The Watering Hole

Created By: kinet
Last Modified: 11/11/05
Summary: When we had to gather food and water from nature, the water bearers would gather around a watering hole and discuss life. This was the central place for local gossip, and one of the ways that the word traveled from one village to the next. Over the ages we lost that part of our social structure. However with the emergance of on-line networking it has come back, and now the watering hole has come full circle.
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Summary: Although this is not your average informational site, it definately qualifies for the expansion of knowledge that is the basis for the Watering Hole. Herein you will find a variety of not-quite-average facts and bits of information that will surprise and amaze you. Be warned! There are some quite unusual topics covered within this website, however it is lots of fun to browse through!
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The Modern Watering Hole

Summary: Oral Tradition has been passed down through generations both around a fire and while at the watering hole. These two basic elements are still seen in our modern lives. In one case, it is the stories around the campfire. In the other, the friendly office chit-chat around a water cooler.
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Summary: "The Tower of Babel addresses the urgent human need for a sense of global community, a community where the voices of the disenfranchised gain equal rights." I could not have said it better myself. An excellent site with a lot of good links and information.
Gathering water

Summary: In Eastern Cape (Africa), these Xhosa women with pots on their head, the traditional way of carrying... just about anything... While they gather water they exchange information about their village, and learn about the surrounding villages. Just as they have for generations.
From: http://www.marovitz.com/AfricaPhotos.htmAside from air, there is nothing more vital to our survival than water. Thus the reason why the watering hole is an ideal location for the 'gossip chain' to begin. In present time we might call it 'gathering around the water cooler'.
Watering Hole

Summary: A watering hole in the African Savanneh, not unlike the place our ancestors used to go to gather that basic necessity... and exchange gossip as they did!
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Jetpak: On line Resources
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Link: Wikipedia
Summary: No collection of information is complete without basic vocabulary and the definition thereof. This on line encyclopedia allows users to add definitions and new words, making it a communal and universal resource rather than just the standard kind, in which the word is looked up and the definition therein stands no matter how out-dated it might be. The best part is that it is international, and has sections in several different languages!
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Link: My Space
Summary: Personal webspace on the Internet where you can contact with friends and family, collegues and coworkers. Free
Link: Tribe
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Link: Live Journal
Summary: An on-line journal with changable skins where you can create your own web rings and add friends to your network. A great way to tell everyone in your social circle about what's going on in your life without having to call each and every one of them up. There are several options here, including free service and upgrade to 'paid' service, which offers a wider range of tools.
Link: Xanga
Summary: An on-line journal with changable skins where you can create your own web rings and add friends to your network. A great way to tell everyone in your social circle about what's going on in your life without having to call each and every one of them up. There are several options here, including free service and upgrade to 'paid' service, which offers a wider range of tools.
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