only are one’s waking experiences
important, but
one’s dream experiences are as well. In some ways dream
experiences are more
important than waking reality. In the dream state, according to
Anishinaabe
thinking, one is able to interact with the spiritual realm more
directly. Now,
it is true I heard one Anishinaabe spiritual leader, who shall
remain unnamed,
discuss the nature of dream experiences. He stated that not all
dreams are created
equal. Some dreams are more important than others, and some
can be discarded
completely. It is first and foremost up to the individual to
determine the relative
significance of any given dream. From my own dream
experiences, I would have
to concur with this Anishinaabe spiritual leader. I prefer to not
go into the exact
nature of any of my dreams. I will simply say that some of my
dreams have been
very powerful, and the impact those dreams have had on me still
stays with me
to this day. It was also the case that I spent time talking about
my dreams with
my late spiritual mentor while he was still alive. He took the
reality of my dreams
very seriously and helped me work through their meaning. So
we can include
dream experiences in the type of knowledge conveyed to us by
the spiritual realm.
So if we put together the desire to speak based on spiritual
values and the
preference for experiential knowledge, we can see there is
actually a very thin line
between the two, if any at all. As we saw in Chapter 4,
Anishinaabemowin, the
Anishinaabeg language, is a verb-based language. So rather than
think in terms
of inherent being, the Anishinaabeg tend to think in terms of
action. Spiritual
values, then, are something to be expressed more so than
conceptualized as things
in and of themselves. In thinking this through, one can start to
see the relationship
between spiritual values and experiential knowledge. Going
back to our example
of having an Anishinaabe start talking about his or her
grandmother’s cooking
when asked a question about Anishinaabe religion, we can see
the intersection
between spiritual values and experiential knowledge. On the one
hand, it could
be said that the degree to which the grandmother in this
example is living by 鐨鑔
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Anishinaabe values, she is expressing the spiritual values of the
Anishinaabeg.
Thus, by talking about his or her grandmother’s cooking, the
speaker is directly
relating his or her experiential knowledge of Anishinaabe
religion. How does
the speaker know what Anishinaabe religion is? The speaker
knows it based on
his or her experience. That is, the speaker is using his or her
experience to discuss
Anishinaabe religion. On a deeper level, to the degree that that
experience is in
line with Anishinaabe values, the speaker is thus speaking on
the basis of spiritual
values. This is the way Anishinaabe rhetoric can incorporate
speaking on the
basis of spiritual values and having a preference for experiential
experience.
We also said that the speaker prefers to be guided by the spirits.
However,
being guided by the spirits and speaking on the basis of
experience are also
interrelated. On the one hand, there is the immediate speech act.
As discussed
above, a speaker will look to the spirits for help in being guided
as to what
to say. But the speaker also has his or her experiences to draw
on, too. Those
experiences were teachings provided by the spirits for the
individual. In coming
to those experiences, one has been guided to them by higher
spiritual powers. So
there is an equivalence between being guided by the spirits and
speaking on the
basis of experience. In some ways, they are the same thing.
One’s knowledge and
experience come from the same source, the spiritual realm. It
should be pointed
out that using knowledge gained from others works in the same
fashion. It is not
unusual to hear an Anishinaabe speaker talk about what he or
she learned from
somebody else, very commonly an elder or a spiritual mentor.
However, we have
to keep in mind that the knowledge and experience of those
elders and mentors
are the same as those of the speaker. That is, Anishinaabe elders
and mentors
were led to their experiences by spiritual powers. What they
experienced
was fundamentally spiritual in nature. So on the surface, it
might appear an
Anishinaabe is straying from the norms of Anishinaabe rhetoric
as discussed
above when that Anishinaabe talks about the experience of
others. However,
especially in quoting elders and mentors, the basis of the
spiritual values and
knowledge are the same. The speaker is simply passing on
another individual’s
spiritual understanding and knowledge as revealed to the
individual by the
spirits. So whether the speaker is relying on his or her own
experience or that of
others, it could be said in either case he or she is being guided
by spiritual forces.
We have so far covered the first two factors informing
Anishinaabe rhetoric,
being guided by spirits and speaking on the basis of experiential
experience.
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audience needs to
hear, has its own set of logic. There may be larger issues at
work that may not
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issues may not be readily apparent to the audience. We find
instead that it is
necessary for the audience to think for itself. In this regard, it
might take some
time for the connections to become clear. But these are the
types of demands
placed on the audience when confronted with Anishinaabe
rhetoric. So, as we
shall see in more detail below, listening to Anishinaabe rhetoric
is indeed an
intellectually challenging task.
There may also be ways in which the speaker knows the
audience better than
it knows itself, especially if the speaker is an elder. Knowing
the audience better
than it knows itself is a variation on the theme we have just
been discussing, that
is, the speaker addressing larger issues. In this case, the elder
may have experience
the audience does not and so the elder can see aspects of a topic
that may not be
clear to the audience. But it may be those larger aspects of the
topic that are of
critical importance, and so are the ones that are best discussed.
