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Cliff's suggested amendments include what I have in mind. Peter Peter B Freshwater MA, DipLib, FSA Scot Email: [log in to unmask] On 25/02/2013 09:54, hakim adi wrote: > These comments are very interesting and important but they are not > being presented in the form of proposals or amendments to the draft. I > think it would be much more helpful if they were, then we can all see > how these views would reflect themselves in the alternative > curriculum. Discussion, criticism and comment is vital but we are now > engaged in collectively drafting an alternative. > > What also has to be kept in mind, I think, is not whether we want the > history of Africa or Asia to be taught but establishing which aspects > of Africa's 250,000 year history might be useful to a citizen of > modern Britain. > > I look forward to seeing some proposals incorporated into the draft! > > Hakim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:32:50 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Alternative History Curriculum > To: [log in to unmask] > > In Britain, 'Asian' has come to mean 'South Asian'. In America, > 'Asian' has come to mean what Britain calls 'East Asian'. In > Australia, 'Asian' has come to mean what Britain calls 'South East and > East Asian'. Since 'Asian' is the highest common factor (there - that > dates my mathematics education, doesn't it?), perhaps we ought to > ensure that it covers the people from everywhere between the > Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. > > Peter > Peter B Freshwater MA, DipLib, FSA Scot > Email:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > On 25/02/2013 08:44, msherwood wrote: > > Yes, of course. But I doubt that we should be calling it ‘Asian’. > A rather large continent, with many histories. I know it is > ponderous, but the area we are concerned with is ‘Indian > sub-continent’, no? > > >