He comes With his interview protocols And questions About cultural practices, magic, and ritual. He Comes Because he has the tools Of this thing He calls Ethnography. Through which he says he can Figure out our culture And explain our weird customs. He comes To conquer Disguised as a friend Lives amidst us, eats our food, And dances in our pagan dances Only to write back To his other White friends About our primitive stories.
The culture-centred blog of Mohan J. Dutta — Massey University, Aotearoa. Home of The Margins Review: critical intellectual opinions from Aotearoa to the world.