Justin W
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Location HK, somewhere
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Through looking at all three possible interpretations, to me it appears most likely that the Taíno peoples would likely have seen Colombus as either a chief or something other than human like a diety, but not in any way approaching Colombus as being a 'God'.
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Justin W replied to Renata Whitewood
It is surprising as someone new to studying history older then contemporary histories before WWII and the modern era that intolerance and Christianity are tied together so closely, and features everywhere when Christian beliefs spread out from Europe, even when Christianity is arguably the most widely practised and is one of the largest widespread religions now.
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Justin W replied to Catherine C
To add to this, It seems that the reasons for the Christian Spanish rulers to exile Jewish believers during the Reconquista was not just for religious reasons, but mainly because of fears that other religiouns could disrupt the Catholic systems and the clergy which gave legitimacy for the Queen and a reason for the rulers to be able to stay in power.
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The primary reason for the expulsion of Jewish people from Spain mainly came to be because of religious differences and the refusal of remaining non-Christian Jews to convert to the dominant faith of the Catholic monarchs, in order to promote nationalism and support through religious zeal of the common people.
The sociological influences shown by the unity...
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The mainly British European observers seem to depict the events and environments as mostly similar to what they knew and kept in common to their lives throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and tried to paint within the typical styles found to either make the 'alien' flora and fauna of Australia more familiar to European viewers of the art,
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Visual knowledge and the way we source the ideas and emotions that come from a particular image or by capturing moments in time are reliable in the same way we can find consistency and perspective in ourselves as individuals, and the power of imagery is in the display of the self, and inner workings of what we see and choose to present when taking a photo....
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Images are mainly useful to us as indicators or cues to things otherwise less expressible with us through just words or other ways of our communication with others, as a medium of art and as a social function of ourselves.
I feel that using Images and capturing events around us is mainly how I can comprehend what has happened throughout my own lived...
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Capitalism is the study of trade, and emphasizes how humans and society create and exchange value in a way that affects the conditions and circumstances of our lives.
Marx's theories in particular try to critique the inevitability of Capitalism through work, and during his time watching the beginnings of the Industrial age when Capitalism started to...
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Social theories are integral to understanding ourselves and in our place in the world. An instance of different theories would be the ideology of Collectivism over Individualism, where the idea is very ingrained in many East Asian societies, being a given that everyone works for the good of the group, respect of elders and deference to authority is expected...
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The importance of sociological theory is essential to understanding many things happening in current events and daily life around us, and allows people to navigate through the world in a more nuanced and impartial way. By exposing ourselves to more ideas within social theories, it is easier to approach the unfamiliar and otherwise alien parts of culture and...
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Sociology is a science in that the methods and evidence required to record and examine the ideas presented attempt to be more objective and also separate opinions from objective facts. Every-day observations are different as the scale and impact of events are not as tangible and often biased towards your own ideas and previous experiences of dealing with...
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What does this cartoon mean to you?
The two ideals of being in a group and still emphasizing 'being an individual', versus not belonging at all mainly shows how how you identify and interact with others are not as black and white as it often appears, and the grey area in between can be just as important.2.
I feel that thinking of 'being yourself' raises... -
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I feel like the views I have of humanity have certainly opened up, though I am still not sure if there is one prevailing opinion or view I really ever held, and hopefully the course will help with looking at it in a different way
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I believe that technology has had a very large impact on issues of culture and identity, but has largely not really changed what we already know or believe in so much as they have amplified them.
For example, many internet chats or discussions are often used to vastly increase awareness of the extreme, or of fringe issues that would not ordinarily be talked... -
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My interests vary between History, Sociology, Philosophy, Economics, and mostly learning about how the world changes
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Humanities and the definition of being human will definitely change as long as technology continues improving and our world becomes more interconnected.
1) He was an academic who looked at the meaning of words and how they changed with shifts in society
2) 'Not speaking the same language' was Raymond's way of referring to how cultural and societal norms...
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* I think the 4th definition seems to best show all parts of Epistemology in terms of challenging what we know and also shows how important Philosophical inquiry is to the Humanities,
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Multiple definitions of Epistemology allow us to define how direct the knowledge we possess and take in from others is, and what fields of study we use Epistemology in. For example in Definition 2, using:
"...a philosophical principle that has
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To better examine and be more objective in what our presumed knowledge allows us to decide to do and move forward in with society, and be open to errors in our judgement.
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How we derive our knowledge is essential to the Humanities as much of what we understand often comes from those around us or others who are are culturally and positionally similar in... -
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Hi, I've just started on a B Social Science course, majoring in Sociology and am interested in mainly how people affect the wider world through study in the Humanities and whatever else may entail.
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Hi, I'm Justin, and I'm from Hong Kong although currently living on campus residences after changing programs from Speech Pathology.
I chose to take Sociology to better understand to processes and consequences of how people work within their own societies, and how different cultures interact, as coming from a very divisive and split societal position that is...