MI201 Chapter 1-1: Where Olive, Lemon and Laurel Trees Grow A Diachronic Examination of Cultural Similarities under Different Names in Greater Mediterranean History - Notes
25 Oct 2017
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Diachronic = how something, especially language, has changed and evolved over time. Methodology = a system of methods used in a particular area of study/activity. Arbitrariness = based on random choice/personal whim rather than any reason or system. Polarize = divide or cause to divide into 2 contrasting groups. Nationalistic view = a lens where someone views their country as the best, etc. Maybe this means that he shows how the med is united & all appreciate and take from each others cultures, rather than thinking their country is the best and only doing things their ways. Methodology and cultural sensibilities are inspired by & based off the german art historian aby warburg . Warburg & colleagues evolved the methodology of formal er. Warburg & colleagues evolved the methodology of formal art history to include researching, identifying, and collecting shared motifs in imagery. They expanded the discipline of art history to include cultural field.
