Title

Western and Ojibwa Models of the Person

Description

The Ojibwa model of the person [. . .] does not posit the self in advance of the person’s entry into the world; rather, the self is constituted as a centre of agency and awareness in the process of its active engagement within an environment. Feeling, remembering, intending and speaking are all aspects of that engagement, and through it the self continually comes into being. In short, the Ojibwa self is relational. If we were to ask where it is, the answer would not be ‘inside the head rather than out there in the world’. For the self exists, or rather becomes, in the unfolding of those very relations that are set up by virtue of a being’s positioning in the world, reaching out into the environment – and connecting with other selves – along these relational pathways.

Designer

Ingold, Tim

Date

2000

Source

The perception of the environment: Essays on livelihood, dwelling and skill.

Bibliographic Citation

Ingold, Tim. (2000). The perception of the environment: Essays on livelihood, dwelling and skill. Routledge.

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