Hello! This week I was so intrigued by the comparison between Latin American citizenship and rights discussion versus Canadian citizenship and rights discussion. Although I am originally from Argentina, my academic knowledge of this subject is much more centered in the Canadian indigenous perspective due to the direction my academics have taken me. One of […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with Citizenship, independence, indigenous, representation, rights, slavery
Hello! This week I was so intrigued by the comparison between Latin American citizenship and rights discussion versus Canadian citizenship and rights discussion. Although I am originally from Argentina, my academic knowledge of this subject is much more centered in the Canadian indigenous perspective due to the direction my academics have taken me. One of […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with Citizenship, independence, indigenous, representation, rights, slavery
I found it very interesting this week to learn just how diverse the independence and freedom of Latin America was in the past. Never before had I considered the inextricable influences slavery and independence had on each other. The differing … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with Carolina de Erauso, Freedom, independence, indigenous, Indigenous peoples, intersectionality, Jose Marti, Martí, Nuestro America, oppression, Our America, privilege, slavery
What became of the America’s after colonization was a complex process of cultural diversification. It is interesting to see how after 1942, the continent of America (both North and South) became diversified in terms of the different races and peoples that began to settle in the Americas. The Casta Paintings are a very clear example […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 3 | Tagged with casta paintings, colonial experience, indigenous, mestizo, population
I hadn’t thought of the colonial experience as a Spanish (or European) crisis of identity before. I had pictured the colonizers as eagerly consuming all the land they were able to, and exploiting those resources and people who lived there. … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 3 | Tagged with casta paintings, colonialism, disease, europe, gender, hierarchy, indigenous, mixture, race, Spain
The Columbus story, when I learned it in elementary school, was very different than the way it is taught today. I grew up in Edmonton, and I am a generation removed from most university students in a first year class. … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with Columbus, european, ignorance, indigenous, new world, Political
While reading Columbus’ journal for this week’s pre-reading, I came to see the violence of his actions and the consequent violence perpetuated by them in a different light than previously. Having been taught my high school history curriculum by a … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 1, Week 2 | Tagged with 1492, Assimilation, Columbus, Eurocentrism, Evangelism, Hierarchies, Imperialism, indigenous, paradigm, religion, violence
This week the readings were based on what we may consider, today, the beginning of Latin America. For me Latin America has always been full of culture and history. I had never considered the beginning of it; I had only ever considered it as it is today. Hence, I found 1942 an interesting but logical […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with 1492, Columbus, Culture, Gold, Inca, indigenous, Poma, Pre-hispanic, religion, Wealth
This week we have explored various representations of Columbus’ arrival in the New World, through texts and student videos. Within the texts, it is clear that both authors, as posed in one of the week’s questions were very much aware of their audience. Columbus addresses the Crown within his introduction and Poma associates the years […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with agency, Columbus, indigenous, new world, representation
It is strange to think that it took centuries for October 12, 1492 to become a day of such significance. Maybe I am forgetting to remember how much longer it took for news to travel than as it does now. Anyways, while listing to Week Three’s video lecture, I noticed that the Alhambra Decree was […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with casta paintings, indigenous, religion, slaves
