HIST200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cultural Artifact, Pearson Education, Secondary Source
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Ch 1: moving pictures as a historical resource. Lm can be used as a piece of evidence but is also a work of interpretation that can enhance our understanding of important events that words cannot describe as well. Moving pictures, history, and culture actuality footage: appears to record and present real or actual life (e. g. phone camera video tapes a party) theoretical production: created to entertain. Important to distinguish between actuality and theoretical (can often blur together) To use a moving picture as a legitimate source we must determine it"s circumstances and characteristics (who created it, why, where, and under what circumstances) Lm gives us the opportunity to learn about other cultures in settings we aren"t likely to ever experience ourselves. Culture shapes who we are and how we think (5: our culture in uences how we interpret and respond to historical evidence.
