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William Cronon y La naturaleza

Estoy de acuerdo con el analyses de Cronon. Cronon tiene la facilidad de appreciar la naturaleza como una creacion divina tanto como humana. En su articulo “Wilderness,” Cronan nos defina los origenes de las naturaleza del punto de vista de la raza humana, y nos explica su progreso durante el paso de los siguientes ciglos. Durante los anos antiguos, los seres humanos veian las naturaleza como algo salvage y malo, pero desde el ano 1860, ese punto de vista cambio drasticamente. Desde el tiempo del movimiento romantico en el mundo occidental, la naturaleza ha sido vista como un cosa sagrada, y donde uno puede ser unido con dios. En la epoca moderna todo el mundo, hasta los “ecologists”, desean conservar la naturaleza porque le ponen un elemento de nostalgia divina y la veneran como algo bandito y sagrado.

El opina que si como un pueblo designamos porciones de la naturaleza como sagradas, es possible olvidarnos de la inportancia de la naturaleza sencilla que tenemos alrededor diariamente, en nuestros hogares y lugares de empleo.
Que seria possible llegar a despreciar las manifestaciones diarias de la naturaleza. Que si no llegamos a obtener una relacion mistica con la abundante naturaleza diaria, o si simplemente llegamos a apreciar la naturaleza cercana y no solamente la lejana como la de los parques nacionales, que nos esforzariamos cuidar todos los recursos naturales y no solamente las que quedan en lugares ya protegidos. En llegar a ver la inportancia de todas las formas de la naturaleza, llegamos como una raza a la prosperidad ecologica.

Original post by lsouth320c08

Ok, so this idea sprang upon me a while ago while I was wikipediaing J.K. Rowling. Everyone always says how the HP books are the anti-christ’s first way of usurping the little children and all that jazz, but actually Rowling is religious. I believe the article said that she was Presbyterian, but don’t quote me on that.

Well, I was in my art history class (115) today, and we were looking at this piece, The Lamentation of the Scrovegni Chapel, painted by Giotto. Well, the Lamentation is where Judas kisses Jesus, marking him to the Romans. Essentially, Judas bestows upon Christ the “kiss of death.” And then I realized that in the HP series Dumbledore and Prof. Lupin stress the fact that death is not man’s worst enemy-their is something worse. The Dementor’s kiss. Because after that, you are without your soul. Just like in Christian theology to be absent from Christ is to be without your eternal soul.

And then I was able to take it further…

1. Prof. Trelawaney makes a prediction “marking” Harry Potter as the chosen one. It declares that only one can live, and that one must kill the other. The Old Testament continually prophesizes the savior. It says that one day He shall come who will conquer death and save us all.

2. Continuing with the idea of marking and prophesing, Harry Potter also conquers death. The only way he can save himself and the Wizarding world is essentially by dying. He must give up himself. When he does this, he is able to kill the last part of Voldemort that resides in himself. Christ also must willingly give himself–the perfect sacrifice–in order to save humanity.

3. The final battle takes place in book 7 of the Harry Potter series, and the “good guys” win. (You will also notice that Rowling studied C.S. Lewis. You will also notice Lewis’ allegory about Christ and the second coming was made up of 7 books. The Harry Potter series is also comprised of 7 books. The number 7 is mentioned in the Bible as the perfect number) The New Testament Revelation talks of a battle to come, a battle to end all battles, that of Armaggedon. It has already been pre-determined that when that time comes Christ shall win and the meek shall inherit the Earth.

4. This was touched upon briefly previously, but the most important detail to both of these mens lives–though one is fictional and the other is not– is that both of them offered themselves up willingly as a sacrifice for their worlds. It this essential fact, their willingness that was able to allow them to conquer death, rise again, and win their final battles.

I need to write an essay and publish it, copyright it, and get millions of dollars for it.

Original post by chels

First discussion

This morning in 329, we talked first about what movies mean to our society and how they influence us. While it was brought up in one of the readings that movies tell us what to buy, what to wear, and how to act, I can’t help but think this idea is a bit antiquated. This may have been true once upon a time (and is still true to an extent), but there are so many movies now with so many different points of view and lifestyles represented.. movies don’t necessarily capture the status quo that we all aspire to anymore.

