Sorry for the couple hours delayed upload- I have managed to break my laptop, tooth and phone all within the span of one week This week’s lecture’s were focused entirely on Modernity and the concept of modernization and what it means to us. …
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This week study discusses the term modernity and explains the progression of Latin America in order to become a modern society. As discussed in the video, modernity has 4 key components: Innovation Liberation Secularism Universalism In my opinion innovation is the first step towards modernity. Particularly, innovation in industry is an important factor in the […]
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Sorry for the couple hours delayed upload- I have managed to break my laptop, tooth and phone all within the span of one week This week’s lecture’s were focused entirely on Modernity and the concept of modernization and what it means to us. …
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with christianity, church, Dawson, Diaz, export, modernity, politics, secularism, Stability
To me, the popularity of the Caudillos seems understandable. In a political landscape as chaotic as post independence Latin America, any sort of leadership that can offer some form of stability, or chance of protection must have been tempting. I do find it funny however, that the independence of the region strengthened the dependence of its people on powerful […]
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Hey everyone, hope everyone’s alive and kicking.I don’t think I have too much to talk about this week. I feel like I was given an insight into the perspective of a few figures, involved in Latin American politics, which I will say is a nice change of p…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with essay, poetry, political writing, politics, writing
Hey everyone, hope everyone’s alive and kicking.I don’t think I have too much to talk about this week. I feel like I was given an insight into the perspective of a few figures, involved in Latin American politics, which I will say is a nice change of p…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with essay, poetry, political writing, politics, writing
Hey everyone, hope everyone’s alive and kicking.I don’t think I have too much to talk about this week. I feel like I was given an insight into the perspective of a few figures, involved in Latin American politics, which I will say is a nice change of p…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with essay, poetry, political writing, politics, writing
Hey everyone, hope everyone’s alive and kicking.I don’t think I have too much to talk about this week. I feel like I was given an insight into the perspective of a few figures, involved in Latin American politics, which I will say is a nice change of p…
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with essay, poetry, political writing, politics, writing
These past few weeks, we have been primarily focusing on the early stages of Latin America. For example, the landing of Christopher Columbus as well as the beginning of the colonial period. However this week, it seems that we have begun a more political chapter of Latin America. Personally, I’ve always found politics less interesting, […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 4 | Tagged with Bolívar, Chávez, Cuba, government, jamaica, Martí, politics, struggle, Venezuela
