CANA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jewish Diaspora, Black Canadians, Black Nova Scotians
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Situated knowledge: how one knows what they know knowledge is never pure, simple or unbias. no matter what, it comes from some type of context. Ex: we all remember where we were when 911 happened and can visualize them falling. How is history made monolithic/one narrative in a city: museums, national holidays, national anthoms tells the history of the nation, song, citadel and harbor work to tell primarily a scottish anglo historical narrative. Meaningful actions against colo and the taking away of rights: 1st step: question the legitimacy of colo and how it happened from a legal and moral standpoint. Ballad of cornwallis and how he himself a historical figure has been mobilized as a mechanism of historical memory. Cornwallis junior high and the sign got spray painted about genocide. We need to consciously consider to what degree weve been effected by colonization physically, mentally and spiritually. Mi"kma"ki in a pocket history of nova scotia.
