Greetings friends! Its been a while, but life has been busy and we haven’t had time to record any new episodes until a couple weeks back, while on our road trip.
In this episode we discuss the difference between appropriating cultural elements for your tattoos, versus using cultural elements in a manner which shows appreciation and respect. There’s also a fun environmental rant at the end.
We recorded this one on video, while driving in the car, so the sound is not the best, so please bear with us! Also, if you want to view the video, and see all the funny faces we make while driving and talking, go check out our YouTube channel: J and T Becoming Fully Human
Show Notes:
The Missippians site we visited was the city of Cahokia, which was a city of 20k people around 1000 CE, and the city was abandoned around 1300 CE. The Monks Mound referred to in the video is a 100 foot high mound, which overlooks the city as the spiritual center.
Lt. James Cook encountered the Maori for the first time on October 8, 1769- most of the illustrations of the Maori were from the 1800s, which was also a time period in which they were hunted for their tattooed skin.