So once again we
are faced with a situation wherein the audience needs to fully
engage with the
speaker and think very carefully about what is being said.
Finally, there may be larger issues of concern to the community
that need
to be addressed. In this case, the speaker may be talking about
issues underlying
the topic of concern. So, the issue may have to do with, say,
substance abuse
in the community, while the speaker starts discussing harvesting
traditional
foods. The two might not seem related on the surface, but the
speaker may, in
fact, be addressing a spiritual vacuum in the life in the
community. Harvesting
traditional foods can be and, really, should be, a spiritual act.
Perhaps what
the speaker is trying to get at is there needs to be a deeper
spiritual life in the
community. Nourishing that spiritual life may in turn help to
lessen problems
with substance abuse. But, if the speaker starts talking about
making maple
syrup with his grandparents when he was young, the connection
may be lost
on the audience unless, again, the audience fully engages the
speaker and thinks
through for themselves the implications of the speaker’s words.
Rupert Ross encountered the above situation when he had the
job of reading
research reports about the traditional justice systems that
existed among the
Aboriginal people of Canada. He was initially confused by the
research reports
prepared by Aboriginal groups. He was expecting to see
information related
to dispute resolution in traditional times. Instead, the reports
seemed to cover
everything but those kinds of issues. What happened was the
researchers in the
field, many of whom were Aboriginal people fluent in their
languages, had of
course talked with their elders about the topic. Instead of
explaining dispute
resolution processes and the like, “the elders would tell them
only what they felt
their people needed to hear.”3 In the end, what the elders
wanted to convey was 鐨鑔
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that for Aboriginal societies, justice was not a reactive system
that sprang into
action once disruptive behavior occurred. Instead, it was a
proactive system that
worked to imprint the ways of harmonious living, the good life,
on the hearts of
the people, thus keeping disputes to a minimum.4
There may be other ways in which the speaker tells the audience
what he or
she thinks the audience needs to hear, but the above comments
should suffice in
illustrating the point. However, one other factor should be
discussed in regard
to this topic. Especially when it comes to elders, the speaker
has the prerogative
to say whatever he or she wants to say. This is part of the
etiquette and ethic of
listening to a speaker, especially if one has posed a question. It
really is up to the
speaker to choose to reply however he or she sees fit. Maybe the
speaker feels the
audience is not ready to hear the truth in regard to a certain
matter. Maybe the
speaker has larger, totally unrelated concerns, that he or she
thinks supersede
the question put forth. In fact, there could be myriad reasons for
the speaker
responding, say, to a question, in a certain manner. To finish
this section with a
story, an Anishinaabe once told me of an experience he had with
an elder. The
Anishinaabe lived in Minneapolis. He had a question for an
elder who lived on
the Red Lake reservation, which is a long drive from
Minneapolis. A round trip
from Minneapolis to Red Lake can consume an entire weekend.
Upon being
asked the question, the elder told the Anishinaabe to come back
next week. This
happened for several weeks in a row. Finally, the elder
answered the question.
Additionally, the elder stated he wanted to test the sincerity of
the Anishinaabe
by making him come back every week. So, it can take a lot of
patience when
confronted with the prerogatives of being an elder. However, as
this Anishinaabe
found out, the rewards are well worth it. One can be enriched
with a lifetime of
wisdom—and questions—to mull over.
Anishinaabe rhetoric is also driven by a concern for speaking
from the heart.
Or, it might be better to say, speaking from the heart and the
mind. Clearly,
when addressing an audience, the speaker has to use his or her
mental faculties.
However, it is just as important for the speaker to listen to the
dictates of the
heart. There is a side of life that is beyond reason, as captured
in the expression
that the heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of. The
way of the heart
speaks to human and other relations. Above, we discussed the
importance of
speaking as informed by the spirits and by spiritual values.
Speaking from the
heart takes those spiritual values and brings them into the realm
of the human. In
the chapter on silence, we also discussed the importance of
heartstrings—making
very real connections between people and other living entities.
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concern in speaking from the heart is the question of how are
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being178
our relationships healthy and strong ? How, as will be explored
in a later chapter,
are we going to maintain bimaadiziwin, or the good life?
An example of placing an emphasis on healthy relationships
might be the
question of who is going to profit most from a certain course of
action. Is it
going to be a small number of people? Will a small number of
people profit
disproportionately from a proposed course of action? Other
questions come
into consideration as well, such as the impact of a proposed
course of action on
our other-than-human relatives. An example of this type of
thinking, and this
type of advocacy, can be found on the White Earth reservation
in regard to Rice
Lake. Located toward the east side of the reservation, Rice Lake
is a large body
of water that contains an enormous wild rice bed. In the 1930s
when the State
of Minnesota was planning Minnesota Route 200, the State
proposed building
a causeway across the lower end of the lake. The elders
objected that it would
disrupt the flow of water in Rice Lake and potentially damage
the wild rice. The
causeway was built anyhow, and, as it turns out, the elders were
correct. The
elders were speaking from the heart, thinking about their
relationship with the
lake and wild rice. The State conducted its assessment based on
a different set of
values. The State won, and Rice Lake has suffered ever since.
