(Heads up: this is my unedited chain of thoughts) “The Meeting of Two Worlds” What an interesting take on the…
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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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This week we peaked into what the early times of post-colonization looked like and the ways in which identities were changed, erased and created. We did this through examining the popular artworks known as casta paintings and through the life of Catalina de Erauso. Casta paintings are a series of panels that each depict a […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 3 | Tagged with casta paintings, Catalina de Erauso, colonization, Gender Identity, identity, Meeting of Two Worlds, race, slavery
Before reading Columbus’s account of the voyage of 1492, I had heard a variety of different perspectives about him. Growing up in the United States, in elementary school he was spoken of in heroic terms. I didn’t question that narrative at first because after all, there is a holiday named after him. So he must’ve […]
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This week’s content delved into “the meeting of the two worlds” in which Columbus and his crew arrived on what was come to be known as the “New World” and later the “Indies”. I found this particularly interesting as it provided me with more information on a historical event that I have heard a lot […]
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Our introductory task for Latin American Studies 100 was to review the videos made by students of the previous year. In general, I was very impressed by the creativity and knowledge of the students and I am definitely looking forward to learning more in this course. The videos I watched were, Independence in Latin America: […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 1 | Tagged with caudillos, Meeting of Two Worlds, Student Videos Review, War on Drugs
I find the title of the video interesting as this event has always been described as a “discovery” but in the recent years I have changed this to an “exchange”. It is interesting to consider 1492 the “birth” of Latin America. The region has always been there with well developed cultures, yet it is interesting […]
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My impression, before reading these two pieces, of Columbus was very good and I admired his feats. Now I see that he was cruel and ignoble in his dealing with the native people of the “New World”. Throughout the Journal he speaks of ways to trick the N…
Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with Meeting of Two Worlds
My impression, before reading these two pieces, of Columbus was very good and I admired his feats. Now I see that he was cruel and ignoble in his dealing with the native people of the “New World”. Throughout the Journal he speaks of ways to trick the N…
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