The Conceptualised Nature of Discovery?
A dynamic of consciousness, "discovery" is one of the essential driving forces of living entities. Even basic primate behaviours such as the drive for social interplay can be said to be based in the act of "discovery". So, what is the nature of this drive? Could a machine be instilled with this? Is it simple matter of novelty, or is it a factor of "learning"? Is it conceptualised?
Indigenous Australian Playwright Jane Harrison’s when asked how her play, Rainbow’s End explores different conceptions of discovery states “The multifaceted nature of discovery of Rainbow’s End encapsulates the impact of how hardship and adversity can disempower individuals and prevent participation in the broader human experience. However in an attempt to contradict the odds, the play also explores how self-discovery often involves introspection which can be the result of personal growth and social transformation.”
As Harrison stated “the multifaceted nature of discovery of Rainbow’s End encapsulates the impact of how hardship and adversity can disempower individuals and prevent participation in the …show more content…
Forced us to leave Cummeragunja. Our home.’ Through repetition of ‘forced’ Harrison furthers her discoveries on the disempowerment of indigenous people because of “White Australia policy”. When questioned about the inclusion of dream sequences, Harrison states “it is used to stress the discrepancy / divide between the black and white experiences. “Gladys’s dreams of presenting a bouquet of flowers to the queen yet in reality she holds a bunch of weeds””. The visual metaphor signifying discrimination and racism. “It is this division that the alerts the audience to injustice and how through revaluation of colonisation we can alter our perspective on the long term consequences of Imperialism and dominance”, Harrison
A dynamic of consciousness, "discovery" is one of the essential driving forces of living entities. Even basic primate behaviours such as the drive for social interplay can be said to be based in the act of "discovery". So, what is the nature of this drive? Could a machine be instilled with this? Is it simple matter of novelty, or is it a factor of "learning"? Is it conceptualised?
Indigenous Australian Playwright Jane Harrison’s when asked how her play, Rainbow’s End explores different conceptions of discovery states “The multifaceted nature of discovery of Rainbow’s End encapsulates the impact of how hardship and adversity can disempower individuals and prevent participation in the broader human experience. However in an attempt to contradict the odds, the play also explores how self-discovery often involves introspection which can be the result of personal growth and social transformation.”
As Harrison stated “the multifaceted nature of discovery of Rainbow’s End encapsulates the impact of how hardship and adversity can disempower individuals and prevent participation in the …show more content…
Forced us to leave Cummeragunja. Our home.’ Through repetition of ‘forced’ Harrison furthers her discoveries on the disempowerment of indigenous people because of “White Australia policy”. When questioned about the inclusion of dream sequences, Harrison states “it is used to stress the discrepancy / divide between the black and white experiences. “Gladys’s dreams of presenting a bouquet of flowers to the queen yet in reality she holds a bunch of weeds””. The visual metaphor signifying discrimination and racism. “It is this division that the alerts the audience to injustice and how through revaluation of colonisation we can alter our perspective on the long term consequences of Imperialism and dominance”, Harrison