Examples Of Dualism

A dualism found in my practice is that of the student to tourists which can be sub categorized under Tim Ingold’s concept of the wayfarer and the transporter. (To make things easier, I’m going to call the transporter a traveler.) This dualism can be found certainly around the UCSD campus, though it can be observed at other colleges and universities as well. The students are comparable to the inhabitants of a city who have an understanding of the area in which they walk everyday and an understanding of where they walk along, “proceeding along a path”. While a tourists could be said as someone going from one place to another, simply passing by, simply a traveler. At least that is what would be assumed, yet, the opposite can also be said on a case to case basis. This is due to the fact that normally one would not really identify tourists out of students as the majority found on campus are students and tourists may blend in or stand out which is dependent on them, but what is rendered invisible are the interactions

As a student, I have inhabitant knowledge, I understand the way of life here. While as a tourists though I do not proceed through each area completely or interact with a number of individuals as the student, I either see little to nothing or I see more than as student would as curiosity guides which is separate from what a tour guide would show me as well and in less time but will not truly understand life here. As a tourist, I can only use prior knowledge and knowledge learned in my experience with the boundary of my time spent here to mainly observe life and the things found here. So from each perspective can be shown a difference of knowledge pertaining to the