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linholmberg wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2019 6 years, 6 months ago

In the Thicket of ThoreauI am not a fan of Thoreau. That is no secret. Prior to this class, I had not read any of his work and had no opinion on him whatsoever. No […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Interests, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

Excellent, Abby! These are some great ideas. Looking at the lives of female religious in the Andes might be a good way to unite your interests here. One of the bios in Kathleen Ann Myers’ Neither Saints Nor […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

Very interesting, Luca! I’d start with this Library of Congress exhibit for a quick overview: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/columbus.html

Or you might enjoy Matthew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

This is a good topic, and I think you’ll find a lot to draw on as we start reading Victors and Vanquished next week. There are more and more translations of Nahua texts available.
aholder wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2019 6 years, 6 months ago

Thoreau-ly Fascinated By SpaceOne of the passages that I found fascinating in Walden is when Thoreau was discussing how he and his guests used the space around them to […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Student Research, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

A study of some aspect of Inca religion would be a great project. This overview might give you some ideas about where to start. Let me know what is most interesting to you, and we’ll move forward. […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Potential Research, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

Music is a great way to explore cultural change and hybrid identities. What instrument/musical style most interests you?
For a theoretical perspective, […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

Mapuche cultural resistance and autonomy is a great topic.
robby wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago

Imperialism changed Eastern Asia as we know it. Western Europe’s influence created a vacuum in power as they profited off of a weakening China. This void filled by a growing Japan that wanted to separate itself f […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Question Ideas, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

This is a great research question! Take a look at the intro/early documents in the Haitian Revolution primary source reader we’re reading at the end of the semester to get started. Or for a legal perspective, […]
Abby wrote a new post on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

The class discussion for 9/18 was focused on early colonial perspectives as the two groups we have been studying up to this point, the Iberians and the indigenous peoples of Latin America had recently met. The […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Ideas, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

The history of cartography is a great idea! There are some great articles to get you started here: https://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V3_Pt1/Volume3_Part1.html
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Blog Post, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

You’ll have a lot of great sources for Aztec / Spanish military encounters this week in class. Make sure you’re not posing your question as a counterfactual, but instead thinking about what role the support of […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Question Idea, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

This is a great question, if you focus on the growth of local anti-colonial movements in the years leading up to independence. Your next step is to focus on a particular geographical region/independence movement. […]
jrichard wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2019 6 years, 6 months ago

ThoreauThis guy really grinds my gears. I don’t know if it is how conceded he is, or if it is the fact that he is a decent writer at times in spite of […]
Katie Holt commented on the post, Research Question, on the site Colonial Latin America 6 years, 6 months ago

I’d like to encourage you to move forward with the Argentine question: I think you’ll get more out of your research, and enjoy it more, if you pick a topic that is personally meaningful to you.
Depending on […]
Jonathan Velazquez wrote a new post on the site MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 6 years, 6 months ago

East Asia was deeply destabilized by the experience of empire, at least regarding the status quo of China and Japan both having been power players in the region around the late 19th century. As discussed in […]
Cameron Papp wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2019 6 years, 6 months ago

What Humans Leave Behind (In the Thicket of Thoreau)“As I drew a still fresher soil about the rows with my hoe, I disturbed the ashes of unchronicled nations who in primeval years lived under […]
Abby Fisk wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2019 6 years, 6 months ago

In the Thicket of Thoreau“I had gone down to the woods for other purposes. But, wherever a man goes, men will pursue and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if […]
Eliza Letteney wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2019 6 years, 6 months ago

In the Thicket of ThoreauIn economy, there is a section that sticks out to me. After detailing the money he spent on materials to build his temporary house on Walden, he […]
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