Globalization Arjun Appadurai

This is in response to Lorna and Laura’s discussion of sight vs hearing. I would way rather loose my hearing then my sight. I think above all else, everything that we remember is mostly done because we see things and then interpret them to formulate some sort of knowledge about space. I would way rather not hear and see, and that way I could interpret the things going on around me and make sense of it myself. If I was to choose to loose my sight, I would then rely on other peoples opinions of the world around me and let them form my reality. This actually reminds me of the encoding, decoding article. It would seem to me like blindness is like the media, filtering away and letting us only understand a directional sort of knowledge. My mother is blind, however she doesn’t seem to conform to what everyone one else seems to tell he about society. She therefore disproves my point but I do think it is because she has chosen to question the world around her. She seems to need to experience and explore on her own to fully understand the concept of something. However things like perspective and depth have absolutely no meaning or hit any understanding. She does however rely on me and others to tell her if something is beautiful, if something is dark, light scary or safe. To me, I feel bad interpreting her world for her. It is almost selfish sometimes. I think living with someone who has no sight I would definitely choose to loose my hearing, that is if I had to choose.