Nolan, I found it interesting to observe in myself from a cultural context what I found interesting and what I did not. This could be an interesting diversity and inclusion experiential.
Great questions, and I thought to include notions of gender, age, etc. and I meant (in comment above) not interesting but humorous. What made me laugh? Laughter that just pours out. . .
And I thought it was brilliant to write without analysis here, just the phenomenological encounter with jokes from around the world.
I find that even in one’s own culture, mine here in the US, place makes a difference in cultural context, too. I won’t even touch American politics. . . .
So, the question for me is philosophical: What is funny?
Why?
Is there any universality?
Is it all relative?
(That’s more than one question!)
I think back to your earlier posts in this series and want to revisit them now that you’ve given us the experience to evoke the question about humor anew.
Nolan, I found it interesting to observe in myself from a cultural context what I found interesting and what I did not. This could be an interesting diversity and inclusion experiential.
Great questions, and I thought to include notions of gender, age, etc. and I meant (in comment above) not interesting but humorous. What made me laugh? Laughter that just pours out. . .
And I thought it was brilliant to write without analysis here, just the phenomenological encounter with jokes from around the world.
I find that even in one’s own culture, mine here in the US, place makes a difference in cultural context, too. I won’t even touch American politics. . . .
So, the question for me is philosophical: What is funny?
Why?
Is there any universality?
Is it all relative?
(That’s more than one question!)
I think back to your earlier posts in this series and want to revisit them now that you’ve given us the experience to evoke the question about humor anew.
Great series!