Monday, September 20, 2010
Discussion Thoughts
I actually enjoyed the discussion our group had. I felt that we took some of the questions and everyone had a chance to give their opinion about it. There were some very good insights given and we were able to successfully all share our thoughts and elaborate on each other's thoughts as well. It was nice to be in a group where nobody was overpowering and everyone felt comfortable sharing.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
King Leopold's Ghost pgs. 1-32
"But we do not have a full-length memoir or complete oral history of a single Congolese during the period of the greatest terror. Instead of African voices from this time there is largely silence" (Hochschild 5).
I found this quote to be particularly interesting because I never thought about how there are many accounts of these events from outside perspectives, but hardy any from those who experiences the terrors first hand. The views regarding many different events from the time period would surely be understood differently if there were two different views of the event. The European view became the only view because that is all people knew or were hearing about. African people being treated unfairly were unable to speak up and give their side of the situation because they did not have the ability to record the things going on and how they felt about them. It is hard to know whether hearing about the terrible things going on to these people directly from them would have changed people's ideas about imperialism and slavery.
Did the events of John Rowland/Henry Stanley's childhood and adolescence have more of a positive or negative impact on his work later in his life?
Do the differences between African slavery and European slavery make one form more acceptable than the other? Why or why not?
I found this quote to be particularly interesting because I never thought about how there are many accounts of these events from outside perspectives, but hardy any from those who experiences the terrors first hand. The views regarding many different events from the time period would surely be understood differently if there were two different views of the event. The European view became the only view because that is all people knew or were hearing about. African people being treated unfairly were unable to speak up and give their side of the situation because they did not have the ability to record the things going on and how they felt about them. It is hard to know whether hearing about the terrible things going on to these people directly from them would have changed people's ideas about imperialism and slavery.
Did the events of John Rowland/Henry Stanley's childhood and adolescence have more of a positive or negative impact on his work later in his life?
Do the differences between African slavery and European slavery make one form more acceptable than the other? Why or why not?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Thoughts after 9/2/2010 Class
I learned more details about the things going on between 1871 and 1899. I knew general details about this time period, but not the details. I also learned about the differences of new and old imperialism. I have heard the phrase new imperialism before, but I was never really sure what it entailed or what exactly it was. I did know some of the European's motivations for colonizing these countries, but there were new reasons I learned as well.
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