More importantly, we discussed how we as historians can both use and look at major motion pictures. Is history whitewashed? I imagine so, especially after seeing a short scene from DW Griffith’s “Birth of A Nation” featuring white men in bad blackface. The film is so far removed from our time that it seems like worse than a joke — almost more like simply an attempt to offend. This was obviously not the desired effect (not to offend white viewers, anyway), but it was shocking to see such blatant racism and unapologetic attitudes.

I suppose this is another hurdle that we as historians can encounter. While primary sources are stupendously helpful to our research and understanding of a time period, we may find ourselves shocked by their attitudes, be it towards race, gender, sexuality, culture, etc. Not to say that we don’t shock others with these same things today, but in historical resources it can be much easier to see. It is definitely difficult to put yourself in a position to attempt to understand a time when it was OK to see white men in blackface, or for women to hear blatant sexual remarks in the workplace (thinking mostly of “Mad Men” here).

In non-film class news, I should be creating my bibliography for my independent study on Chinese imagery in the 1930s and the 1950s. I think I will find myself appalled by the sexism and Westernization of the propaganda, but one cannot deny that it is interesting to analyze what parts of imagery did not succumb to Western ideas.

Original post by agrussell

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Original post by mcamp5mb

I am a history major because of two books. The first was this stupid “Royal Diary” about Elizabeth I I read when I was 10. It was for pre-teens, and therefore light on historical accuracy, but there was some historical information in the back, and I remember thinking “Well, Elizabeth is interesting enough, but that thing about her dad having six wives is really interesting.” And that began my love of history. It also spoke to what sort of history I’m interested in; I’ve always been drawn to the more gossip-y, tabloid history. Whenever I hear people talk about the declining state of morals in today’s society, it’s comforting to go back and look at the reign of George IV, who is said to have had the doors of Westminster Abbey shut in his estranged wife’s face during his coronation. I love reading about things like that. I love the crazies, the weird marriages, the hundreds of royal mistresses. I love history if only for the selfish reason that it’s really fun to read about.

The other book that made me love history was Sarah Vowell’s Partly Cloudly Patriot. Vowell is an essayist who writes about family, history, and politics, and this book contained an essay called “God Will Give You Blood to Drink in a Souvenir Shot Glass.” It was about her visit to Salem Massachusetts and was about how one deals with tragic history like the Salem Witch Hunt. I know that sounds like kind of a downer, but it was a very funny essay. It was also the first time I had ever read something that said “Loving history may make you a ‘nerd’, but life is so much more interesting that way.” I had always loved history, but up until that point I hadn’t thought that reading weird stories about the past was an option. I knew that history was fun, but I never thought that it could be professionally fun.

So, to sum up the above rambling, I’m a history major because I love reading interesting stories, and history is just one big interesting story. I want to spend the rest of my life doing that.

Original post by cttuley

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Original post by chels

Lights Out

Lights Out at Mary Wash!

We should have a lights out at Mary Washington day! Well, maybe it should just be a couple hours. All the dorms should turn their lights out for about 2 hours (maybe from around 8pm - 10 pm). And we should plan some fun games in the dark! We could play a huge game of flashlight tag!

Original post by jrothbar

Dorm Energy Challenge

Dorm Energy Challenge

We should do a dorm energy challenge! Each dorm will be in a competition for about 2 weeks to see who will use the least amount of energy! If people are enthusiastic about this and it is publicized a lot, then I think this will be a big event for Mary Washington. People should turn off their lights when they are not needed and they should also take shorter showers. I think this will be really fun!

Original post by jrothbar

Stuff Swap

Huge Stuff Swap on Ball Circle

At the end of each semester  a lot of people throw things away from their dorm room that can actually still be used. We should create some type of reuse/swap program about a week or two before the end of each semester. We could create a facebook group for it, and people can write what they have available and other people can write what they will need. Or we can just set up a big stuff swap on Ball circle. And everything will be FREE!

Original post by jrothbar

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