2 things (trying to stay off hellsite)
1. if you spend more on #ValentinesDay date/gifts than you gave to earthquake victims, you are officially a bad person. In this case, I'm happy to make the rules. Here is the White Helmet @SyriaCivilDef donation site.
whitehelmets.org/en/
1. if you spend more on #ValentinesDay date/gifts than you gave to earthquake victims, you are officially a bad person. In this case, I'm happy to make the rules. Here is the White Helmet @SyriaCivilDef donation site.
whitehelmets.org/en/
2. I have a research question, brought on by @GhoshAmitav 's writing on health impacts of colonialism & 'terraforming' on indigenous populations. Does anyone know of research on pre-colonial demographics: ...
life expectancy, health, infant mortality...?
My guess is that these would be highly variable, depending on geographic & social circumstances, but likely *better* than during colonialism.
The current datasets we use all show the benefits of modern infrastructure (incl health)...
My guess is that these would be highly variable, depending on geographic & social circumstances, but likely *better* than during colonialism.
The current datasets we use all show the benefits of modern infrastructure (incl health)...
but these benefits are all on the baseline of populations, economies and societies weakened by centuries of colonialism, slavery etc.
What about populations and societies that had autonomy and long-term experience of their ecosystems & environments? What was their health like?
What about populations and societies that had autonomy and long-term experience of their ecosystems & environments? What was their health like?
I am also wondering about pre-Roman populations. I know far too little about the Gauls who lived in this area pre-Roman occupation (and most of what I do know is from Asterix 🤦♀️😂🤦♀️). In school, I basically learned that they were primitive peoples who lost against the Romans.
But since, I have learned that they had the capacity for long term planning, long-range communication and coordination, and mounted a fierce opposition to the Roman invasion, leading to their genocide. What were their lives like, these people? How did they live in these valleys?
What independence, autonomy, ways of life, culture, interaction with ecosystems, etc did they die defending? Can we learn anything from them, still? At least have empathy for their epic last struggle, rather than seeing it as the failure of a primitive people?
Anyway, sorry for long thread. If anyone has answers on pre-colonial and pre-occupation in general health levels, would love to hear it. @jasonhickel @davidwengrow @_alice_evans @WalterScheidel I know you all don't always agree, but definitely have more knowledge than I do?
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