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In the opening paragraphs of Dawson’s ninth chapter, The Terror, a particular sentence struck a cord with me which continued to resonate deeply throughout the rest of the text; “This may allow us to tell stories with definitive heroes and villains, to satisfy our desire for moral clarity. What we risks is gaining that clarityContinue reading "Week 11: The Terror of Narrow Perspectives" read full post >>

Hello everyone! This week’s post is a little bit different from what I usually write because I am going to discuss the theme of “Speaking Truth to power”. My group and I are going to make a more complete video on this topic but you will find in this blog an illustration of it thanksContinue reading "WEEK 12: Latin American Motherhood in the 1970s" read full post >>

I found this weeks reading on the Cuban revolution especially interesting due to its cynicism surrounding all leaders around. While Dawson didn’t condemn the revolution against Batista he certainly did not praise its leaders, least of all Fidel Castro. While … Continue reading → read full post >>

I found this weeks reading on the Cuban revolution especially interesting due to its cynicism surrounding all leaders around. While Dawson didn’t condemn the revolution against Batista he certainly did not praise its leaders, least of all Fidel Castro. While … Continue reading → read full post >>

This week’s focus is on Peru, specifically movements concerning peasant’s rights, freedom from repression, and institutional corruption in the 1980s. Focusing on the Prolonged People’s War of the Shining Path and administration of Alberto Fujimori, Peru experienced another wave of conflict later than other Latin American countries. Rather than the communist revolutions earlier in the […] read full post >>

For this week’s blog post, I am choosing to focus on Che Guevara’s letter to the magazine Marcha – I think that it is very important (and interesting) to closely analyse the works of enduring figures that have had far-reaching … Continue reading → read full post >>

For this week’s blog post, I am choosing to focus on Che Guevara’s letter to the magazine Marcha – I think that it is very important (and interesting) to closely analyse the works of enduring figures that have had far-reaching … Continue reading → read full post >>

Populism was an important part of the development of latin america politics. Political models before it had had little success (or interest) in making things better for the working class, who were the vast majority of people in the country. Therefore, with the implementation of populist techniques, political leaders were able to appeal to a […] read full post >>

This weeks reading was about the Cuban Revolution, and about the conflicting elements that occurred from it. I found it very interesting about how Dawson questioned the idea that the Cuban Revolution had a clear timeline. Dawson quoted how “Fidel insisted that the Revolution was not an event, but a process” (Dawson, 247). This idea […] read full post >>

Reading this week’s chapter reminded me of how biased education systems can be. While I will be talking mostly about the American education system, because that is the one I grew up in, I doubt that it is a purely American problem. Subjects such as math are fairly objective, as there are universal rules governing […] read full post >>