This is the difference
that can result in thinking and speaking with the heart as well as
the mind.
In a way, speaking from the heart brings all the elements of
Anishinaabe
rhetoric from the speaker’s point of view together. Spiritual
values are certainly
important in Anishinaabe rhetoric, but those spiritual values are
further refined
by how those values play out in human relations. Speaking on
the basis of
experience gives priority to real-world experience, that is, real
world relationships
that are the concern of speaking from the heart. Addressing
what the speaker
thinks the audience needs to hear is also driven by real world
concerns for
maintaining good relations, which are the foundation for living
the good life
of the Anishinaabeg. So it could be concluded that the heart of
Anishinaabe
rhetoric is speaking from the heart. As mentioned above, the
mental capabilities
of the speaker are, of course, important. However, just as
importantly, the speaker
is putting his or her heart on display as well. The speaker is
saying, in essence, this
is who I am as a human being. There is no attempt to remove
oneself from the
issue at hand, no attempt to stand above the fray and be some
kind of impartial,
detached, objective commentator. From the Anishinaabe point
of view, there
can be no such thing as an impartial, detached, objective
commentator. We
are all human beings living in dynamic human relationships. As
we saw in the
chapter on language, Anishinaabe thinking focuses on processes
and events,
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of going about the world as living, breathing human beings.
Given this reality,
the Anishinaabeg, then, speak as human beings, and speaking as
a human being
entails speaking from the heart as much as speaking with the
mind. We will have
more to say on the importance of speaking from the heart later.
Suffice it for now
to say, from the point of view of the speaker, speaking on the
basis of spiritual
values, speaking on the basis of experience, addressing the
needs of the audience,
and speaking from the heart are some of the most important
factors informing
Anishinaabe rhetoric.
The above considerations are some of the factors that go into
Anishinaabe
rhetoric from the perspective of the speaker. However, there is
more to it than
that. We also have to think about Anishinaabe rhetoric from the
perspective
of the listener. It turns out there is a certain art to listening to
Anishinaabe
rhetoric. One needs to learn the conventions of, and become
versed in, listening
to Anishinaabe speakers. This is something that takes practice.
As a listener, one
needs to be aware of several items. Under no circumstances
should one tune
out a speaker. It is best to not interrupt a speaker, especially an
elder, when he
or she is speaking. Do not worry if the original question seems
not to have been
addressed. And finally, learn to work with the fact that most
likely a lesson will
not be explicitly conferred. We will examine each of these items
in turn.
As discussed at the beginning of this chapter, my students and I
had
completely different reactions to an elder when he went off on a
long, rambling,
digression-filled response to a student’s question. The non-
Indian students were
turned off by the elder and completely tuned him out. I, on the
other hand, sat up
and got excited. How can we explain this difference? The non-
Indian students
did not know how to listen to an elder, while I knew what to do.
If I wanted to
be generous to myself, I would say I was wiser. If I wanted to
be honest, I would
say it is because I am already an old man. We will split the
difference, and simply
say I am more “experienced” listening to elders. From my
experience, what I have
found out is that when an elder starts in on a long, rambling
statement, that
is the time to sit up and pay attention. The problem and the
challenge is that
under these circumstances, one does not know what the speaker
is going to say.
However, there is the very real possibility that the speaker will
come up with some
gem of wisdom that will speak to oneself in a very deep and
profound manner.
If not deep and profound, it could be at least enough to give one
something to
think about. But, as just stated, one does not know when these
gems will appear
in the speaker’s discourse. There are some ways in which
having gems of wisdom
randomly scattered in the speech act serves as a rhetorical
device to intellectually
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contained in the speech act, combined with the uncertainty of
when those gems
might appear, force the listener to become actively engaged
intellectually with
what the speaker is saying. As in my case, once one has enough
experience in this
regard, one starts to learn the value of paying attention to a
speaker. One learns
that when a speaker starts in on a long, rambling discourse, that
is the time to sit
up, pay attention, and get excited because there is a very good
chance the speaker
will impart to the audience wealth that cannot be measured:
gems of wisdom.
There is another, more important, aspect of these gems of
wisdom that also
needs to be considered. It can be the case that long after the
well thought out
and well considered question is forgotten, the only thing that
will stick with
an individual is the gem of wisdom he or she was able to glean
from the long,
rambling response of the speaker. In the future, it will not
matter whether or
not the speaker directly addressed the question. The only thing
of importance
will be that wonderful gem of wisdom one holds so dear. Even
if the speaker
addresses the question to some degree, the most important point
a listener
might get from the response may not be related to the question
at all. This might
be one reason my students and I had such different reactions
when the elder we
have been discussing went off on a long, digression-filled
response. I knew the
potential that existed to gain gems of wisdom that might be so
powerful they
could change my life, even if the original question was not
addressed. In other
words, I was looking for something that would stay with me
despite the question.
