Blog Post #1
Dr. Carr
Dr. Carr’s lecture discussed learning, wisdom, and the African world experience. Learning and wisdom always starts with remembering your past. For a foundation we start at Egypt. In Egypt the African origin, humanity, intellectual work, and cultural unity begins. With intellectual work and learning there are four pathways which include: excellent reading and writing, excellent counting and measuring, excellent reflecting in order to contribute, and excellent service. In the pathway of Djehuti it is all about memory and inscription; reading and writing. The pathway of Seshat is about counting and measuring. Following the Seshat is the pathway of ma’at. Ma’at is about order, balance, truth, and justice. From this we learn how to bring good into the world. Therefore to put our paths in action we rewind, rewrite, reflect, and improvise. Our paths all conclude to the meaning of Sancofa and with this we are able to move forward into the future. Overall we learn what learning is, the significance of memory, and the importance of intellectual work. He did a great job presenting the information and I followed his lecture well.
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