ACMA01H3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
9 Apr 2016
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The version of events we are exposed to are only a verison. Objective: problematize idea that history is a neutral objective recollection of the past discuss the merit of critical history examine the legacy of colonialism in north america. Process of complicating disrupting or critiquing common sense . Ideas or analyses that challenge common knowledge, allowing either new or suppressed viewpoints to emerge [logan"s reading discusses this] Critical thinking process; making the strange familiar and the familiar strange [ throwing the funiture around ] // the process is so important. Simple definiton: a record of events that took place in the past. Neglects idea of mediation [ how we get our history through others] History comes through people, films, mass media, primary and seocndary education. History often comes from the predominate perspective of our society. I. e. grade 10 textbooks tell us alot but what narrative is missing. The writing of history // essembling a narrative.
