HUMAN 1CS Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Afghan National Police, Safe Havens, Russian Mafia
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Res gestae the things that happened. Historia account of things that happened. Film is concerned w the relationship of history, story, and memory. Factors that might influence our accounts of any war or any event in any war limit narratives we construct: What documents of war are preserved for our personal; what documents are regarded. Thirty years war battle of white mountain (1620), battle of rocroi (1643) Our perspective determines, in part, what kind of story we tell. Keep proximity in mind, even in present war. Conducting wars by mediation thru screen, whether intel, drone pilot navigating about to drop a bomb, a medic, Iraq and afghan war reported from safe havens of green zone in bagdad: green zone housing for journalists, in old parking garage, very safe. Other journalists document the war close up. Journalists in afghanistan running from gunfire at the afghan national police in the background. Other factors that influence the historia we construct about war:
