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Student Video Responses

I have watched four videos from the previous class of LATN 100. Here is my commentary. Speaking Truth to Power This video attempts to cover oppressive history which Latin American countries endured in 1970’s. Las Madres de Mayo is an important and still relevant movement in Argentina many of those who disappeared are still unheard […]

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1492: The Ethics of Spanish Imperialism and Europe’s Modern Identity

Out of all of the points covered in the lecture video this week, the topic I found most interesting was the question concerning whether or not Christopher Columbus should be considered a villain or a hero when comparing his exploratory feats to that of the events that resulted from them. Much of what I have …

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The Meeting of Two Worlds – Short Research Assignment

Source: Todorov, Tzvetan. “Montezuma and Signs.” The Conquest of America, Harper & Row, 1984, pp. 63–97.   Different accounts of the Spanish colonization of Latin America are explored in “The Conquest of America” by Tzvetan Todorov. The section “Montezuma and Signs”, focuses on the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, showing how the Aztecs’ tendencies to rely …

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The Meeting of Two Worlds – Short Research Assignment

Source: Todorov, Tzvetan. “Montezuma and Signs.” The Conquest of America, Harper & Row, 1984, pp. 63–97.   Different accounts of the Spanish colonization of Latin America are explored in “The Conquest of America” by Tzvetan Todorov. The section “Montezuma and Signs”, focuses on the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, showing how the Aztecs’ tendencies to rely …

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