Monogamy/Polygamy – relationships in the Tribe In the Tribe, Ram practices polygamy – the state of being married to more than one wife. Java, Siva and Ebony are all married to him at the same time. Ram seems quite pleased with this arrangement. He thinks he has the best of all worlds with three beautiful … Continue reading Monogamy/Polygamy
Category: Society and Culture
Storytelling
Once upon a time… In the good old days our ancestors used to sit for hours by the campfire and tell stories of how the constellations got their names, how the wars were fought and won and how the world was made. As time went by people started to write these stories down and books … Continue reading Storytelling
Hospitals
When the virus struck most of the hospitals were “no go” zones. Many of the adults spent their last days there and towards the end they couldn’t be moved to the morgues. The hospital’s were the last place any of the kids wanted to go. It wasn’t until a few months later that the braver … Continue reading Hospitals
Culture
Culture n 1. Ideas, customs and art of a particular society 2. Particular society We are all totally different to each other, as we have varied genetic make-ups and a different way of looking at the world. This way of looking at the world is determined in part by our genes, by the way that … Continue reading Culture
Role Models
Human communities are held together not only through geographical proximity but through common attitudes and values. Your community may feel like an extremely diverse group, but, if you look closely, you will see that every member is similar in many basic ways, the ways that you would not even think to question until you noticed … Continue reading Role Models
Money
We learn from a young age that money is a large part of life. How often were you told as a child when you wanted something at the shops that “money does’t grow on trees”?. Before Money Obviously money as we know it hasn’t been around forever. But there has always been a need to … Continue reading Money
The Virus – By Josephine Ryer, Denmark
What became known as ‘the virus’ started out life as a top-secret experiment funded by the world leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology organisation, Pandorex. Attempting to create a breakthrough drug that would reverse the process of aging, all of Pandorex’s resources were pushed towards the in-depth research and scientists working on the project. Danni’s father was … Continue reading The Virus – By Josephine Ryer, Denmark