This weeks readings were R.A van Dijk’s ‘Voodoo’ on the Doorstep: Young Nigerian Prostetitues and Magic Policing in the Netherlands as well as Dipesh Chakrabarty’s Provincializing Europe. Van Dijk’s essay is about ‘Voodoo’ and the role it played in Nigerian girls being smuggled into Netherlands and put to work in the sex industry as well as the “moral panic’ from the citizens once it became publicly known. Van Rijk explains that knowledge of these girls “being enslaved in the sex industry primarily
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Imperialist ideals‚ focused on expanding a country’s values and systems in order to reinforce and increase power‚ have often served to define and sculpt the historical narratives of many nation states across the world. This outsider definition reduces a country’s ability to define itself and often works to present a biased‚ ignorant perspective in order to further its own agenda. Because of its long-standing separation from Western‚ primarily white countries‚ Japan was able to formulate its own values
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George Orwell is a famous writer who wrote the science fiction novel “1984” and the political satire “Animal Farm”. However‚ he also wrote short works such as “Shooting an elephant”. George Orwell was placed in a difficult situation on deciding whether to shoot the elephant in order to protect others. Regardless of which side he acted on‚ he would still have others wishing he would have acted the opposite way. I believe George Orwell was not justified in killing the elephant‚ because the elephant
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Jeffson’s Eastward travels also provide an example of the Orient being depicted in a formidable light‚ when he becomes preoccupied with the idea that there may be a sole Chinese survivor of the cloud‚ an idea which causes him to ‘flush with wrath’ (p. 154)‚ because he deems it as ‘detestable as death’ (p. 154). Although Jeffson at this point claims that he no longer wishes to find any human alive‚ the fact that he directs his delusions and hostility towards a Chinese man in particular is significant
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25/3/13 Analyse the European’s changing attitudes towards empire from the ag of discovery to the scramble for africa. The age of discovery and the scramble for africa are two movements involving the major European powers for the exploratiom and the colonization of africa. The age of discovery took place around the 16 century‚ while the scramble for africa took place in the 19th century. The major difference between these two movements was that the first one‚ the age of discovery was a movement
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During the 1960’s‚ most African countries previously held by the Europeans were released from colonial rule. The Europeans didn’t put in place any government or infrastructure before they relinquished control. This vacuum of power led to an influx of totalitarian regimes and dictatorships followed by a pandemic of poverty across the continent. Many of these dictators aligned with the Soviet Union‚ who further exploited Africa’s vast natural resources with no compensation given to the local people
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Lower Burma‚ also known as Myanmar‚ was a country in Asia‚ that at the moment was being taken over by the mean‚ powerful‚ cruel‚ British Empire. George Orwell‚ the writer of Shooting and Elephant‚ was a “sub-divisional police officer of the town”(1). Being an authority of the town‚ Moulmein‚ ment “[he] was an obvious target” (1). The narrator was often jeered at‚ due to the fact he was a European. He often faced many difficult tasks that he was obligated to perform‚ despite his beliefs. He was “hated
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WWI was an inevitable war. Imperialistic and Nationalistic tension‚ alliances between European countries‚ and the conflict between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia contributed to the inevitability of WWI. To begin with‚ imperialistic and nationalistic tension existed between the European powers. This tension was only heightened during the second half of the 19th century‚ largely due to the "scramble for Africa". As many explorers began to realize the economic potential of the African interior
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Everyone knows: California is burning. From the Inland Empire to Cascadia‚ wild fires litter the Golden State. So far‚ more than 175‚000 acres have been scorched and 40 homes destroyed. Fifty miles north of San Francisco‚ over 7‚000 homes are threatened by wild fires. One fire‚ the Rocky Fire‚ is blazing its way through Northern California‚ having already forced 13‚000 people from their homes. As a result‚ over 11‚000 firefighters have been deployed to combat the statewide infernos. Before I begin
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His fear of humiliation drives Balram to imitate the appearance of Mr.Ashok‚ a wealthy man‚ although he does not appreciate the clothes’ aesthetic. In “The Fourth night‚” Balram has arrived at New Delhi and became the main driver for Mr.Ashok after Mukesh left to Dhanbad. Balram‚ who was a countryman‚ is amazed at all the things in the city like New Delhi. On a regular day‚ while waiting for Pinky Madam and Mr. Ashok to shop in the mall‚ Balram observes a servant who wants to enter the mall‚ “he
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