Decolonization, Strayer 23

2/28/2016

cathleen

2/28/2016 10:36:56 pm

here is some of that "connecting this content to your life" kind of thinking we're supposed to do on the forum.
So, if you just spent the night watching THE single most important oscar award show, you have seen THE single most overdue oscar award. Leo finally won one.
Let's get hypothetical here. What if I were to say Leonardo dicaprio represents modernity to turkey. and what if I were to say Turkey was kind of like Leo's academy winner buds. They're so many diverse people/cultures! From british tom hardy to aussie kate winslet and from the global south's many cultural patterns like hindu, confucian, ilsamic, and aztec. Also, Leonardo dicaprio, much like modernism, introduced so many revolutionary and new concepts to cinema and acting, kind of like how modernism brought feminism, rock, rap, and democracy. Yet, at this point in time, Leo hadn't won an oscar, all of his older actor friends had (jack nicholson, meryl streep). So much like the relationship between modernity and tradition, there was tension in these relationships. One day, leo gets sick of watching all his actor friends get awards. He changes his name to mustaka kemal ataturk. He is applauded for his being so dramatic (national cultural revolutions) in his acting reign, but still no oscar. Leo doesn't understand, so continues to be the radical actor we know and love who's single mindset is to modernize and better cinema (or modernizing the reforms of the ottoman empire. whatever) Leo wanted to make acting better for the world and did so by wanting to create a thoroughly modern and leo*-ized school of theater (or turkish society) that was not tainted by the oscar winning actor ways of acting (or islamic instituions, beliefs, and practices) Then one day, Leo's hard work pays off and he finally wins an academy! Yay!!! The stars seem to line in is favor- all sad leo not having an oscar memes ended (much like the caliphate, sufi orders, and religious laws), the academy replaced the oscar statue with a statue of leonardo dicaprio (sort of kind of like the sharia being replaced by swiss legal code. I'm sure leonardo dicaprio is swiss in some way) All acting schools taught the leo way of acting (like education being secularized). This was just how leo wanted it-acting(islam) should be a modernized/leo-nized personal way performing (religion).

*everytime it says leo, it can also be interpeted as "west"

Just a little tidbit from, inarguably, the most important night in world history. Whether this post makes any sense or not is a whole other issue.

Benji

3/1/2016 07:08:12 pm

I came on the forum to see if people were discussing any big picture questions before the test, however I'm happy to say I'm pleasantly surprised with this analogy instead. However, I believe this analogy will be useful in answering part of BPQ 4 (To what extent had the goals of nationalist or independence movements been achieved?) so...mission sort of accomplished lol. I really want to add to this analogy, but sadly I live under a rock a lot with pop culture so I don't think I could pull it off XD
Although, this is good, I love the thought put into it!

cathleen

3/1/2016 07:36:17 pm

Thanks, Benji! And you're right- it would be helpful for number four! I wouldn't have connected it like that.

Drew

3/1/2016 09:27:22 pm

Hey guys! It might be a little late, but better late than never.

I wanna try and tackle BPQ #3 (the one about comparing historical experiences in India and China), and maybe someone could help me flesh it out a bit.

1.) India was democratic, while China was communist.

2.) Both India and China underwent large amounts of growth and reform, and became formidable economic powers.

3.) Both India and China were under intense western influence.

4.) Both India and China became independent; China gained independence through active resistance, while India gained independence through passive, peaceful resistance.

Also, I thought I might list some of the possible comparisons I found in this chapter. Anyone feel free to add on if they found any more.

1.) India v. South Africa
Struggles for freedom

2.) India v. China
Historical experiences in the 20th century

3.) Turkey v. Iran
Cultural revolutions

Thanks you guys!

Drew

3/1/2016 09:33:30 pm

My bad...that last one isn't much of a comparison. I couldn't find anything in common, it's just contrasting the two.

Bingham

3/2/2016 04:22:21 am

Excellent list, your peers would do well to use them as study tools. You've done a nice job of identifying workable parameters.

Thien-Tam

3/2/2016 06:09:20 am

I thought it said tickle....

Bingham

3/2/2016 04:16:49 am

Compare and contrast the tactics used by the Indian National Congress, the African National Congress, and those South Africans who continued the freedom struggle after the African National Congress was outlawed.

Both the Indian National Congress (INC) and the African National Congress (ANC) were initially founded and led by educated and professional members of the middle class. Additionally, both organizations encouraged peaceful and moderate protest at first.
Both later broadened their bases of support and pursued nonviolent civil disobedience.
However, after the repression of the ANC in the 1960s, underground nationalist leaders in South Africa took up violence in a way the INC did not.

Bingham

3/2/2016 04:20:28 am

From the viewpoint of the early twenty-first century, to what extent had the goals of nationalist or independence movements been achieved?

These nations (3rd world/periphery) had achieved independence from foreign rule and gained a national consciousness.

The newly independent states rejected racism and racial explanations for human behavior.
Post-colonial nations reasserted traditional cultures—religious traditions such as Hinduism
and Islam and asserted that faith is compatible with modernity.

In Africa, newly independent nations embraced African cultural styles in dance, music, social norms, family style, and religious outlook.

As the new nations developed, there was a decline in infant mortality and a rise in life expectancy and literacy rates.

There was substantial industrialization in some post-colonial nations, such as South Korea, Taiwan, China, and India.

The former colonies were able to provide a somewhat unified voice on certain issues such as global warming and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

On the other hand, there is also evidence for goals that were not realized:

A number of states failed including Somalia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Congo

A number of post-colonial nations experienced serious internal conflict, civil war, or genocide.

Post-colonial societies witnessed the break-up of larger and more inclusive political units, such as the dissolution of colonial India or French West Africa and the failure of Pan-African, Pan-Arab, and Pan-Islamic states.

Some newly independent states became proxies in the conflicts of the Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Cuba).

Many post-colonial nations continued to be dependent upon Western corporations or governments and failed to achieve genuine economic stability, autonomy, or even much in some cases much economic development at all.

Drew

3/2/2016 04:47:37 am

This is great! It really helped me out on that final BPQ. Thanks Mr. Bingham!

denisse

3/9/2016 11:25:33 am

hi bingham

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