My students seemed to think the only value that could be found
in a response to
a well thought out and well considered question was a response
that addressed
the question directly. That is, they were looking for something
that would stay
with them because of the question. When their expectations
were not met, they
missed an opportunity to hear something that might have stayed
with them for
the rest of their lives. Seen in this light, it becomes clear why it
is important to
not tune out a speaker even if he or she goes off on a long,
rambling response.
It is also a good idea to not interrupt a speaker. It is not unusual
for a speaker,
especially an elder, to repeat a story or some other piece of
information one has
heard from that same speaker before. Under this scenario, it is
tempting to roll
one’s eyes and think, “Here we go again,” and, as with the non-
Indian students
above, to tune out what the speaker has to say. This is not the
approach to take
for several reasons. First, one never knows if the speaker is
going to add new
information one has not heard before. This is particularly true
with stories one
might have heard from an elder before. This is something that
happened to me
with a respected elder. She was telling me a story about an
incident in her life.
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Anishinaabe Rhetoric 181
to interrupt her and tell her I knew the story and she did not
have to tell it to
me again. However, being “experienced” as I am, I decided it
was best to not
interrupt and let her talk as she saw fit. Sure enough, she started
adding elements
to the story I had never heard before. If I had cut her off, I may
never have
learned that new information. This incident reinforced for me
the importance
of not interrupting a speaker even if one is hearing the same
information for the
umpteenth time.
In addition to that, there is another reason why it is good to not
interrupt a
speaker even if one is hearing the same information one has
heard many times
before. As with most Native people in the Americas, the
Anishinaabe people
have an oral tradition. Much of the cultural teachings are passed
down by
word of mouth. As a result, it is important to cement knowledge
in one’s heart
and mind as deeply as possible. One way to do this is by
listening to the same
information any number of times. Most people have a tendency
to tell a story
or convey information in a set manner. They will use the same
phrasing when
telling a story and relate the events in a given order. A similar
dynamic is often
true when conveying other types of information as well. For
example, processes
will be explained with certain phrases and often an emphasis
will be placed
on the most important part of the knowledge: This is the secret
to X. Being
“experienced” what I have found is that it helps to listen to that
phrasing and
try to remember it as closely as possible. This is especially true
when it comes
to stories. It helps to repeat the story to oneself just as one
heard it as much
as possible. Now, we know that people construct memories of
events and that
the way one remembers events is going to be biased. It thus
becomes very easy
to dismiss personal stories as not containing the truth, or not
being a truthful
account of the matter. In other words, the speaker is lying.
However, this is the
wrong attitude. Instead, it is better to respect the speaker. This
is the way the
speaker remembers the events and wants to convey them. This is
the way the
speaker wants the events understood. In that regard, then, it is
an act of respect,
especially toward elders, to try to remember the story the way
the elder conveyed
it as much as possible. This is how the memory of elders
continues. This is how
elders continue to live after they have passed on. Seen in this
light, it becomes
even more understandable why it is important to not interrupt
speakers, but to
listen, and remember, what they have to say.
One should not be put off if a speaker does not answer a
question directly
or does not seem to be addressing a clear-cut topic. It is
important to remember
that speakers operate on good faith. They are not simply trying
to dismiss a
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being182
remember many of the features of Anishinaabe rhetoric
discussed above, such
as speaking from one’s experience and on the basis of spiritual
values. Thus, in
assuming the speaker is talking in good faith and is using the
conventions of
Anishinaabe rhetoric, a different approach is called for as
opposed to listening
to a thesis-driven formal speech or other Western ways of
engaging in discourse.
It is best to assume the issue is being addressed. Instead, a
different dynamic is
at work in Anishinaabe rhetoric. As discussed above and in
previous chapters,
part of the goal of the speaker is to intellectually engage the
listener. The
connection between what the speaker is saying and the question
at hand might
not be immediately evident. Instead, the words of the speaker
are more like seeds
planted in one’s consciousness. Those seeds can be nourished
by ruminating on
what the speaker said from time to time. It might take a while
for the answer to
become clear. But once it does, the answer will stay with one
much longer, most
likely, than if one was not given the chance to make the
connections for oneself.
Closely associated with the above is the idea that in
Anishinaabe rhetoric
and storytelling, there is no moral to the story, as found in
Aesop’s fables, for
example. The Anishinaabeg prefer to let the listener figure out
the meaning of
the story for oneself. In this regard, Jim Northrup, writing in his
memoir, The
Rez Road Follies: Canoes, Casinos, Computers, and Birch Bark
Baskets, provides
an example that is worth investigating in more detail. He writes:
One of my favorite stories is the time some people sold a rice
buyer something
other than wild rice. They added a couple of big rocks to
increase the weight of
the rice sacks. The next day, the rice buyer came back and sold
the people some
groceries. The people found the same rocks in their flour. …
The power of the story comes from our reaction to it. One
person could hear it
and reaffirm their belief that cheaters never prosper. Another
could listen to the
same story and say, “Well, we tried that trick on the white man
and it didn’t work.
