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And here we are on to our third week of school… Much excitement I would say, with debates constantly going on in class and discussion groups, listening to everyone’s perspective towards one topic. In ASTU100, we studied Shazad’s essay on “The Role of Interpretative Communities in Remembering and Learning”. While in class we focused mainly… read full post >>

I found the videos and readings for this week very interesting, specially the reading on Catalina de Erauso. I find her story and character very fascinating! From the very beginning you get a sense that she doesn't feel like she belongs. I don't believ... read full post >>

I found the videos and readings for this week very interesting, specially the reading on Catalina de Erauso. I find her story and character very fascinating! From the very beginning you get a sense that she doesn't feel like she belongs. I don't believ... read full post >>

I found the videos and readings for this week very interesting, specially the reading on Catalina de Erauso. I find her story and character very fascinating! From the very beginning you get a sense that she doesn't feel like she belongs. I don't believ... read full post >>

I found the videos and readings for this week very interesting, specially the reading on Catalina de Erauso. I find her story and character very fascinating! From the very beginning you get a sense that she doesn't feel like she belongs. I don't believ... read full post >>

After watching the lecture video, I have a much greater understanding of why Christopher Columbus’s journey was understated at the time. His travels seemed to take place at a very significant time for Spain in which they really came together as a unified political power. It was interesting to learn that this unity resulting from […] read full post >>

I found Week Threes lecture and articles very interesting, as they are lead from last weeks ” The Meeting Of Two Worlds” topic of the very beginning of the colonial quest. “Who Are We?” seemed to be a question that was asked during the video lecture, three words that could be simple but seem to […] read full post >>

This was another interesting week of information. The Casta Paintings are strange but fascinating. The amount of work that went into trying to detail each and every possible combination of races and mixes seems almost insane, and shows the deep motivations the Spanish must have held for making them. I like the quote, “It attempts […] read full post >>

This was another interesting week of information. The Casta Paintings are strange but fascinating. The amount of work that went into trying to detail each and every possible combination of races and mixes seems almost insane, and shows the deep motivations the Spanish must have held for making them. I like the quote, “It attempts […] read full post >>

My impression, before reading these two pieces, of Columbus was very good and I admired his feats. Now I see that he was cruel and ignoble in his dealing with the native people of the "New World". Throughout the Journal he speaks of ways to trick the N... read full post >>