Modernity is an idea made up and followed mainly by westernized societies. Yet it has become the new normal for…
At the turn of the Twentieth Century, the potential of Latin America seemed to be unfolding in a favourable way or at least by first glance. This is how I first viewed it when I read about it in books when I was trying to learn about Argentina and Mexico from afar. Argentina was within […]
Modernity. It’s more than just thinking about the next greatest invention and it’s more than the fantasied sci-fi idea. I think when you first read or hear the word “modernity” you think innovation or you think of our country as a whole being what we believe to be modern. It is of the time. Continue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity”
How shocking the polar opposite views of modernity are. It seems to be contrasting and in the end, ironic. Modernity…
This weeks theme of modernization closely relates to what I have been studying for a sociology class on development and…
For this blog post I want to focus on the “Porfirio Díaz, Hero of the Americas” document. I found the structure and language of the interview to be quite interesting. To me it didn’t sound like the typical interview. There was a lot of description involved, and at times it felt like there was a […]
One of the main takeaway for me from this week’s topic was the rather arbitrary definition of modernity. At the start of this course, we defined Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World as the beginning of modernity and yet there are so many opposing views to this. As mentioned in the video, modernity canContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity”
Western liberal democracies pride themselves as examples of modernity. Through living standards, feminism, resource use. Specifically, how they compare to “less developed” countries, such as those within Latin America. Women in western liberal democracies are perceived as more free and equal in comparison to women in Latin America. What I mean is, although the patriarchyContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity”
A conversation with Alec Dawson
