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    Authenticity of the Kenyan Story David Paul mavia - www.sanecity.co.ke. 'The question of cultural world' posed by d p mavia. The best way to understand a culture is to find out its greatest anxiety-ultimate concern.

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    The Question of Cultural Authenticity of The Kenyan Story: Works Worlds &

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    Mavia
    Authenticity of the Kenyan Story David Paul mavia - www.sanecity.co.ke. 'The question of cultural world' posed by d p mavia. The best way to understand a culture is to find out its greatest anxiety-ultimate concern.

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    worlds &
    works

    The Question of Cultural


    world of the Kenyan Story
    Authenticity
    David Paul Mavia

    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke
    The Idea of Culture working definition

    the Question
    ? world
    To have an answer without works
    knowing the question, without
    understanding that you might
    have been given a different
    answer if the question had Culture in itself carries a ‘world’ (s) and
    been posed differently, may works that demand an interpretation or
    be exceedingly dangerous. meaning.
    Neil Postman

    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke
    ONE OF THE PRODUCTS OF
    CULTURE IS THE

    TEXT
    THE TEXT IS AN INTENTIONAL HUMAN
    ACTION, A WORK THAT COMMUNICATES
    MEANING AND CALLS FOR
    INTERPRETATION.

    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke
    the Questions
    What is the Kenyan Cultural World?
    Articles was Commissioned
    to write- d p mavia
    is there a Kenyan
    What is the Kenyan Text? Rennaissance?

    the art of making


    a national dress

    What have we created


    that amplifies the
    aspirations of the Kenyan
    Cultural Text?

    Paul Tillich
    The best way to understand a particular culture is to
    find out its greatest anxiety-ultimate concern.
    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke
    Authenticity + Kenyan
    Possessive Principle (Posture)

    Ownership Responsibility War


    Authentic - means
    gened, or composed by. What do we own What are we willing What peculiar text of
    that which is funded by that is gened by to be responsible for the Kenyan culture
    the DNA of it’s Patron Kenya and are willing to fight for
    in our story telling, as
    Kenyaness (A Kenyan story tellers? and if possible die
    OWNED - producing the
    collective possessive cultural signature/ doing so?
    OUR nuance or pecularity.

    KIONDO
    KIKOI

    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke
    The Story
    1. Where does the Kenyan Story begin? 2. How deep must you dig?
    There is enough raw material to start
    the Kenyan Story. 6ft - Grave - Coffined’
    inspired by migration
    Character

    Setting 30ft - Water (Well) - Piped’

    Theme

    Experience
    ! 100ft plus - Gold - Mined’

    3. The Story must be Told


    - Genres/Style - Fiction, Sci Fi,
    - Tools - software, film, novel etc
    - Platforms - Internet

    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke
    culturekiosk@gmail.com - www.sanecity.co.ke

    The Storyteller

    The Radix of History - Old Masters


    Where are We? 3. We must bear the
    risk to steward this
    4.(c). Encourage Transgenerational Humility
    - Cynicism cultural context (Who
    - Overated Politics is the custoodian of
    there is the illusion that our content? We have
    politics is the necessary first conciously or uncon-
    intention
    MEANING - everything be-
    ciously delegated
    gins and ends with polittics! story telling to the
    wrong gatekeepers.
    The falcon cannot hear
    the falconer; Things The Radix of Relevance - Young Geniuses
    fall apart; the centre
    cannot hold. THE CENTER MUST
    1. The Kenyan story HOLD 4. (b). Re engineer the
    MOVIE EXAMPLES
    teller must redeem social ST2ST Software. THE
    TIME FOR STAND ALONE Enemy at the Gates -
    that space.
    write about the heros
    2. We must be aware STORY TELLERS IS OVER.
    that we are in a cul-
    tural context called
    4. (a). Turn the Centre into 300 - a new war of ratin-
    a portal of inspiration ing the memory
    Kenya.
    The End ... for now
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