quippyambiguity asked: I'm still not familiar with the ways of Tumblr and how to reply to posts that people write. Anywho. You mentioned that you don't entirely feel comfortable joining the Peace Corps if it means increasing globalization. Perhaps the Peace Corps implants some general ideas from our culture into those that they are visiting but the individuals "volunteering" seem to, for the most part, harness the traditions of that group of people. Their interaction doesn't seem harmful. They genuinely wish to help.
:) yeah, I hope that’s the case. But regardless of how helpful the volunteers are, how can the blending of cultures be prevented?
…or I’m not really sure what you’re getting at — or are you not sure what I was getting at?
Yes, for the most part, the volunteers harness the traditions of the culture they’re in, but it’s not as if they’re a clean slate. How can one’s figurative cup be completely empty? Wouldn’t some of what’s in the volunteer’s cup spill onto the culture their in?
So, yes, helping people is good. But dying cultures and dying languages is not (at least for me). How can inter-cultural aid happen without the dissolving of different cultures?
