Voices | William Barnett | Activity https://voices.wooster.edu/members/wbarnett18/activity/ Activity feed for William Barnett. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:11:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 254cf92c4494129c1b7cdb1cc949c5b2 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=4228 Wed, 09 May 2018 07:06:54 +0000 In both of the posters I observed, I saw parallels between Brazil and the US. In analyzing these parallels, I saw unique ways in which the US, Brazil, and other Latin American countries are fighting back against […]

]]> 84c5b7f4a8aa39844674e20eb51bd2e8 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=4226 Wed, 09 May 2018 04:06:28 +0000 Music

I was completely unaware of the music scene in Brazil, as well as Latin America in general. Since being introduced to the music video Via Milandra, I have been listening to a lot of Brazilian music on […]

]]> 7745fd2515588431b59c66cd48018ad5 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=4104 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 04:19:08 +0000 Q1: Is there an allegory or double entendre in the Wasteland?

It is literally a wasteland because of the garbage. However, there seems to be an underlying metaphor that applies to the people living there, how […]

]]> 590a99f0020aa927a1bba0c418bf3902 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=3895 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:24:25 +0000 “Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in 20th Century Brazil”

In a heavily anti-lgbtq country, when most people think of the lgbtq community, they think of Carnival, a special festival and celebration hel […]

]]> fe8e8a75cdc2847b59a557d5e06b8564 William Barnett commented on the post, Wikipedia Project: Politics and Sports, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil https://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/2018/02/18/wikipedia-project-politics-and-sports/#comment-42 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:49:42 +0000 I would recommend discussion specifically what political issues are addressed through sports in Brazil. Do sports have protests and demonstrations the way they do here, for example? What are the demographics of […]

]]> 9333763ce910c29f76920cec6d8b0a8f William Barnett commented on the post, Wiki Update: Racism in Brazil, on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/2018/02/16/wiki-update-racism-in-brazil/#comment-41 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:43:06 +0000 In terms of historical context, I would also recommend talking about Brazil’s declaration of a “post-racial” society. This declaration seemed a bit abrupt and was never truly idealized. I think that could tie into […]

]]> c4a587c83d08f4d505ddb523aebc6136 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=3866 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:22:59 +0000 There is an ongoing discussion in the United States about our justice system and equality, in relation to endemic racism, bias and injustice. It bears the question of just how “American” these problems are. It app […]

]]> 2a3ce74785724146710c274309221964 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=3864 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:00:43 +0000 For my research project, I will be expanding on the Wikipedia article on the Carandiru Massacre of 1992. The issue I see with this article is that while it does give all the facts, the cause, the aftermath and the […]

]]> 7b897469b3674d66326dec57f421c009 William Barnett wrote a new post on the site History 217 Modern Brazil http://brazil2018.voices.wooster.edu/?p=3515 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 04:12:06 +0000 There are multiple positive critiques I can give this article: It is overall well informed, gives extensive detail and contains a good structure. However, while these are strengths of the article, they are also […]

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