Name: Liao Xiangting Jasmine ID: A01294935 Date: 2 May 2012 Contemporary Arts & Society “TEC-MARCO Library Art Exhibit” After countless times of passing by the art exhibit at the library‚ I finally stopped to take a look at the pieces‚ albeit with an assignment on hand. It dawned upon me that this is exactly the way Art is in today’s globalizing society. People are so busy with their daily lives‚ they hardly stop to smell the flowers and appreciate the beauty around them. After taking
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American Antislavery 1820-1860 The antebellum American antislavery movement began in the 1820s and was sustained over 4 decades by organizations‚ publications‚ and small acts of resistance that challenged the legally protected and powerful institution of slavery and the more insidious enemy of black equality‚ racism. Abolitionists were always a radical minority even in the free states of the North‚ and the movement was never comprised of a single group of people with unified motivations‚ goals
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have the money to pay to the major powers so they just made more instead. This then caused hyperinflation which led to a world-wide depression. This world-wide depression caused massive unemployment rates but a rise in socialist ideas that caused nationalism and hope to come back to Germany. During this time period‚ after the war‚ due to the reparations; Germany suffered hyperinflation. The Treaty of Versailles forced many strict enforcements on Germany because they blamed Germany entirely for World
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Explain why there was popular discontent in Britain in the years 1815 – 1820 Lord Liverpool‘s government took office in 1812. At this time Industrialisation had already started to take effect which in term meant that workers were slowly becoming replaced because of the new machinery that was coming forward. At this point luddites came forward who were against machines taking over people because they saw the machines as a threat to their living. A reason of discontent here was that the workers who
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The Antebellum Period occurred from 1820-1860. It was a period in history where abolition was using and separation between abolitionists and supporters of slavery became apparent. While the abolitionist movement is one of the well known social reforms to have occurred‚ there was also the Horace Mann and the Public School Movement which fought for the equality in education. There was also the Temperance Movement which called for the prohibition of alcohol. The Abolitionist Movement was formed during
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True Meaning of America America has developed into possibly the greatest country to ever exist. However‚ the process of America becoming what it is today is actually really complex. Many great writers and authors have used their works to explain and describe the development process of America to many people. These works produced by them have allowed us to better visualize what America has gone through and its journey to success. These works also give us a better understanding of what America truly
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Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson Introduction Modern Americans today can easily answer the question “When was your nationbirthed?” Though the details of their answer may vary‚ the basic idea would place that time around the American Revolution. Some “older” countries such as Italy‚ Greece‚ or China would not have such a ready-made answer because they believe their nation was a naturalmanifestation of their people. Not so‚ according to Benedict Anderson’sImagined Communities(Anderson 1983)
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Ethnocentrism can be defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture. One practice that is done in the United States that is done differently by another culture could appear as not normal to us. We all have different definitions of what the right or “wrong” way of doing something is‚ but brought up and executed by another culture‚ the procedure may be done differently. I see this‚ as being negative because a lot
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understanding niche audiences and reaching out to them by using the media. Firstly‚ what constitutes a national identity? And how is a country or even a commercial entity able to use the media to nationalise its identity‚ to evoke a sense of nationalism‚ pride and patriotism on its subjects? What does it mean to be a Singaporean or an Australian? Songs and melodies are a way to capitalise and sway emotions. And Qantas used a song as a successful advertising strategy to stir up nationalistic
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* Rang de Basanti * “You Pakistani” scene. Police bribed. Extreme nationalism – no western music‚ dancing‚ etc. * Mother figure‚ mother India * Around 30 mins‚ say what is there to be patriotic about? Corrpution‚ population‚ etc. But fighter pilot says no country is perfect‚ I’m still willing to give my life for my country. * Karan – college kid‚ pressure from father. Every second someone is born in this country‚ no one cares about them. Neither government nor God. Do something or
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