We’ll have to come up with a better one than that.”
A third could hear nothing beyond the fact that it was a ricing
story. They
could take a little trip back to the last time they were ricing.
The memories would
bring smiles.
Someone else might say, “Hey, wait a minute, he just stole my
best story about
rocks and rice.”
A businessman might say, “What the hay [sic], the guy still
made money. The
rocks were more valuable as rice than flour.”
“I remember my Dad telling this story,” would be another
response as yet another
listener traveled back in family history to an image of her Dad
[sic] laughing, as
he told the same story.5
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Anishinaabe Rhetoric 183
There are a number of elements at work in the above passage.
First and foremost,
I would like to point out something Northrup does not cover. He
presents the
reactions to the stories as discrete responses by different
individuals. It should be
kept in mind that in actuality, one person could potentially have
two or more
of these responses. So an individual might think the person stole
the story, but
also remember his or her father telling the same story, taking
the story to be
something of a family possession passed down through the
generations. It is also
possible for an individual to have different reactions over the
course of time as
well. For example, when first hearing the story, the listener
might remember
earlier times harvesting wild rice, but at a later date, might add
to his or her
understanding of the story that cheaters never prosper. In other
words, the
meaning of the story can grow and mature for an individual as
that individual
grows and matures.
When the above two phenomena, not necessarily directly
addressing a
topic and not providing a moral of the story, are taken together,
other aspects
of the logic behind Anishinaabe rhetoric start to become clear.
As discussed
above in regard to not directly addressing the matter, an answer
to a question
can become a seed planted in one’s mind, a seed that it is up to
the individual
to nourish. Not providing the moral of the story functions in
much the same
manner. Stories become like seeds planted in one’s mind that
can grow and
then be revisited from time to time to harvest the new wisdom
they present.
In both cases, the speaker in actuality is asking the listener to
think for him or
herself. It will be recalled that when we discussed the
intellectually challenging
mind in Chapter 6, the Anishinaabeg will engage each other
with provocative
questions. They like to challenge each other to think. Not
necessarily answering
a question directly and not providing the moral of the story
operate in the same
manner. Answers and stories become intellectual challenges
individuals need to
think through for themselves. It is, in effect, a way for the
Anishinaabeg to say,
“Think for yourself.” It will also be recalled from Chapter 6
that in encouraging
an individual to think for him or herself, the speaker is also
giving the listener
one of the greatest gifts of all, the ability to “know thyself.” So,
it can be seen
why the Anishinaabeg prefer to not necessarily address the topic
or provide the
moral of the story.
Another aspect of the logic at work in the situations we are
examining here
has to do with the Anishinaabe notion of respect for the
autonomy of other
individuals. Rupert Ross discussed this matter in his book,
Dancing with a Ghost:
Exploring Aboriginal Reality. He discusses at some length the
ethic of non-
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being184
Dr. Clare Brant, a Mohawk Indian and a psychiatrist who
worked with Native
people in Canada, it becomes clear the ethic of non-interference
is a cardinal
rule in Anishinaabe society:
The principle of non-interference is all-pervasive throughout
our entire culture.
We are loath to confront people. We are very loath to give
advice to anyone if the
person is not specifically asking for advice. To interfere or even
comment on their
behaviour is considered rude. (emphasis added)6
Ross served as a prosecutor for Ontario Province, so he often
had to decide the
fate of Native people. But he also felt a sincere desire to take
the Native point
of view into consideration as well. He explains his dilemma
trying to figure
out how to work with the ethic of non-interference in talking
with Aboriginal
people about the court cases on which he was working :
Brant struck an even more responsive chord when he spoke
about the impropriety
of giving advice, even when it is asked for. …
I found it impossible, however, to believe that people had no
opinions about
such issues; I therefore tried a different approach. I did not ask
for advice, or even
for a recommendation. Instead, I spoke out loud about the
various factors which
had to be considered in coming to a decision, as if I were only
reviewing them
for my own benefit. I let the problems pose themselves, without
ever directly
expressing them. Then I noticed a change. People started to
speak. I had to endure
long silences, against my every inclination, but I knew that if I
jumped in to fill
them the discussion would end. Nothing could be hurried, nor
could anyone be
interrupted as they too did their thinking out loud. …
As I began to learn how to listen, two things became clear.
First, contrary
to my earlier impression, it was obvious that people not only
cared a great
deal about things but had also given them a great deal of
thought. Second,
they most certainly held definite views about what the
appropriate responses
should be. They would not, however, give those views directly.
