http://savageminds.org/2006/04/16/the-tablet-computer-and-the-native-girl/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://savageminds.org/2006/04/16/the-tablet-computer-and-the-native-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-9374 Keywords » Prasan Ke’ Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:35:32 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=452#comment-9374 [...] Eventually the village head is given the message that a wild boar has eaten the headman of the first village. Not quite believing the story he calls to find out. Yes, calls. In yet another ironic play on modernity and tradition (quite different from this awful advertisement), the aging headman of the first village simply forgot that he could use a phone to accomplish the task of informing his friend. As he says, he isn’t accustomed to using a phone! [...] [...] Eventually the village head is given the message that a wild boar has eaten the headman of the first village. Not quite believing the story he calls to find out. Yes, calls. In yet another ironic play on modernity and tradition (quite different from this awful advertisement), the aging headman of the first village simply forgot that he could use a phone to accomplish the task of informing his friend. As he says, he isn’t accustomed to using a phone! [...]

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