The Mission of an Autoethnography In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” we are introduced to the idea of contact zones‚ autoethnography‚ and new ways of looking at common ideas. I wanted to see some examples of what she was really talking about. After reading John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” we can see that Pratt’s ideas and terms are accurate because they can be applied to this reading as well as others. "Our Time" is an autoethnography because it uses diffeerent points of
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Aztec & Inca DBQ The Aztec and Inca were two very advanced cultural societies for being on of the early civilizations of Central America. These Empires maintained a high level of cultural development due to their social‚ architectural‚ and religious aspects. Additional documents that would have aided the explanation of these cultures would be from a priest and his role was a significant part in the community as well as from an architect or constructor‚ to describe some of the obstacles they needed
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Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices Essay Assignment A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Bartolome de las Casas Las Casas’ account depicts the terrible and inhumane actions that the Spaniards inflicted upon the indigenous people. He made it very clear that the indigenous people were far from deserving of this torturous treatment. He describes them as “among the purest‚ the most innocent‚ and the most intelligent.” (p.9) Las Casas points out that other Spaniards had similar
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What made the Incan Empire so historically significant? Rachael Cardenas Block 6B From 1438 to 1535‚ the Incan Empire made a historical impact. The Incan Empire was located in South America on the western coast in the present countries of Peru. (Tagle.) Three-fourths of the Empire was located within present day Peru. Since the rule of the Empire did descend through familial ties‚ the ruling emperor was chosen on account by his family dynasty. (Hutagalung.) The empire of the Incas merits importance
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Picture History of the Inca Civilisation‚ Felipe Huamán Poma de Ayala was a Peruvian/ Andean Indian‚ who claimed himself to be a historian for the sake of writing‚ the book the letter was published in The First New Chronicle and Good Government for his majesty c. 1615. The text intended purpose was for Huamán Poma to seek acceptance from his King‚ at the time of completion Spanish King Philip III ruled Peru. The acceptance that Huamán Poma seeks seems to be that of his work as a historian but also
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For centuries the Silk Road has served as a connector between empires‚ countries‚ and cities all over the world. The outposts and cities along the Silk Road became the melting pot of race‚ culture‚ and religion. Transculturations between countries were becoming more frequent throughout the world‚ while Normal citizens‚ travelers‚ explorers‚ and scholars of the Silk Road experienced it first hand. Scholars such as Pratt and Clifford theorized transculturation through documents of modern European
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which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols and implement or syncretize them into their christian faith‚ this side being supported by the like of Fransisco Poma or pro-native monks like Bartolomé de las Casas. The best way to learn of the two sides of the argument is by following two of the
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Chapter five begins with the account of the aged indios ladino Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala who in 1615 with his young son took a manuscript he had been writing for over 30 years. This manuscript was remarkable in that it was written in both Castilian and his native Quechua. What is so remarkable about this is that the Incan language
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Reaching Compromise of Cultures by Manifestation of Contact Zone through the Character John From the start of the novel‚ it is not difficult to see that Maggie‚ the chief and mother of Virgil‚ is having trouble with her life. She is busy and has many identities. When she is talking to her mother Lillian‚ she has her own thoughts and opinions about how to live her life. Her way is doing as much work and taking care of every matter because she is the chief‚ and also worrying about her son because
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CHAPTER 19: Early Latin America Dilektos is required for Chapter 19. KEY TERMS Write a detailed and complete definition of the following terms (what does it mean and why is it significant?)‚ or identify and explain the significance of the individuals (what did they do and why are they significant?). DO NOT COPY your answers from the textbook. Your answers must be in your own words. Your answers should be a minimum of three (3) complete sentences. [*] represents information you need to know
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