Instead, they
would recite and subtly emphasize, often only through
repetition, the facts that
led towards their preferred conclusion. The listener, of course,
had to find that
conclusion himself. It became, in that way, his conclusion too.7
So much of what we have been discussing is packed into the
above excerpt. For
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respect for other
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Anishinaabe Rhetoric 185
an idea of what he or she thinks the audience, or, in this case,
the conversation
partner, needs to hear. But, the speaker is loath to say so
directly. That would
violate that ethic of non-interference. So advice is often given
in circuitous
fashion. But even with that, the realization is that in the end it
is up to the
listener to decide if the speaker’s thoughts on the subject at
hand are helpful.
The speaker cannot and does not presume to know everything
about the listener
and is humble in realizing that fact. It would be a matter of
immense arrogance
to suppose one knows the listener’s heart. Instead, the best the
speaker can do is
not make an intellectual argument or thesis-driven statement
about the matter.
Under the ethic of non-interference, it is best for the speaker to
speak from the
heart, to show the listener his or her heart. It is then up to the
listener to decide
the sincerity of the speaker’s heart for him or herself.
And, in the end, that constitutes the core of the listening
experience in
regard to Anishinaabe rhetoric and, in many ways I would
argue, the heart of
Anishinaabe rhetoric as a whole. An Anishinaabe speaker
speaks from the heart.
It is incumbent upon the individual to learn how to listen to that
person’s heart.
And as we saw above when examining Anishinaabe rhetoric
from the point
of view of the speaker, speaking from the heart is key to
understanding this
phenomenon. In bringing this section of the discussion to a
close, then, I would
like to say a few more words about speaking from the heart.
The principle underlying concern in regard to Anishinaabe
rhetoric has to
do with the question of human character. In speaking from the
heart and in
listening to the heart of the speaker, the Anishinaabeg are most
interested in
trying to figure out if the speaker is a person to be trusted. The
main question,
then, is: Can I trust this person? There are a couple aspects of
this approach
worth exploring. First, in earlier times, the Anishinaabeg did
not have coercive
instruments of state. There were no police, no standing armies,
no jails, and no
judicial system to impose the will of the state on individuals.
The term “will
of the state” should be understood as a euphemism for the rich
and powerful
who control the instruments of state. So, leaders could not force
their will upon
the people. Instead, they had to use other instruments to guide
and influence
the people. The only two tools they had at their disposal were
persuasion and
example. In the case of leading by example, the leaders in
society were, in effect,
demonstrating to the people the quality of their character.
However, the same is
true when it comes to questions of persuasion. The leaders had
to demonstrate
with their words that they were to be trusted. The device that
was developed
was the rhetorical conventions we have been addressing here,
the conventions
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being186
demonstrating the quality of their character. Under this
scenario, it is not so
much the facts of a situation that matter, although, of course,
they are not to
be dismissed either. Instead, the Anishinaabeg want to know if
this is a leader
who can be trusted, one who is worth listening to and following.
If answered
in the affirmative, the leader can then take the steps to do good
for the people.
If not, the individual will not be entrusted with the reins of
power. Although
there are of course no guarantees, the expectation is that a
leader who exhibits
good character, who demonstrates a good heart, will do good for
the people.
So speaking from the heart becomes an important way for the
Anishinaabeg to
ensure good leadership for the people.
There is another aspect to this approach that bears mentioning
as well. It is
much harder to hide ill intent or a bad character when speaking
from the heart as
opposed to a thesis-driven argument. One clear example of this
observation is the
use of thesis-driven arguments by the eugenics movement prior
to World War II
to “prove” African-Americans and other minorities were
inferior. That is, before
World War II, the inferiority of minority groups was a proven
scientific “fact.”
Modern day research has discussed the tremendous dilatory
effect this “fact” had
on minorities.8 It should be noted that the eugenics movement
and the supposed
inferiority of Native Americans continued to adversely affect
Native Americans
well after World War II, the most heart-wrenching
manifestation of this attitude
being found in the forced sterilization of Native American
women by the Indian
Health Service in the 1970s.9 Clearly, the use of thesis-driven
argumentation has
not been kind to minority people over the years.
This is not to say all thesis-driven argumentation is bad, or that
thesis-driven
argumentation has no place in rhetoric, but there can be bad
aspects to using
it. First, thesis-driven argumentation pretends to be objective
when, in actuality,
there is no objectivity. Any argument will have its underlying
suppositions that
influence the nature of the argument. Even the choice of which
phenomena to
investigate is driven by larger concerns. For example, while I
was at Iowa State
University, research on genetically engineered crops was seeing
its funding
expanded, while the center for sustainable agriculture suffered
severe budget
cutbacks. The results of the research into genetically engineered
crops may have
been objective from a scientific point of view, but the choice of
funding priorities
speaks volumes about the values at Iowa State when I was there.
Second, thesis-
driven argumentation tends to be very narrow in its concerns.
