It is an umbrella term, associated with many types of disciplines outside the historical realm, and can be segregated into an explanation of national identity or the archival support in the background. On top of this, all of the authors agree that memory and history are interdependent. They are able to question and enhance each other because of the opposite natures. As such, it can be guaranteed that historians of this generation are subject to the subjectivity of the memory-history relationship. Absolute truth to what happened in the past is impossible to find, but we may be able to piece together perspectives to create a story of the historical past.
There is a lot that one can assume just by looking at the piece. At the time this picture was painted, Bosnian Serb guerrillas were carrying out campaigns of “ethnic cleansing” which explains the title of the painting. Soldiers were clearing out certain ethnic groups but either just killing them or by turning them out of their homes. It was the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II
April 11, 2012 The Moment In-Between We are in a world of the known and the unknown. Some of us tend to stick to the known for their own reasons and some would prefer to understand the things that we can only imagine. In the world of art we see many ideas and interpretations of both. When coming across a piece called Vessel by an artist named Sarah Wiseman, I found the feeling of being in-between the known and unknown. The artwork had subjects that looked very familiar but took on a form that left room for the imagination.
When over analyzing What Sacajawea Means To Me by Sherman Alexie, its clear that the text has far more meaning when it is broken down into different lens like Deconstructionist, Gender, Marxist, Postcolonial, and even with a Reader's Response. Written intentionally in different contexts the author really does make you question what does Sacajawea mean to oneself. Is she a heroine or a villainess? Did she do what was right or what was wrong, should she be praised or should she be blamed.. We will never exactly know, we can only assume what and why things happened the way the did by processing history through various perspectives. Sacajawea although being recognized as the “mother” of america, everything she is and does is considered a contradiction.
Context: What is history? * In a nutshell: history is an attempt to understand and explain the past * Context- historians, of course, don’t begin at the dawn of time every time the write something, so they set the stage before launching into narratives, which is what we call context. * Evidence- historians must also rely on evidence (i. e. proof) like documents to support their ideas, or they’re just telling stories * Interpretations- this results in numerous interpretations, because different people see different things in the sources * And these Interpretations can and often do change over time based on various things * For instance, new evidence will push people to reconsidered ideas * Like how and when Indians came to America * Initially, historians thought that Asian nomads came to North America about 13,500 years ago over an ice bridge from Siberia to Alaska and then fanned out across the continent. They were then isolated when the ice age ended and watered covered the Bering Strait 9,500 years
As Ira Irwin proposed; “The greatest discoveries have come from people who have looked at a standard situation and seen it differently” demonstrating that explicitly searching for a new landscape condemns an individual to a constrained area of discoveries. To make a true revelation an individual must not search; rather, they must look at their surrounds from a new perspective. The important discoveries, those that last, are ones which are not pursued but contrarily are a result of previous actions such as the widening of one’s lens and the way they view the world around them. William Shakespeare effectively demonstrates the notion of looking with a ‘new pair of eyes’ in The Tempest as does Darren Aronofsky in his psychological thriller Black
Many people have repeated the same thing. Some examples are Sadam of Iraq, Musollini and Castro. Sadam killed people because they weren't on his side, Musollini turned Jews into Hitler to be killed. Castro isolated Cuba and killed millions of people. All of these people were fascist their beliefs were that of almost communist and almost democratic.
I have learned from traveling to these different time periods, that art can come in any form, whether through painting, poetry, music, or architecture. The meaning behind each piece may not always be clear to the viewer or listener, but that does not give reason to discredit the piece as not being a work of art. Each piece of art created holds a part of the creator within, it is up to us to discover the true meaning and inspiration behind it.
I argue that having the ability to be controversial is what makes art, art. In truth, "the freedom of expression" is a lie because while we all possess it, we don't speak our mind in fear of being ridiculed or having our opinions written off. Art is the only medium, where one's thoughts, no matter how controversial, can be presented in anyway they want, there shouldn't be a "taking it too far" with art. Everything is appropriate in art. Writers Week is a event that allows people to say things they would not normally say in a school environment, or share thoughts they wouldn't share with people, whether it be the f-bombs 'Mutts' dropped or the swears that student presenters uttered while reading their speeches,their art brought some crudeness into our sugar coated school environment.
This question does not suggest that your audience is stupid or uneducated. As we saw in Chapter 1, there is a great deal of confusion today about such matters as free will, truth, knowledge, opinion, and morality. Many intelligent and educated people have fallen victim to ideas and attitudes that cripple their creative and critical faculties. In many cases, your audience will appreciate your insights only if you first help them get beyond their misconceptions. Is Your Audience’s Perspective Likely to Be Narrow?