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Danica Genners commented on the post, Wiki Update: Racism in Brazil, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
I think that this will be a useful addition to really provide context into different ideas of racism within the country and talking about how the belief that “racism does not exist” is false.
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Danica Genners commented on the post, Wikipedia Project: Politics and Sports, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
I think that this addition will be really useful because sport sin Brazil are a huge deal both culturally and politically! I would make sure to really focus on how soccer plays a large role within the country.
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Marcel Elkouri commented on the post, Tongtong Wu Wikipedia potential article "Chinese Brazilians", on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
A lot of times when discussing Brazilian populations, people will tend to just focus on the Japanese presence. I really appreciate the fact that you’re shining a light on a group that isn’t brought up that often […]
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Marcel Elkouri commented on the post, Wikipedia Article: Japanese cuisine in São Paulo, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
A trend I’ve noticed in a lot of these posts is that articles on Brazil are really messy and disorganized. I agree that using other articles that cover similar topics can help you build a framework of how to fix […]
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Marcel Elkouri commented on the post, Wiki Update: Racism in Brazil, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
The history section on the page just sort of lists out an incredibly vague explanation of slavery. It doesn’t mention the intermixing of slaves and masters, the fact that Portugal imported the largest number of […]
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hlanger21 wrote a new post on the site Español 102 8 years, 6 months ago
Durante la el fin de semana yo nadé en mi competición final por mi primero año de la natación en la universidad de Wooster. La competición fue muy importante porque yo deseo deseé nadar muy rápido. Mi novio, m […]
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Jack Hyman commented on the post, Wikipedia Article: Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (Ouro Preto), on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
A description of this particular church’s role in the religious communities of Ouro Preto and Brazil, e.g. rough attendance estimates and historical events occurring at or near the location, would make a valuable […]
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Wooseong commented on the post, Tongtong Wu Wikipedia potential article "Chinese Brazilians", on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Hello, this project looks interesting! Your focus on Chinese presence in Brazil seems relatable and refreshing. Your blog mentioned that you plan to add information on how Chinese immigrants impacted and […]
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Wooseong commented on the post, Wikipedia Article Rewrite: Education in Brazil, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Hello, this project looks awesome! I looked into similar sources while I was doing my research on Capoeira. I believe that you could look into cultural centers (art, capoeira, football academy) to see how […]
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Wooseong commented on the post, Wikipedia Article: Japanese cuisine in São Paulo, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Hello, this project seems very interesting. I am working on cultural identity in Brazilian football and have looked into transculturation, a phenamenon of merging and converging cultures, in Brazil. I believe this […]
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Pyeongan Hong commented on the post, Wiki article idea: Juscelino Kubitschek, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
It will be a hard work to find reliable sources without bias on Juscelino. However, since the article is short, it will be easier for you to edit.The challenge is to select reliable source and stay unbiased. It is […]
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Pyeongan Hong commented on the post, Wikipedia Article: Japanese cuisine in São Paulo, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Interesting topic, especially remembering what we talked during class. Japan and Brazil is interacting deeply in culture. Japanese-Brazil cuisine which might sound odd to some people, both having sea around allows […]
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Pyeongan Hong commented on the post, Wikipedia Project Update: Balaiada Revolt Changing, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Very interesting topic. Crucial event on economy of Brazil. It is shown that you are still trying to find what to work on but since the article barely contains any information the revolt. It will be easier for you […]
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Pyeongan Hong wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Politics and Sports provides a great overview of how politics can interact with sports. It talks about how politics influecne soccer and visa versa. However, it does not contain any information on how Brazilian […]
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Jack Hyman commented on the post, Wikipedia Clean-Up: Letter of Pêro Vaz de Caminha, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
It would be interesting if, in your edition of this page, you were to elaborate upon the reasons for why the letter is considered to be so accurate or credible by historians. One likely explanation might be that […]
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Jack Hyman commented on the post, Wiki Cleanup – Liberal Rebellions of 1842, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
This article is of particularly great interest to me, because the event it describes is an attempt at radical political change well before the abolition of slavery in Brazil – let alone the end of the Brazilian […]
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Jackson commented on the post, Tongtong Wu Wikipedia potential article "Chinese Brazilians", on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
Comparing this cultural interaction using both Chinese primary sources, and Brazilian ones would be a very effective, and intriguing way to make revisions to the article. I would be most interested, and others in […]
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Jackson commented on the post, Wikipedia Article Rewrite: Education in Brazil, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
It would be interesting to see how the education system in Brazil has been shifted by LGBTQ and anti-racist movements and legislation. These are very important issues in regards to cultural interaction and groups […]
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Jackson commented on the post, Wikipedia Article: Japanese cuisine in São Paulo, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
It sounds like this is a great article that could help us better understand cultural interactions in Brazil, also tasty recipe ideas. Going into the origins of the food, and offering more detail as to the Japanese […]
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Abby Blinka commented on the post, Tongtong Wu Wikipedia potential article "Chinese Brazilians", on the site History 217 Modern Brazil 8 years, 6 months ago
This topic is fascinating and I love the approach that you are taking. I think the sections you have proposed would make great additions to the current page. Good luck! I am excited to see how the page turns out.
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