A common definition of emotion according to Western Psychology is: A psychological system that appraises internal or external, context-related causes in terms of their significance
The archaeologist Paul MacKendrick wrote a book about ancient Italy called The Mute Stones Speak. But for First Americans in California, stones aren’t mute; they
Different cultures develop fascinatingly diverse ideas about light. Some of the makers of stained glass in medieval European cathedrals followed the third-century CE Egyptian-Greek philosopher
After exploring the Ohlone and Miwok worlds on Mt. Diablo’s lower slopes, I ventured to its summit. A lot of Ohlone and Miwok Indians thought
I hiked to Mt. Diablo’s summit two weeks ago, and it was one of the most spiritual hikes I’ve ever done in the SF Bay
He’s young and chill, but he probably knows things about his culture’s heritage that AI systems don’t. The psychologist Jerome Bruner, in The Culture of
A house is more than a building in many Native American societies. For example, the seemingly simple Plains Indian tipi sometimes expressed its residents’ ideas
Emotions can seem self-evident, but they come in a lot of varieties which emerge in cultures. It will be a big challenge for AI to
My perspectives of my own turf transformed when I attended a gathering of Ohlone Indians in Fremont, California. They haven’t been as well known