lifeclouds - strategies for a modern nomad life style

Resource: Gipsy movies

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:27:00 +0000

Title: Gipsy movies

Location: Europe
Description: If your heart aches and you have nowhere to go, you need to check out some of these gipsy movies. If you do not have a homeland, no place to call your own and no feeling of belonging - being lost in this strange and endless world - you will perhaps get some comfort there.

1. Vengo (2000) - Amazing Flamenco, with Tomatiti, Camarón and more – by Tony Gatlif.
2. Gitano, (2000) – by Manuel Palacios.
3. Gadjo dilo (1997) - Tony Gatlif.
4. Latcho Drom (1993) - by Tony Gatlif.
5. Katitzi (1979, TV series. Swedish) - Ulf Andrée, written by Katarina Taikon.
6. Kastrullresan (1950, TV series, Swedish) – by Arne Mattsson, written by Edith Unnerstad.

And also if you have not seen it you need to see Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Amazing desert setting - By David Lean.

That was at lest some, if anyone knows of more please make a post..

Keyword(s): movies, film, gipsy, gitano, flamenco
by: Valter Provideo

Resource: Atoll

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:51:00 +0000

Title: Atoll
Location: On the ocean
Description : The idea of staring to build floating island – atolls – is not a new idea, but it is certainly a good idea; and as I have understood more and more people and starting to think about it.

The former "house" of culture, Cyclopen, in Stockholm (Sweden) is thinking about getting floated, I have seen several houses sailing around the world and I am sure there are a lot of people living on boats.

What we now need to do is to get all of these nomad houses to get together and form cities on the water.

But first you need to make yourself a floating house i guess. So, take a barge, a lighter or any other kind of floating device. Build a house or some kind of living quarters on it. Get some solar panels and water purifiers and some other thing necessary to survive and set sail.
Now, check out the social network at lifeclouds.org to find out where there are boats starting to get together. And float over there. When enough water houses are at the same place, and tied together, an atoll is created.

And then we can stretch a great net within the circle of prams, get in to our wet suits and play games in the circle and we can have our children there and we can develop a new culture.

Keyword(s): Ex: Economy, history, food
by: Olof Pettersson

Resource: Some famous nomads

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:47:00 +0000

Title: Some famous nomads
Location: Various
Description :1. Djingis khan (Genghis Khan or Chingiz Khan) (c. 1155–1227)
2. Marco Polo (Friend of Djingis khan, at lest according to Italo Calvino.)
3. Isabelle Eberhardt (Explorer, 1877-1904)
4. Leif Ericksson the Lucky (Viking, 970–1020)
5. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
6. Che Guevara (1928-1967)
7. Geronimo (1829-1909)
8. Siddhartha Gautama (563 BCE to 483 BCE)
9. Emma Goldman (Anarchist, 1869–1940)
10. Woody Guthrie (Musician, 1912-1967)
Keyword(s): Nomads, stars, famous people
by: Ignatio Medio

Resource: The great transversion

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:02:00 +0000

Title: The great transversion
Location: World
Description : I am inclined to be more than a geographical nomad. My clouds include so much more than humans and animals. In my pack we are far beyond age, nationality, race, gender, family, status, profession or even personality. I have a hard time keeping myself distinguishable from the other. Or rather, this is the way we want it to be, the way we need it to be in order for us to visualize a situation in which we can no longer treat out environment as if it would be somthing apart from, and therefore merely usable for, me. So, we travel beyond the limitations of everything that keep us together. We even try to ignore the fact that we are so painfully aware of the limits we cross. We are not hipppies or anything like that coz we are too aware of the present geography of the landscapes we move on. I do not know if this will help anyone, but to us the vision, vague as ever, is what makes it possible to pursue: a world in which we can be it all in one life is possible. And today I need to be a rain storm.
Keyword(s): Vision, nomad, gender, age, nationality
by: Valter Provideo

Resource: Flower power

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:07:00 +0000

Title: Flower power
Location: California and world
Description: We will never die. We have seen the sun from within. We are hippies, beats, lovers, jazz musicians, parents, teachers, navajo, brothers, the earth, the soil, the trees and the stars. Do not think that we will ever disappear. When you least expect it we will stand on your street singing our song of freedom and love. Actually, we are really not persons at all, merely dreams and ideals empowering the youth of every generation.

Ok, the point is this: Just start living the life you want. Do not try to change the system from within. Just stop caring about the laws and institutions you think are wrong, Set examples! Be the example. Look into the eyes of the peoples around you and see a new race (an angel), an alien, someone undeterminable and amazing.

We do not care if you consciously move around or if you sit still. Coz, if you ever open your eyes for real and see the rhythm of the world, the movement is there, inside. You just need to go with it.

Resource: Colibri

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Title: Colibri
Location: the Caribbeans
Description : The colibri (hummingbird) i have heard is a nomad. Never stays at one place. Also it is a sacred symbol for the Taino Indians. It is sacred because the hummingbird is a pollinator and therefore disseminator of new life. It symbolizes the rebirth of the Taino Indigenous Nation in the Caribbean.
The bird is found on many Caribbean islands, but the most sacred species is the Guani, which 500 years ago inhabited all the islands, but today is confined to Cuba. Although the smallest of the Caribbean hummingbirds, only about the size of a penny, it is known by the mountain people as the most noble warrior of the valiant Colibris. In the Caribbean the Colibri is also called Zoom Zoom, Zumbador, Pajaro Mosca and Guacariga. It is greenish blue in color. The ancient Taino stories call him the Guaracacigaba or Guacariga, which means the \"Rays of the Sun.\" They say that the Colibris at one time were flies that were one day converted into little birds by the Sun Father.
Keyword(s): birds, Caribbean, fly
by: Carl Brio

