Other Ways of Knowing, post 1
An Analysis of the Title of Keith H. Basso’s Book, Wisdom Sits in Places The title of Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places reflects the nature of Western Apache thought. In its brevity and clarity, the title accurately says everything about how places and wisdom are related. The only thing missing from the title is an explanation, e.g. how does it sit in places, why, what, and whose wisdom? This paper is not concerned with matters of explanation, but rather with the meaning of the title. The meaning of the title is fairly simple. The title states the meaning succinctly and precisely. There is not much to be analyzed with regard to the meaning of the title. Perhaps just word choice is available to be analyzed, then. Why is ‘wisdom’ chosen, as opposed to knowledge, intelligence, or any other term? Quite simply, this is the term used by the Western Apache themselves to describe the issue. The title itself was stated by Dudley Patterson, “Wisdom sits in places.”(p. 127) Although this was spoken i...