Note

The Human Brain is divided into TWO Hemispheres: the Right Brain and the Left Brain.The Right Brain relates and perceives through Synthesis, the Left Brain relates and perceives through Analysis. Along the 20th Century, Western Societies developed mainly the Left Brain.Holistic approaches for the 21st Century need to recover the capability of Perception through the Right Brain in order to achieve balance…

I ChingYin and Yang

The I Ching, in analogy to the Hemispheres, is divided into Yin and Yang: Two complement poles that symbolically stand for the Dynamics of Unity.

The aim of this ‘paper’ is to contribute to New Means of Communication in Academic Contexts. Appealing to the Perception through the Right Brain, I will use Music, Image and a Short Text Structure. The purpose is to focus on the Essence.

Foreword

This is not a ‘regular’ paper.

I won’t quote anybody.

This is an Instalation of a Cultural Experience with the Tuareg people in the Desert.

This is their Music…

The Tuareg’s Tent in the SaharaDesert,

A Cultural Experience(Paula Soares, University of Évora, psoares21@gmail.com)

There are several ways of perceiving ‘Culture’:

e.g. staying in the office reading books,

or entering a jeep and driving

to the desert…This paper is about a

Cultural Experiencewith the Tuareg people.

The Challenges:• Leaving the books behind• Reaching out for a Sunrise in the Desert• Going into the field• Awakening the Perception through the

Senses• Loosing temporary the Geographical

References while crossing a Sandstorm

The Tuareg’s Tent in the Desert Inn

• In former times the Tuareg people used to cross the Silk Roads in Caravans.

• They were the ‘Knights of the Desert’, known for their Courage, Codes of Honour, Poetry and Blue Turbans (used by men).

• Female Tuaregs would choose their partners in Poetry Contests under the Stars.

• Nowadays, the former ‘Knights of the Desert’ guide people from all over the world, in Caravans, through the Dunes of the Sahara Desert.

The language of the dunes.

• The Caravan slowly crosses the infinite Dunes

• High on top of a Camel the Slow Rhythm of Motion, the Waves of the Dunes, the Infinite Horizon lead us

to the Language of Contemplation…

The language of contemplation.

Beyond Time and Space, the Tuareg sits on top of a Dune, contemplating the Horizon, sharing the Language of Inner Silence lost in the Contemporary Western World.

The Blue Turban contrasting with the Yellow Sand, apart from protecting the face from Sandstorms, teaches us the powerful communication through the Eyes.

The language of the eyes.

After crossing infinite Dunes in slow motion, the vision of an Oasis,the vision of a Tuareg’s Tent in the Sahara Desert.

Tea is served,a meal is being prepared,the Sun sets,the Stars rise,the Drums play,the Tuareg sing…

The language of the tribe.

The Language of the Tribe is Music under the Stars,unifying People from all over the World. Far from artificial Light, the Sky reveals unknown Galaxies.Waiting for the Sunrise, the Night vanishes…

After experiencing the Sunrise in the Desert, a part of us becomes ‘Tuareg’. The Language of the Dunes, the Language of Contemplation, the Language of the Eyes become part of the luggage to bring back.

This Cultural Experience could not have been made through the reading of a Book in the Office…The study of Culture in the Futurewould be much richer if related to Experience, whenever possible…