For example,
research on genetically engineered crops might demonstrate
their effectiveness
in the very narrow sense of increasing yields, but this same
research will have
nothing to say about other potential effects. Maybe the research
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Anishinaabe Rhetoric 187
effects will be done. Maybe it will not. Third, with its supposed
objectivity and
narrow range of focus, it becomes much easier to hide ill will.
On the surface,
the parties involved may seem to be having a polite
conversation about the topic
at hand, complete with supporting facts and studies. The results,
however, may
cover ill will, or at least indifference, toward other people or
things. As we saw
with the case of Rice Lake above, it is doubtful the engineers
for the State of
Minnesota had any concern for the wild rice crop in deciding to
build a causeway
across the lake.
Of course, it needs to be acknowledged that speaking from the
heart can
have its down sides as well. For example, it is every bit as
possible to hide ill will
and bad intent in feigning speaking from the heart. There are
smooth talkers
in every society. The question in the case of thesis-driven
argumentation and
smooth talking in the case of Anishinaabe rhetoric is, where are
the checks and
balances in the system? For the Anishinaabeg, as mentioned
above, there is the
use of example. If the speaker’s actions do not live up to his or
her pretty words,
it is going to become apparent quite quickly that in the future
the individual is
not to be trusted. In the case of thesis-driven argumentation, the
same eternal
vigilance is called for. However, I would contend it is much
harder to hide ill will
and bad intent from the start using the Anishinaabe approach.
The conventions
of listening are just as important as the conventions of speaking
when it comes
to Anishinaabe rhetoric. Using the conventions of listening
outlined above, it
is possible to become adroit at determining the quality of the
speaker’s heart.
It therefore becomes much harder to fool people with pretty
words and lofty
rhetoric. It is much easier to see through those rhetorical ruses
by training
oneself to be a good listener. In the end it makes it harder for
mischief makers to
get started in the first place.
I will repeat what I said above just to be clear about my
position. Thesis-
driven argumentation has its place. I even teach it in my own
classes. It is an
important intellectual tool to have at one’s disposal. But, as I
discussed at the
beginning of this chapter, I am finding it more and more
important to articulate
and to teach the conventions of Anishinaabe rhetoric as well. It
is not the case
that one is better than the other. They both have their places at
the right time
and under the right circumstances. However, again, as I stated
at the beginning
of this chapter, it needs to be acknowledged, though, that
Anishinaabe rhetoric,
and Native American rhetoric in general, has its place as well. It
has its own
interior logic and functions in its own unique manner. In order
to further clarify
the special quality of Anishinaabe rhetoric and further justify
its legitimacy,
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being188
I would like to examine Anishinaabe rhetoric in light of other
forms of rhetoric
and argumentation aside from thesis-driven argumentation.
To start off, I want to distinguish Anishinaabe rhetoric from
various forms
of speaking found in mainstream society, particularly
extemporaneous speaking
and stream of consciousness speaking. I will examine these in
turn, starting with
extemporaneous speaking. I am using the term “extemporaneous
speaking” here
as a technical term used in speech competitions. Without going
into too much
detail, extemporaneous speaking is a style of speech making in
speech contests
in which the contestant has a limited amount of time to develop
a coherent
speech, which must be delivered without the aid of notes.
Several factors go
into judging extemporaneous speaking ; however, if we were to
sum up these
factors as a whole, in effect the contestant is asked to construct
a standard thesis-
driven essay with appropriate supporting material. So one of the
first and most
important components of an extemporaneous speech is that it
should have a
thesis which informs the piece as a whole. The contestant is
also expected to
support the thesis drawing on reputable sources, in this case,
defined as reliable
printed sources of information, such as well-regarded
newspapers like the New
York Times, or even peer-reviewed academic journals. The
speech is expected
to end with a restatement of the thesis and a summary of the
positions made in
the speech.
As should be immediately evident, extemporaneous speaking as
exercised
in speech contests is radically different from Anishinaabe
rhetoric as we have
been discussing it here. At the top-most level, it can be seen
that in making an
extemporaneous speech, one is expected to construct a logical,
linear, and rational
argument. The material is supposed to follow one upon the other
as informed by
the dictates of logical, not spiritual, thinking. Thus the
emphasis is on relating
direct causation that is easily observable in the physical world.
The argument is
linear in that it is expected to follow a clear line from the
beginning to the end.
There is a thesis, the thesis is supported by way of evidence,
and the conclusion
demonstrates the manner in which the evidence has supported
the thesis.
The argument is rational as well. The argument is expected to
stand above
emotional responses and be delivered on the basis of empirical
evidence. So
extemporaneous speaking of this type has a clear set of
foundational pillars upon
which it is built. Now, it should be noted that Anishinaabe
speakers can use logical,
linear, and rational ways of argumentation, so it is not as if the
Anishinaabeg are
incapable of this type of speaking. However, as I have noted,
the basis for what
I am calling Anishinaabe rhetoric is informed by a separate set
of considerations.
