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So this week was focused on the Casta Paintings or grouping of people based on race. It was used for social control and often dictated someones role in the social system. Some defining characteristics depicted in the paintings were the clothes the people were wearing. Generally the “purer” European descendant wore the most elaborate and expensive clothing. So Spain during this time of colonization and expansions of the new world seemed to be having a sort of identity crisis in the homeland. They wanted to create a more uniform land....read more read full post >>

I was standing at a museum in Mexico when I learned for the first time of the names and titles given to all the mixture of races. I remember being baffled while I stared at the chart of names that seemed to continually grow. My mom explained that after the conquistadores came, the Spaniards and […] read full post >>

The idea of a “crisis of representation” was initially raised in the previous lecture video, about the “Meeting of Two Worlds.” It was mentioned in relation to the definition of Latin America, given the uncertainty that surrounds the general understanding of what Latina America actually is. As a set of complexities and challenges come about in trying… Continue reading Identities → read full post >>

The anxiety about our inability to communicate did not really make sense to me until I recalled the story of the False Creek Indians in 1913. Having been forced to evacuate their reserve and having had to load their belongings on a barge taking them away from their land, the Natives did not go far … Continue reading "WEEK 3: The Colonial Experience" read full post >>

Towards the end of the Casta paintings article the author states that there are many questions still regarding “the circulation, patronage, and reception” of the paintings. While I agree that there is much still to be determined and confirmed, I think that some inferences can be made. The article already gives examples for the reception. … Continue reading "Week Three" read full post >>

As always, the ignorance of those long dead, who were raised in a different time with very different ideals, does not fail to irritate me. Of course it's impossible to enslave all the Indigenous Americans because more than half the population has been ... read full post >>

I first clicked the Lieutenant Nun reading link on our LAST website and stared into the eyes of this man in this portrait. I thought nothing of it and continued reading the introduction to the story or article, whatever you want to call it. I finished reading the introduction and forgot about the portrait by …

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I first clicked the Lieutenant Nun reading link on our LAST website and stared into the eyes of this man in this portrait. I thought nothing of it and continued reading the introduction to the story or article, whatever you want to call it. I finished reading the introduction and forgot about the portrait by …

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First and foremost, I would like to say shoutouts to Jon's haircut in this one. It looks nice.Re: Religion as WeaponIn one of our previous classes, we discussed (briefly) the use and implementation of religion re: the new world. In my group, we discuss... read full post >>

First and foremost, I would like to say shoutouts to Jon's haircut in this one. It looks nice.Re: Religion as WeaponIn one of our previous classes, we discussed (briefly) the use and implementation of religion re: the new world. In my group, we discuss... read full post >>