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October 19, 2014

Categories in the postmodernist view

Joan Scott is apparently not the first one nor the only one who discusses gender as a category of analysis, but she does provide a deep understanding and bring the complexity of gender as a category into the field of history. This week, Scott’s articles not only give me some insights of gender as a […]

hungyin

October 19, 2014

Writing History in a Necessarily Gendered World, and Singing French Songs

One of my favorite songs begins, “J’ai un problème d’intégration.” It was stuck in my head as I read through Scott’s “Symptomatic Politics.” The artist, Anis Kachohi, is (funnily enough) of partially Moroccan descent–rather appropriate, given the readings, and rather … Continue reading →

saraevenson Historical Methods Assignment, History 5104

October 18, 2014

Gender, Power, and “the Veil”

After some difficulty in determining what exactly to write about tonight after having read two of Joan Scott’s articles and one analysis of her work,…

Claire G.

October 18, 2014

SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BODIES: TESTIMONY TO OR TESTIMONY FOR SOCIAL RELATIONS?

“As Holtmaat and Naber state in Women’s Human Rights and Culture: From Deadlock to Dialogue, the concept of the fundamental equality of all humans, regardless of their categorization related to their unique characteristics, in the service of  universalist ideals, cannot be statically applied through the exact same treatment of all individuals”  (Schwartz 2013, 4). As I […]

picasso13

October 18, 2014

Getting Mad and Gender Analysis

I’ll never forget the day I flew into Bangkok Thailand for the first time and what makes it memorable may be surprising. Sometimes when I fly into other countries and must go through customs, I feel like I, and my … Continue reading →

faithskiles

October 18, 2014

Gender and History

Joan W. Scott introduced gender as a means to add depth and deeper meaning to history. While she was not the first person to use…

davidatkins Atkins, Foucault, Gender, History, Joan W Scott, Power Relationships

October 17, 2014

A Question of Gender

This week’s readings by Joan Scott (and the essays that reflect on her work) were truly compelling and I once more completed the readings with a new or complicated understanding of a concept that I already thought I had mastered. I have always considered “gender” as a term reflecting “sex roles”. According to Scott, this has […]

Carmen Bolt

October 17, 2014

Onions Anyone? There’s Red, White, Yellow, and MY Personal Favorite, Vidalia…

When I first decided to pursue my MA in History, I was under the impression that I would just focus and learn more about my interests in history, U.S. military history to be exact.. I thought that I would delve into more specific studies of military history and become a “go to guy” when it […]

Tiny Week 2: History past: Historical Thinking/Historiography

October 16, 2014

[The Importance of] Gender: A [Highly] Useful Category of Analysis

I have been looking forward to this week’s readings and getting the opportunity to delve headfirst into Joan Scott’s work again for quite some time. Indeed, this time last year, I was experiencing “Gender as a Useful Category of Historical Analysis” for the first time in Dr. Mollin’s class on gender in United States history. In […]

laura

October 15, 2014

Women vs. Gender, A Lack of Translation

In the interest of time with my sister’s wedding this weekend, this one is going to be rather short, but I look forward to elaborating with all of you in class! “It is interesting that there is a great deal Continue reading →

Kate Good

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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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