SOCY 235 Lecture 5: Week 3, Lecture 5 Knowledge of Self, Unsettling and Unlearning
13 Feb 2017
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Week 3, lecture 5: knowledge of self, unsettling and. The push to use scientific methods to further entrench or solidify categories between humans. The unintended consequences of seemingly benign projects like. To know ourselves, we need to know our roots, our ancestry. Ancestry is going after uncovering documents to better learn about one"s ancestors. Creating a narrative about our lineage, our history. Personal history- brings emotion and personal relationship into connection with histories. Any time there are social movements- people need some personal relationship for it to come alive. When we look into genealogies, we all have instances of travel, sacrifice, large political/historical processes. Primary documents- registry cards, photos- archives of documentaries. Emotional responses to history need to be looked at and understood. He begins by being interested about his ancestors" lives. Broadens to where his ancestors fit in history. Ben affleck- after learning his ancestors had a history with slavery, he wanted to remove his findings from public eye.
