Arts of the Contact Zone Q2R#3&4 In “”Arts of the Contact Zone” Pratt gets the point across that cultures should recognize the “contact zone.” By giving examples like Poma’s writing and a homework assignment that her son had‚ Pratt defines the contact zone as the “meeting of cultures with asymmetric power.” (p 487) The word “cultures” refers to every type of group in my eyes‚ groups such as sports teams and even classrooms. A classroom can be defined as a contact zone because the Teacher and
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Response to Question 1 According to Mary Pratt‚ “contact zone” is a term “to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today” (Pratt 487). In Pratt’s speech “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she uses terms‚ such as autoethnography and transculturation‚ to help demonstrate the reasoning of her ideas. The main
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Author Joseph Staten brings to life a story from a loved game by many. The story is set between 2425 and 2525 on an outer colony planet named Harvest. Contact Harvest tells the story of humanity’s first encounter with a group of various alien species known as the Covenant. This book is great and I enjoyed it‚ I think it shows the potential of Mr. Staten’s writing. His outstanding amount of description really helped me imagine the planet Harvest and its inhabitants. The main theme is friendship
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Contact zones of the Olympics As Mary Louise Pratt defined in “Arts of the Contact Zone”‚ contact zones are social spaces where cultural interactions happen; including cultural exchange‚ conflicts‚ understanding‚ and sometimes unbalance of power in contact zones. Relating closely to cultural diversity‚ contact zones definitely exist in global events around the world‚ when people from different places gather together and communicate with one another. The Olympics‚ as one of the most influential global
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Siegel‚ 451–68 Brewer‚ Marilyn B. 1997. “The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations: Can Research Inform Practice?” Journal of Social Issues 53: 197–211. Brewer‚ Marilyn B.‚ and Norman Miller. 1984. “Beyond the Contact Hypothesis: Theoretical Perspectives on Desegregation.” In Groups in Contact: The Psychology of Desegregation‚ ed. Norman Miller and Marilyn B Brophy‚ Ira N. 1946. “The Luxury of Anti-Negro Prejudice.” Public Opinion Quarterly 9: 456–66. Burgess‚ Diana Jill‚ Michelle van Ryn‚ John F.
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In Mary Louise Pratt’s words of “Arts of the Contact Zone”‚ a community is “held together by a homogeneous competence or grammar shared identically and equally among all the members.” (493) What she means by that is we all share the same traits. I am a member of the aviation community of The University of North Dakota. It consists of about 1‚200 students and was started in 1968 by John D. Odegard. The department employs over 30 faculty members and offers the aviation education of your preferred
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speeds and those speeds are only accelerating. These new technologies have allowed for people to complete tasks in new ways and from the comforts of their homes! With these improvements has come the argument about whether the limitation of human contact due to the use of technology has had positive or negative effects on people’s lives. While some negative effects are present‚ the vast majority of
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English Argumentative essay The novel‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God”‚ focuses on a woman named Janie Crawford and her adventure for love and her struggle for independence. Since both of Janie’s parents were not in her life‚ she is forced to live with her grandmother. One day‚ Janie meets a boy and
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In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hursten the main character‚ Janie‚ has trouble finding her true love. Though Janie marries two different husbands whose character are completely divergent‚ she has yet to find someone who makes her happy even though she doesn’t know the true meaning of love. Janie’s grandma wanted Janie to get married for her protection before she dies because she wouldn’t be able to take care of Janie for long. So Granny planned Janie to marry Logan Killicks‚ even
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Eduardo Nova Their Eyes were Watching God By: Zora Neale Hurston Topic #3: Explore how Hurston uses elements of nature as a metaphor for Janie’s life Just like a rose‚ protagonist Janie blossomed into a mature woman of her time who faced many issues such as the prevailing question “what is love?”. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston develops itself through the symbolic renditions that based itself around a secular description of Janie Crawford. The limitless horizon‚ the blossoming
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