Overall this was an amazing course, and I am glad that I decided to take it as an elective for my major. Not only did it require me to think critically, it was also easy to relate it to the topics discussed in other courses this semester. This was a very unique course. Normally, when…

The Story of Beauty and Terror in Beauty and Terror in Charlottesville: A Reconing (Part 1) by UVA Alumni La TaSha Levy, explains  the dark prejudice acts that demonstrated towards the African-American population at UVA. the story highlights the shocking racist events and landmarks around the campus of UVA. What caught my attention was the mentioning of…

Resnais, Night and Fog is a documentary film that focuses on the holocaust. The film shows images of the holocaust from archives and the aftermath of the holocaust. There is music in the film that is almost agonizing to here; however, the music plays a key role in setting the mood of the holocaust in…

Vel d’Hiv was a place in Paris, France that was originally used for social, political, and sports events until July 1942. In July 1942 13,000 Jews were captured, held under inhuman conditions, and deported. There were 4000 children deported under the age of 16 and none of them returned. Today Vel d’Hiv is a bustling…

This week we focused on Roots and the article about 1619. I have to say the slave trade is not a topic, I am particularly interested in writing about for the simple fact that it was a horrendous crime against the of Africans and for the simple fact that I can say that I am…

Bienvenue chez les ch’tis or Welcome to the Sticks was about a post office manager struggling to keep his wife happy. He pretends to be handicapped, so he can get transferred to the seaside to make his wife happy. He is caught lying, and he gets transferred to Bergues for 2 years as a punishment….

This week in class we discussed World War One memorials and twitter pages. However, I will only be focusing on twitter pages. There a few twitter pages that were very intriguing to me. The first one was The Great War with the @ name WW1_series. This is a documentary series on youtube that takes you…

This week we discussed collective memory and identity illusions. Within collective memory there is communicative memory and cultural memory. Communicative memory refers to everyday life discussions, social conventions, and everyday language i.e. slang. Communicative memory also takes place over 3 generations or 80 years. Communicative memory transitions to cultural memory which includes: traditions being formed, monuments…

Hospitalite was a glimpse of how the Japanese society feels about foreigners as well as the role gender plays in everyday life. While the men worked, the women did house work and tended to Eriko. The men also made the final decision regardless of their spouses opinion. Mikio slapping his wife in public was normal…

MODERN DAY SLAVERY   Modern day slavery is another term for human trafficking today. Human trafficking is defined by the United Nations as “Trafficking in persons as recruitment, transportation, harboring, transfer, or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms such as: coercion, abduction, fraud, and deception with the…