For a large part of my life, Christopher Columbus was depicted as an “accidental hero” and the man who in some way “started it all.” I remember many teachers would describe how he set out on a voyage to the Silk Road in Asia, took the wrong route and ended up in the Americas. I […]
As someone who couldn’t remember much background knowledge about Columbus, reading his journal was fascinating. It was interesting to see how ingrained the colonial mindset was to him. Everything was for the servitude of the King and Queen. Seeing how Columbus essentially conditioned the islanders into admiring him and his men felt sleazy to read, […]
I would say that the way i picture Colombus has always changed. During my primary school teachers always tried to make us love him, after all, he was the one who “discovered” us and brought civilization. We used to have “big events” at school where we would do representations of his discovery. In this phase … Sigue leyendo Week 2- The duality of a being →
