There were a few things that made me stop and think when reading the Kallis article and watching the videos. The ideas of backsourcing, creating fulfillment in our lives and that rope making can be a form of technology really caused me to think more deeply about my lifestyle and my place in society. I am completely new to the ideas of backsourcing and un-venting ancestral knowledge and lost skills. I have never even considered that we could be growing useful crops for ourselves and become less reliant on industry. I have always thought of food as just something you buy at the store. While I know that it comes from farmers and such, growing my own food was not something I considered doing or attainable. I really like the idea of the self esteem gained from one’s own creation and that this movement is equally about becoming less reliant on industry as it is about creating fulfillment emotionally, physically and spiritually. I have never considered this until reading this article and it has really changed the way I view consumerism. This being said, I not sure if I’m ready to give up on buying things just yet at the moment. I love my modern conveniences and technology and it was eye opening when I watched the rope making video that rope making is a form of technology. I had really not considered this as when I think about technology, I think mostly of modern technology. But as the video points out, technology is cumulative and even our most modern devices can have roots in the technologies of the past.
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