Question from the NLATD.......

[Baeau]

If that got anyone's attention, it is my acronym for No Longer A Tax Deduction, aka our eldest. A few months left of University, & we are trying to insure she gets out. Countries have come & gone, since she started! She is writing a paper for her Humanities class (what a load of bosh). Her chosen subject is Tartan. Peter / figheadir kindly offered some direction, after her initial web searching turned up contradictory information. This week, she asked me to seek assistance from the collective knowledge of the Forum. Hopefully, from anyone in Scotland, from Scotland, or deeply entrenched in it's culture. This week's assignment:

"Pose one question, regarding the relationship between human culture & your chosen artifact"

The artifact being, Tartan. Her curiosity is how people in / from Scotland feel about Tartans, how may be part of their life, et cetera. She's not looking for the answer. Rather, commentary from individuals that have some 'relationship' (ancestral or whatever). Writing she can do, once she gets some information. The Professor speaks / teaches in a high brow manner. Most students in the discussion posts are trying to figure out what the Professor was talking about. When I pm'd Peter, I included the following from the paper's outline:

Develop questions about fundamental aspects of human culture that inform personal assumptions, beliefs, & values using evidence from cultural artifacts & systems.
AND.....
Determine fundamental approaches to studying the humanities in addressing questions about how cultural artifacts & the culture they are created in have influenced each other.'

His words were,"I have to say, the academic community really don't go in for plain English do they, what a mouthful that topic is!". We all agree with that. If anyone cares to make a comment, the eldest wants me of offer a , "Thank you", in advance.