Massai On The Move Video Flashcards
What is the most important thing for a pastoralist?
How is the economic crisis impacting the Maasai?
What does the income from the tourist camp allow the Masaai to do?
Why do they want to construct a school for the 700 children in the area?
Briefly describe why the Maasai want to send their children to higher education.
Why are more and more Maasai women leaving their husbands?
What were the two basic reasons for Elisabeth’s divorce?
Briefly describe “divorce” among the Maasai (i.e., how does the end of a marriage occur?).
Can the Maasai have more than one wife?
Briefly describe the impact of the drought on the lives and livelihoods of the Maasai
The Maasai discuss climate change. What are their views of factories?
Samuel states, “We should change according to the development of the world” (30:25). Briefly sum up how the Masaai discuss this and why change is important.
Reflection moment: Does the fact the Maasai charge $35.00 for a photography session to help fund a school change the way you initially thought about the Mursi charging for photographs in the video “Framing the Other”?]
What is meant by the concluding statement, “So development is also a threat to culture” (41:41) (i.e., how may development alter the Maasai’s traditional way of living?).
