tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post1390764796033170267..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: The Misery Of The Ik Of Uganda (Or Not)Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-77936169068552282402020-09-18T19:39:11.928-06:002020-09-18T19:39:11.928-06:00In fact, it seems that the Ik today are not at all...In fact, it seems that the Ik today are not at all like Turnbull described. Visitors to Uganda can even visit them; supposedly, they welcome tourists.<br /><br />https://kabiza.com/kabiza-wilderness-safaris/visiting-the-ik-tribe-the-mountain-people-of-uganda/<br /><br />(Disclaimer: I'm not connected with the people who run this website or with their business in any way.)Maureen Lycaonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173546099968610862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-6663233346139698762020-09-15T23:45:10.401-06:002020-09-15T23:45:10.401-06:00I remember reading about this years ago - that Tur...I remember reading about this years ago - that Turnbull had written about the Ik as a culture lacking in mutual support, and then critics saying that he had encountered them as they were experiencing social breakdown because of famine. Also that his depiction of the Ik was heavily colored by preoccupations of the west's 1970s - the idea that technological society might break down, and hippie new left criticisms of individualist culture. <br /><br />I haven't read Turnbull or his critics so I don't know how true any of this is. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768655514143252049noreply@blogger.com