Complying with such constraints leaves a journalist with rather sparse material, and Al-Sayyid never really comes to life. We are limited chiefly to glimpses of villagers’ houses, clothes and gardens, as well as descriptions of the drink everyone serves, “glasses of scalding tea stuffed with the freshly cut sprigs” of hyssop. In each household the action unfolds along the same, not terribly dramatic lines: the researchers set up their equipment and record subjects signing in response to prepared visual stimuli.
It says much about how journalists approach analysis, and why they tend to miss the importance of daily life. Social history tends to get swept under the rug.
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Date: 2007-08-19 02:19 pm (UTC)Complying with such constraints leaves a journalist with rather sparse material, and Al-Sayyid never really comes to life. We are limited chiefly to glimpses of villagers’ houses, clothes and gardens, as well as descriptions of the drink everyone serves, “glasses of scalding tea stuffed with the freshly cut sprigs” of hyssop. In each household the action unfolds along the same, not terribly dramatic lines: the researchers set up their equipment and record subjects signing in response to prepared visual stimuli.
It says much about how journalists approach analysis, and why they tend to miss the importance of daily life. Social history tends to get swept under the rug.