A Few Notes on Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality
I’ve been so behind on my blog posts, it’s terrible! This is a draft I had from last week but I never got around to publishing it. Terrible, I know! Thinking back on Friday’s seminar there was a question that I found interesting and I’m still thinking about it here and there. The question was, […] Continue reading →
Arts One’s Got Talent! Nov. 21
You probably got an email about this already, but I wanted to showcase it here and encourage you to do something for this awesome event! I’ve attended a couple of such events in the past and they’ve been really great. … Continue reading →
Troo yo
I really enjoyed silencing the past, I had thought about these things before, but after reading I thought a lot about how much of history we could never know just because there’s too much or an event doesn’t seen interesting … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The past is confusing
I am not a huge history buff. My father, on the other hand, adores history. Therefore I grew up knowing quite a bit about the past, but I never quite favoured it to the present. I’m a strong believer in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Silencing the Past
In history there are events that occurred and the events that are recorded. I do agree that parts of reality become silenced in the process of documenting history. There are a range of factors : who wrote it, why did they write it, etc. Even if they aren’t obviously biased, most people write through their […] Continue reading →
You Go, Trouillot
Firstly, I will admit that I have not yet finished reading Silencing the Past (sorry Christina) but I am VERY eager to finish it. Even though I’m not done, I can say that this is probably my second favorite text we’ve read so far. I don’t know which prof picked this book, but I owe many thanks […] Continue reading →
You Go, Trouillot
Firstly, I will admit that I have not yet finished reading Silencing the Past (sorry Christina) but I am VERY eager to finish it. Even though I’m not done, I can say that this is probably my second favorite text we’ve read so far. I don’t know which prof picked this book, but I owe many thanks […] Continue reading →
silencing the past
first of all im really happy with this book becausr i absolutely love history and im planning on majoring in it and oh my gosh the insight in this book is awesome. im pretty sure half the class will think … Continue reading → Continue reading →
silencing the past
first of all im really happy with this book becausr i absolutely love history and im planning on majoring in it and oh my gosh the insight in this book is awesome. im pretty sure half the class will think … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Silencing the Past
This week’s reading got me very excited! For one I am a self-confessed history nerd, and so knowing that we were going to A) read something that is somewhat current and B) written by someone who is not from Europe! … Continue reading → Continue reading →