Selfe summary

My group looked at Narrative #1. This narrative or myth was “[t]he ‘global village’ and the ‘electronic colony.’” I think that Selfe was talking about commerce and communication throughout cultures. She claimed Americans spread their expertise on technology to other cultures. Selfe also talked about two images. The first was of a Yanomami man in “ritual dress with feathers and face paint, presented as a wondering savage.” She claims that the man is unaware of the technology used to portray his image, and that Americans use technology to become educated about other cultures from their own living room. The second image is titled “welcome to the planet.” It is separated into “virgin’s one tribe” and “virgin’s one world atlas.” Selfe uses more images to describe that Americans simplify cultures to other people and aim to increase our own cultural profits rather than reflecting the much needed changes or improvements in the world, such as eliminating pain, hunger and war.