Friday, June 5, 2009
More on Recycling batteries
turns out local future shop recycles regular household batteries, but it took a lot of work finding that out in the store. I had to ask three different people if that box at the front of the store was only for cell phone batteries or regular batteries like these ones here (had to show them). Shame on them and all others for missed PR stunt. Should be mandatory. Those things are lethal.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Metis history conference
I recently returned from giving a paper at a National Metis History conference in Ottawa.
I think it was reasonably well received, well enough that I ought to consider writing for publication. The general topic has been related to questions that have vexed me more or less since I completed my thesis, perhaps even before, and that is whether medieaval concepts of Jus sanguinis and Jus Soli, have any application in understanding early (read pre-napoleonic) Metis identity, and what if anything can we learn from documenting in Metis society the transition from an aspatial to a spatial world.
It seems that similar ideas are being voiced in some of the recent legal cases, cf. especially R. v. Goodon.
Other interesting highlights were a few papers about the RFC, something that was very new to me, and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for that literature. I'm also looking forward to the translation of von Graffenried's TAGEBUCH, due out very soon. In addition to some very interesting papers by senior scholars, some new talent to look out for are Chris Andersen from U of A, and perhaps xxx, who spoke of the legal singularity of the Council of Assiniboia. This deserves further examination for some thoughts I've had regarding the CJA
I think it was reasonably well received, well enough that I ought to consider writing for publication. The general topic has been related to questions that have vexed me more or less since I completed my thesis, perhaps even before, and that is whether medieaval concepts of Jus sanguinis and Jus Soli, have any application in understanding early (read pre-napoleonic) Metis identity, and what if anything can we learn from documenting in Metis society the transition from an aspatial to a spatial world.
It seems that similar ideas are being voiced in some of the recent legal cases, cf. especially R. v. Goodon.
Other interesting highlights were a few papers about the RFC, something that was very new to me, and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for that literature. I'm also looking forward to the translation of von Graffenried's TAGEBUCH, due out very soon. In addition to some very interesting papers by senior scholars, some new talent to look out for are Chris Andersen from U of A, and perhaps xxx, who spoke of the legal singularity of the Council of Assiniboia. This deserves further examination for some thoughts I've had regarding the CJA
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