In Erez Manela’s book, the Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Ant-colonial Nationalism, Manela argued that self-determination was an international concept for Egypt, India, Korea and China. Despite all the opinions already made about WWI, Manela claimed that his view is innovative, changing certain fields of study including the idea, of anti-colonial nationalism that nations identify themselves through disposing their colonizers. Manela also said that other historian before him looked at the Paris peace conference from the inside out, only focusing the great Europeans’ leaders’ views and actions but he reasoned to invert such approach by looking at the colonial histories from the outside in, from the perspectives of the colonized people who were at the margin of the Paris conference. He thought that if other historians would have looked at the Paris talks, they would have thought that it is was about European powers dividing up the world among them. Nonetheless, Manela felt that this was not the case because he said there was another significant incident that deserves to be looked at too.
Museums have responded by taking on the role of memory keepers, to preserve and tell the story of this terrible period. Alison Landsberg in her book Prosthetic Memory – the Transformation of American Remembrance in the Age of Mass Culture, responds to the challenges of modernity and Churchill's concerns by providing a new theory as to how the utilisation of modern technologies, mass media and experiential museums allows viewers to absorb other memories as their own, despite never having directly lived through them as individuals. In this essay I will introduce Landsberg's concept and explain its position within the larger memory debate. I will offer opposing critiques to her theory of 'prosthetic memory' and refer to a specific 'Memory Museum' - The Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, Israel's definitive museum and memorial to the six million victims of the Holocaust. I will explore the various techniques that Yad Vashem utilises in order to convey its message, particularly regarding how it mobilises Landsberg's concept to create empathy, to what extent it is effective and whether these methods can lead to a positive outcome reflecting Landsberg's ideals about the potential power of memory- making within the visitor.
I found the author’s chronology out of order and thus, a little confusing. Fash first describes the ruins of the great city before describing the city as it was in its heyday. I think it would be better from an illustrative point of view if he painted the picture of Copan at its zenith and then compared that to the sculptures and ruins we see today. Fash continues with prior and recent investigations on the city and then moves on to the political evolution and my favorite part of the book - The rise of Copan chiefdom. He describes how there were two distinct socio-economic levels in the Copan society and how the “elite” lived in plaster-coated structures in close proximity to the decorated public buildings in the Principal Group, and had access to fine imported goods.
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Art Movie- Exit Through the Gift Shop Main Purpose- Compare and contrast: Banksy and Mr. Brainwash. Explain which artist is avant garde(A group active in the invention and application of new techniques in a given field)One or both can be considered avant garde. 1. Use as much details as possible, you must describe two works of art for each artist (assume I know nothing about the art or artists) and an evaluation of the art to help support your argument. Banksy- "Art of War"- Made on the berlin wall.
In some respects, this revision follows the lead of historian William Appleman Williams who developed the notion of an American informal empire, growing out of nineteenth-century "Manifest Destiny," aggressive protection of free trade and open markets, and finally, into direct confrontation with the old empires of Europe in the twentieth century. [1] Bender's view is slightly different, emphasizing the very long history of American engagement with European Empires--the successful American Revolution was, after all, partly a consequence of the enmity of France and Britain. As Bender concludes: the "American way of empire was even presented as anti-imperialism because it guaranteed openness, in contrast to the exclusivity of the old empires" (p. 233). This statement is an important argument because it links the visionary perspectives of Thomas Jefferson, for example, to the much later engagement of the United States with European colonial empires. It also illustrates an essential point, which is the moral center of the work.
Your responses should help you to write the essay. HISTORICAL CONTEXT: Before leaving office, George Washington sounded a warning about political parties and their potential to divide and destroy America. TASK A: Using information from the documents and your knowledge of social studies, answer the questions that follow each document. Your answers to the questions will help you write the essay. TASK B: Write an essay that addresses the following question: To what extent was George Washington correct in his warning about political parties?
‘Modernist writers are concerned with depicting the alienation at the heart of modern experience’. Consider this statement with reference to one of the modernist texts on your course. James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The ‘modern experience’ in the cultural history of the world may be defined as having a few particular traits, firstly the move from a feudal to a capitalist society, secondly the consequences and aftermath of the First World War, and finally industrialization, which includes the advancement of technology and the increasing focus on urban and city areas. The idea of one world passing out of existence while another was being forged was what some would call the modern experience; this idea can be seen to be mirrored in the mental landscape of the era. Traditional structures, ideas and roles were being challenged and broken down.
COMPARE and CONTRAST two critiques of ‘the American Dream’. REFER to The Great Gatsby film adaptation as well as Death of a Salesman. In each text, IDENTIFY the specific social comment made. The American Dream is strongly exemplified in Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, in which it is not so much calling into question the pursuit of the American Dream, but the dream itself. The two texts provide social commentary on matters such as looking toward the future to pursue an ambition, cheating to attain what is desired, and the result of dreams becoming obsessions.
Worldview Analysis Essay “Abstract” In this paper for this assignment of how have some facet of “process philosophy” has impacted the American government and society, I have chosen to include the topic of education. In my reading for this assignment there were many options to choose from to focus on with my paper however the educational shifts caught my attention the most. In this paper I have included the dispute between Plato and Aristotle and the shift education took when it came to Rationalism. Plato and Aristotle’s dispute was in the area of knowledge, and the shift as a result of Rationalism was from a biblical theology to a natural theology. Some facets of “process philosophy” that has impacted American government and society include some educational, economical, legislation, family and marriage, and civil right shifts.