I will not repeat them all here. But the importance of speaking
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Anishinaabe Rhetoric 189
spiritual values, on experiential experience, and from the heart
are three ways in
which Anishinaabe thinking differs from extemporaneous
speaking.
Aside from its use as a technical term in speech contests,
“extemporaneous
speaking” can also mean speaking off the top of one’s head in
the more popular
use, that is, just saying whatever pops into one’s head. This
type of speaking
might also be referred to as a “stream of consciousness” style of
oration. The
term “stream of consciousness” is another technical term that
can be found in
both literature and psycholog y. Keeping in mind that I am not
trying to present
a detailed or complete description of the phenomenon, in
psycholog y, stream of
conscious refers, in essence, to the flow of thoughts in one’s
mind. The use of the
term in literature is similar in that in using a stream of
consciousness approach,
the author will represent the flow of thoughts going through a
given character’s
mind. Here, the feature of stream of consciousness in which I
am most interested
relates to what can be its disjointed nature. Thus it is not the
case that thoughts
flow logically from one to the other. Certainly they can.
However, most usually
the understanding of stream of consciousness in psycholog y
and the use of
stream of consciousness technique in literature is such that
thoughts do not
flow in a logical manner. Instead, thoughts tend to be
disjointed, associative,
and random. In this regard, stream of consciousness may seem
closely related to
the use of digressions in Anishinaabe rhetoric. However, this is
not the case. As
just stated, in the stream of consciousness approach, thoughts
do not necessarily
adhere together, one after the other, and so can be truly random
and disjointed.
As argued above, it is not the case in regard to Anishinaabe
rhetoric that the ideas
being presented are random and disjointed. In fact, the ideas in
Anishinaabe
rhetoric follow an interior logic, a logic that differs from the
logical, linear,
rational ways of thinking preferred in Western rhetoric, but
logical nonetheless.
We have discussed that inner logic above, and need not repeat it
here. Suffice
it to say, the inner logic of Anishinaabe rhetoric is premised on
spiritual values
and experiential experience. It is organized in such a way as to
speak as much
as possible most directly to the human heart. It is not random or
disjointed in
the least. So we should be very careful not to confuse stream of
consciousness
thinking with Anishinaabe rhetoric. This is not to say one is
better than the
other. We just want to acknowledge that they are different.
In discussing extemporaneous speaking and stream of
consciousness thinking,
we were examining what Anishinaabe rhetoric is not. It is not a
style of speaking
that seeks to replicate the standard thesis-driven argument
found in Western
approaches to argumentation. It is also not simply speaking off
the top of one’s
head, going with the flow as it were, and following one’s stream
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being190
The thing about extemporaneous speaking and stream of
consciousness writing
is that they both come out of the norms of mainstream society.
They were both
fashioned within and recognized as legitimate by the dominant,
Western culture,
and American culture as a subset of Western culture. However,
there are other
ways of argumentation that exist as well that do not arise out of
Western ways of
thinking. I would like to explore two such examples in order to
demonstrate that
there are other legitimate ways of speaking and presenting one’s
argument. The
two examples I have in mind are Japanese forms of essay
writing, and African-
American call and response style of speaking.
The Japanese have a way of writing essays called kishôtenketsu
(��䔒㎀).
The Chinese characters in the term mean: start, develop, turn,
end. As might be
inferred, the term describes in quite literal terms the structure
of the argument
or presentation. Senko Maynard discusses this style of discourse
in her book
Japanese Communication: Language and Thought in Context.10
Using this
approach, one is first expected to bring up a topic to start off
the essay. Next, the
writer is to develop the topic to some degree. Once having
developed the topic,
the writer then puts a sudden turn or twist on the subject.
Finally, the writer
brings the argument to a conclusion.11 She provides the
following example. Note
that although Maynard includes the Japanese language versions
of the sentences,
I will omit them.
Ki (䎧): Daughters of Itoya (the thread shop) in the Motomachi
of Osaka.
Shō (�): The elder daughter is sixteen, and the younger one is
fifteen.
Ten (䔒): Feudal Lords kill (the enemy) with bows and arrows.
Ketsu (㎀): The daughters of Itoya “kill” (the men) with their
eyes.12
From a Western point of view, the above argument may not
appear to be well
structured. There is no thesis. The “Ten” section may appear to
be a digression,
and the point of the argument is not introduced until the
conclusion. But to a
Japanese reader, this would be a perfectly acceptable manner of
writing. In fact,
this style of writing is so common in Japan that it can lead to
some difficulties
for Japanese people going to school in the United States, as
illustrated by the
following story.
My wife is a Japanese national, and when I was a graduate
student at Stanford
University, she had a number of Japanese friends. One of them,
who shall remain
anonymous, was in a master’s program at another university in
the area. My wife
asked me to help her friend edit her writing assignments. I was
happy to comply.
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