Resource: Citizenship

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Title: Citizenship
Location: world
Description : Why can we not just keep all nationalities, yet do away with all borders? I can be American in Afganistan, Indian in Pakistan. So, you pick a nationality when you turn 15 and are bond to the rights and obligations of that certain nationality. The only difference is that you may move around as you like: no passport or borders to cross, mereley open fields. You may gave your animals with you and those who live where you come might not like that. Then you move on. We must establish international laws on how to handle situations like that. That is not difficult.
Keyword(s): citizenship, nomad, life, borders, economy
by: Dhmnpss Aeouy

Resource: Tuareg

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:11:00 +0000

Title: Tuareg
Location: Sahara
Description: Tuareg is an African culture that lives mainly in two groups, the southern and northern groups which are independent of each other. Although the two different groups do not always compliment one another, they do share common views and value systems. A member of the tribe is identified in a class by matrilineal descent (through their mother's ancestry).

Both groups speak the native language Tamashek, and write in Tifinagh, which is related to ancient Libyan. The economy of both groups have always been based on agriculture, trading, and livestock. The southern groups live in savanna, and often breed camels and other livestock. The northern groups generally live in desert area and often buy zebu from the southern groups. The Tuareg are a feudal culture characterized by the social organization of class. The nobility consist of nobles and landowners, the upper classes consists of the clergy and artisans while the lower class includes primarily laborers. In fact, the Tuareg have Bella who are black slaves.

In the past, the Tuareg of the north would live in tents made of camel hair woven together by the women of the tribe. The skin would be pulled tightly across a rectangle of poles, with four poles to support curved ridges to reduce damage, which today maybe replaced with plastic. The housing of the southern Tuareg looked the same although they used goat skin rather than camel hair. The southern tent can take up to forty skins to complete.

The women of the village were responsible for weaving and leather working while the men would forge metal. Men called forgerons would go out looking for metal and convert it into weapons. Some of the early weapons of the Tuareg were swords, dagger, iron lances and leather shields.

The Tuareg Today: During the seventies and eighties a severe drought caused the Tuareg to live mostly in one area and not move around. In the twentieth century there were reported to be 900,000 Tuareg living throughout Africa. Today there is roughly 1.3 million Tuareg. Most Tuareg children go to neighboring countries to learn skills to bring back home. Most of these children will join the Malinese army in order to acquire skills and do apprentice work.

Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not claim expertise on the Tuareg. Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the URL. If you are Tuareg, your feedback is much appreciated.

Literature

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"Tuareg." Britannica http://www.britannica.com/seo/t/tureg 27 Feb. 2001

"Niger History." Merriam-Webster http://www.merriamwebster.com/bcom/eb/article/index/2/0,8377,75582,00.html

Written by: Krista N. Martin

Resource: Vikings

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Title: Vikings
Location: Norden
Description: A Viking (pron. /ˈvəɪkɪŋ/) is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general.
A romanticized picture of Vikings as Germanic noble savages emerged in the 18th century, and expanded during the Victorian era Viking revival.^[2] In Britain it took the form of Septentrionalism, in Germany that of "Wagnerian" pathos or even Germanic mysticism, and in the Scandinavian countries that of Romantic nationalism or Scandinavism. In contemporary popular culture these clichéd depictions are often exaggerated with the effect of presenting Vikings as caricatures.

noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:08:00 +0000

Featured

Deleuze, Gilles and Guattari, Felix, 1986, Nomadology: The War Machine, Semiotext(e), ISBN-10: 0936756098

"In this daring essay inspired by Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari redefine the relation between the state and its war machine. Far from being a part of the state, warriers (the army) are nomads who always come from the outside and keep threatening the authority of the state. In the same vein, nomadic science keeps infiltrating royal science, undermining its axioms and principles. Nomadology is a speedy, pocket-sized treatise that refuses to be pinned down. Theorizing a dynamic relationship between sedentary power and "schizophrenic lines of flight," this volume is meant to be read in transit, smuggled into urban nightclubs, offices, and subways. Deleuze and Guattari propose a creative and resistant ethics of becoming-imperceptible, strategizing a continuous invention of weapons on the run. An narchic bricolage of ideas uprooted from anthropology, aesthetics, history, and military strategy, Nomadology carries out Deleuze's desire to "leave philosophy, but to leave it as a philosopher." - from amazon.com

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noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:34:00 +0000

The vision of the constant journey and the form of life that pertains to the freedom it will make happen is not a linear piece of information. It has many nodes and many connections. It involves many contradictions and many conflicts. The vision must accordingly be collaborative and we must also allow the tension that it necessarily brings about to be a part of it. Please feel free to enhance and improve what we have got so far. (Everything you do will stick and there is no turning back) Click here for full screen mode!

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noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:34:00 +0000

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The main task of lifeclouds.org is to gather and thus to share the experiences, ideas, methods and strategies people(s) trying or wanting to pursue a non-domiciled way of life. Here all types of methods and ways are welcome. You may contribute in any way you prefer, but please do bear in mind that practical strategies, real examples, honest visions and viable fantasies are most urgently needed.

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noreply@blogger.com (Olof Pettersson) — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:28:00 +0000

The main task of lifeclouds.org is to gather and thus to share the experiences, methods and strategies of people(s) trying or wanting to pursue a non-domiciled way of life. Here all types of ideas, methods and ways are welcome.

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