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November 17, 2014

Thoughts on Pre-History

I too, completely overlooked the posting/blogging for the readings, since I was so engrossed in the research aspect of my historiography, so I too, must beg forgiveness for the delay in my blog this week. I apologize for this oversight on my part. I have often wondered when I cam e across the term pre-history exactly what […]

Tiny Week 2: History past: Historical Thinking/Historiography

November 17, 2014

The Importance Contigency…and My History of Technology Geek Moment

Not going to lie, I entirely forgot about posting after I read. So, my bad on the lateness. That said… I really, REALLY, liked the article “Investigation the History in Prehistories.” I particularly attached to the discussion of contingency in Continue reading →

Kate Good

November 16, 2014

Blogging Again with Deep History

Interdisciplinary History Where in the world do you begin a blogpost about Daniel Lord Smail’s Deep History and the Brain? So many thoughts, tangents, and…

davidatkins anthropology, Atkins, biology, blogging, Deep History, History, interdisciplinary, Smail

November 16, 2014

When history meets science

The reading this week contains On Deep History and The Brain and four essays of “AHR Forum: Investigating the History in Prehistories”, and there are mainly two sets of issues to discuss: the encounters of history and science, and the cancellation of artificial dichotomy, such as history/pre-history, modern/pre-modern, colonial/pre- colonial. I really enjoy these articles […]

hungyin

November 15, 2014

Contemplating Deep History

[Author’s note: I am not feeling well tonight. I am writing a short post with the intent to edit it tomorrow after a long sleep.]…

Claire G.

November 15, 2014

A Deeper Sense of History

When introducing deep history, Daniel Lord Small discussed two ideas that I see as particularly fertile both intellectually and in terms of cultural perspective.  The first is that of a unique, new interdisciplinarity that would link “physical and life sciences” to social sciences and the humanities (Small 2008, 9).  Considering history through the ‘”reciprocally creative […]

picasso13

November 15, 2014

Am I Biologically Fit for History?

Apparently it’s been too long, and I’ve forgotten how to blog. That, or my brain isn’t functioning at the appropriate evolutionary level, or my neurons are somehow messed up which, actually, wouldn’t be surprising. So, instead I’ll offer these words … Continue reading →

saraevenson Historical Methods Assignment, History 5104

November 15, 2014

Beads and Gossip

Beads and gossip. I never knew beads and gossip held so much history. Our readings this week expound the idea of a methodology of historical research in which natural science intersects with history and ideas of periodization, temporality and historic … Continue reading →

faithskiles

November 15, 2014

Deep Thinking on Deep History

“By adding deep historical perspectives to the critical impulses of postcolonial historiography, perhaps we can decisively break free of the self-justifying myopia that is the hallmark of modern historical consciousness. As the “pre” and modern fall away, the potential for speaking new languages of past and present will flourish in their place” (Smail and Andrew, […]

Carmen Bolt

November 14, 2014

The Existence of Prehistory?

I didn’t know quite what to expect when I discovered the focus of this week’s readings: History Meets Natural History/Science. Immediately, I was skeptical. Though we have previously discussed the intermingling of history with other academic fields (like anthropology, for example), never had I really considered the possibility of history working effectively alongside science. After […]

laura

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  • Comment on Animals, Agency, and History by Tiny December 2, 2014
    Hey Laura, After hearing about how you plan on writing about the agency of dogs in the Great War, I now have a better understanding and grasp of your subject matter. I am a little surprised to read that you are questioning animals having agency in hist... Continue reading →
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  • Comment on Rosie, Buddy, Agency and History by Tiny December 2, 2014
    Hi Faith, As usual you provided a great piece of writing in my opinion. I always look forward to your posts because they seem to make me think back to personal experiences of my own in many cases. In this post, I was taken back to many different memories of all of my four legged […]
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  • Comment on Human Exceptionalism by Tiny December 2, 2014
    Hey David, I was glad to see that I was not the only one in the class that was wondering about animals and their agency or interaction with humans. This week's reading were very eye opening, as I had never really looked at the theory that we were just animals ourselves, having evolved to our […]
    Tiny
  • Comment on Lying down with the dogs by Claire G. December 2, 2014
    Hi Carmen, So do you see agency as a continuum, with natural disasters, urban landscapes, and other non-living shapers of history on one end and humans on the other? Claire Continue reading →
    Claire G.
  • Comment on Animals in History by Claire G. December 2, 2014
    Hi Sara, I was also pleased that we did this reading after "On Deep History and the Brain," because integrating animals into the study of history requires interdisciplinarity including psychology and the natural sciences. What do you think about how both week's readings position people in relation to other beings and forces? (Also, I think […]
    Claire G.

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