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week 2: the meeting of two worlds

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, […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with Colombus, empire, god, Gold, guns, lusotropicalism, Poma, subjugation

September 15 – Columbus

After watching the lecture I have understood that there are many thoughts and opinions regarding Christopher Columbus’ “discovery/conquest”.   We try to fit this event in a good or bad box when in reality this event is quite complex.  When I first learned about Columbus, I learned that he accidentally discovered a Western Island and thought […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Columbus, Poma

Week 2

  In reading The Voyage of Christopher Columbus and The First New Chronicle and Good Government the reader is given a glimpse into the initial European perspectives on indigenous societies and the American continent. Glaringly evident is the discrepancy in represented voices, exacerbated by the flagrant contrasting juxtaposition of the two cultures at first contact. It is regrettable that no complementary accounts could grant modern readers an indigenous perspective on this historical meeting of cultures. In both Columbus and Poma’s accounts, a focal point is placed on a duality of primary interests of the…read more

Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with Columbus, commodification, identity, Poma

2- The Meeting of Two Worlds

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

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