mirrorbird (00:06:01)
i suppose i was wondering: what is the closest material that you hook onto, going backwards in time. if this had an easy answer then you would probably be looking at a different group.

mirrorbird (00:02:09)
OC: this is along the lines of "how it was, when we were living here" and not more ancient cultural bits like folk tales?

Oldchap (23:55:47)
language of education.

Oldchap (23:55:38)
Yes, everybody speaks Kurdish as a native language but generally also Arabic as a

Oldchap (23:55:15)
And there are specific themes that I focus on in regard to the questions I ask. It's still a lot of ground to cover.

mirrorbird (23:55:15)
can you assume everybody speaks Kurdish

Oldchap (23:54:14)
I'm writing a modern history of the Yazidi community, so I collect oral histories about living memory (from people who are still alive, obviously), so the range of experience runs from mid-20th century to the present.

mirrorbird (23:53:46)
be surprised what bones can tell you. the middle bit is quite tasty also

mirrorbird (23:53:15)
OR BONES

mirrorbird (23:52:47)
Age: OC is an academic, i think he has a range here, "everything that happened in Mesopotamia" can only be told by lying AIs

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