Today was a class day. We reviewed our trip yesterday, especially with reference to the lifestyles and the opinions that we experienced yesterday. Nikos, the banana farm owner, was quoted in a New York Times article about his banana farm and how it brings a sense of nostalgia to Crete. We also compared the two monasteries and how they were different from each other and from what we had previously expected.
We then did the language lesson similar to how we did it on Monday, where we learned words which we felt that we needed first. I learned how to say, "I study Business Administration" as well as the conjugation of the verb, "to be." We also learned some ways to describe what we saw yesterday like goat, generous, and sea.
Our guest lecturer was Irene. She is a PHD candidate at the Crete University for economics. We learned about the ancient economy and how the economy in Greece started. The agora, or marketplace, is where the idea of an economy started where goods were counter-traded. There was no currency or need to currency because one good was traded for another. This trend is seen throughout the entire area. There were bazaars and kaereti which had trade without currencies.
She also described how she conducted her research. Most of her findings were in English, Spanish and French. This was difficult because she had to translate all of these into Greek, her first language. She also had difficulty finding the research as well because what she is studying is largely unstudied and there are not too many findings in her area. There are not any Greek terminologies for what she is studying. The greeks have terms for economy, but no terms for economy in a loose sense without formal currencies. However, language is not something that she can just make up, it is a community thing where an entire community agrees on a word.
We then did the language lesson similar to how we did it on Monday, where we learned words which we felt that we needed first. I learned how to say, "I study Business Administration" as well as the conjugation of the verb, "to be." We also learned some ways to describe what we saw yesterday like goat, generous, and sea.
Our guest lecturer was Irene. She is a PHD candidate at the Crete University for economics. We learned about the ancient economy and how the economy in Greece started. The agora, or marketplace, is where the idea of an economy started where goods were counter-traded. There was no currency or need to currency because one good was traded for another. This trend is seen throughout the entire area. There were bazaars and kaereti which had trade without currencies.
She also described how she conducted her research. Most of her findings were in English, Spanish and French. This was difficult because she had to translate all of these into Greek, her first language. She also had difficulty finding the research as well because what she is studying is largely unstudied and there are not too many findings in her area. There are not any Greek terminologies for what she is studying. The greeks have terms for economy, but no terms for economy in a loose sense without formal currencies. However, language is not something that she can just make up, it is a community thing where an entire community agrees on a word.
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