Week 1

Hi everyone! My name is Katherine Poole. I was born and raised in Guatemala and I am very interested in learning about the different approaches the class will have towards the idea of Latin America. I am an International Relations major with a minor in Political Science. I am very interested in learning about how […]

First off, I watched about 4-5 videos before I got to my favourite, “The Meeting of Two Worlds III” by Angela Pope, Ishan Gill, Deone Young, and Francisco Botero. The video was about the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that eventually lead to the colonization of southern America. His objective was to find new routes … Continue reading Week 1

This is the excerpt for your very first post.

I spent a batch of last night watching a few of the student videos, clicking through a batch of them at random. Though all of these dictate a plethora of information, a lot of my enjoyment of these videos are reliant on the formal components of the videos themselves.

A few of my favourites include:

“Caudillos” by Anna Wilmann, Elyse Doyle, Emma Elsner, Isabel Masters, Rachel White

While many of the video essays display a heavy emphasis on the visual aspect, primarily using digital photos in conjunction with with their speaking a la a powerpoint, I found that using hand drawn artwork made for a presentation that was very fresh and quite charming, given the subject matter. 

“Casta Paintings: An Introduction” by Anonymous

I just found this one to be immensely interesting. The presenter was clear in tone and voice, and was articulate in a way that made me feel like I could trust them. It never felt condescending, and it felt like the presenter respected me as an audience member. I really appreciated the description and incision on the various problematic components of casta paintings. 

A few that I enjoyed, but had problems with:

“Independence in Latin America” by Melissa Prado, Jorge Porter, Adrián González, Tabatha Marin, and Karen Poveda

“The Colonial Experience” by Ana Gheorghiu and Lindsay Chapman

I found that across the information, there was a hefty ambition to condense two themes together. I found both to be informing, but I also believe that there wasn’t as much focus as a result until the end, when both elements met. Both themes don’t necessarily feel as interwoven with each other, so I feel like I was left with two short vignettes as opposed to two parts of a complete whole. I still did find the two parts interesting. Though while I found a lot of the speech bubbles pretty funny, I found them to be inconsistent with the tone that the two creators were trying to present.

I spent a batch of last night watching a few of the student videos, clicking through a batch of them at random. Though all of these dictate a plethora of information, a lot of my enjoyment of these videos are reliant on the formal components of the videos themselves.

A few of my favourites include:

“Caudillos” by Anna Wilmann, Elyse Doyle, Emma Elsner, Isabel Masters, Rachel White

While many of the video essays display a heavy emphasis on the visual aspect, primarily using digital photos in conjunction with with their speaking a la a powerpoint, I found that using hand drawn artwork made for a presentation that was very fresh and quite charming, given the subject matter. 

“Casta Paintings: An Introduction” by Anonymous

I just found this one to be immensely interesting. The presenter was clear in tone and voice, and was articulate in a way that made me feel like I could trust them. It never felt condescending, and it felt like the presenter respected me as an audience member. I really appreciated the description and incision on the various problematic components of casta paintings. 

A few that I enjoyed, but had problems with:

“Independence in Latin America” by Melissa Prado, Jorge Porter, Adrián González, Tabatha Marin, and Karen Poveda

“The Colonial Experience” by Ana Gheorghiu and Lindsay Chapman

I found that across the information, there was a hefty ambition to condense two themes together. I found both to be informing, but I also believe that there wasn’t as much focus as a result until the end, when both elements met. Both themes don’t necessarily feel as interwoven with each other, so I feel like I was left with two short vignettes as opposed to two parts of a complete whole. I still did find the two parts interesting. Though while I found a lot of the speech bubbles pretty funny, I found them to be inconsistent with the tone that the two creators were trying to present.