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Things Fall Apart, Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now

I know it doesn’t matter whether or not I write any more blogs posts since yesterday was the last lecture and Arts One is for the most part, over. However, I’ll take it upon myself that I admit writing these blogs have been a (bit – not entirely) a chore. However, I find a certain […] Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Achebe, Apocalypse Now, Conrad, Coppola, Hacking, Heart of Darkness, history, Judith Butler, Things Fall Apart, Trouillot

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in lecture, powerpoint, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with Achebe, Africa, anthropology, C20th, colonialism, Conrad, culture, difference, history, Identity, Jon Beasley-Murray, literature, novel, repetition

girls girls boys

I remember in psychology class back in high school, we learnt about the education of children and the way advertisements and commercials affect children and their perception of who they are and what is acceptable in society. Why is this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Advertisements, Boys, Classification, Confusion, Education, Equality, Female Figure, gender, Gender Equality, Girls, history, philosophy, psychology, Vindication of the Rights of Women, Wollstonecraft

Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul

Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul

Video of lecture by Jill Fellows for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in Jill Fellows, lecture, Remake/Remodel, video | Tagged with C20th, Canada, Discourse, Hacking, history, Identity, Medicine, memory, philosophy, politics, Sociology, truth

identity crises

Hong Kong was a colony of Great Britain until July 1st, 1997, when it was handed back to China. My point? I’m 19 and have lived pretty much all my life in a post colonial country. Why is this post … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Chinese, Classification, Confusion, Fanon, history, Hong Kong, Identification, Identity, philosophy, Post Colonialism, Society

zombie apocalypses are already happening… and have been for quite awhile apparently

I, unfortunately, am also included in the “zombies” because I completely blanked out and just remembered I have a blog post due today. Well technically yesterday. Whoops. Northanger Abbey is interesting, and I got into it right at the beginning … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Characterization, Classification, Female Figure, history, jane austen, literature, narrative, Shaun of the Dead, Society, Zombies

zombie apocalypses are already happening… and have been for quite awhile apparently

I, unfortunately, am also included in the “zombies” because I completely blanked out and just remembered I have a blog post due today. Well technically yesterday. Whoops. Northanger Abbey is interesting, and I got into it right at the beginning … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Characterization, Classification, Female Figure, history, jane austen, literature, narrative, Shaun of the Dead, Society, Zombies

Magic is real — The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier

I forgot I had to do a blog post… Sorry! The Kingdom of This World is an interesting novel, and I’m still in the midst of digesting it and trying to get into the “magical realism” of the story. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Carpentier, Citadelle, Confusion, Haiti, history, Kingdom of This World, literature, Magical Realism, Questions, Revolution, Sans Souci, Slavery

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past

Video of lecture by Paul Krause for the “Remake/Remodel” theme (2013) and Repetition Compulsion Theme (2014).

Posted in guest, lecture, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, video | Tagged with C18th, C19th, C20th, colonialism, Haiti, historiography, history, michel-rolph trouillot, postcolonialism, power, q, race, Slavery, Theory, Trouillot

Silence and Speech

This week, I’d like to talk about a chant–a little ear-worm, if you will–that has been embedded in my mind for decades. It’s an unpleasant puzzle why, when I’ve forgotten other arguably more useful and less damaging things, somehow I … Continue reading →Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb3-2013 | Tagged with Columbus, Columbus day, history, narratives, philosophy, Production of History, Trouillot

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