Noah P's Blog

 mapping can be a colonial exercise in a couple of ways that people don't often think about. When mapping there is a high chance that we can block out or forget about historical landmarks that have been covered up by new buildings, businesses, or construction that took over that spot. When mapping is being done this can happen often and be done purposefully done to eliminate/erase the past. Many who come after will not know about older buildings or areas because they are mostly hidden or covered up and not given any special landmarks with newer mapping. Also those doing mapping currently or in the future may not even know about historic landmarks. They could be covering historical landmarks up, just doing their job with no intentional harm but end up doing these colonial exercises. Now a perfect example as to how mapping can be decolonial is what Professor Minner has done. In her article " A quest to reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘reservation’" she explains how ...

 After doing one story circle, i can honestly say that they are awesome. Everyone was being real and speaking with true emotion. Nobody had to worry about bad feedback or anything which got rid of all the possible stress and that is so crucial when opening up to people you barely even know. We decided on the topic of speaking about people who were there for you when you needed them. My story was about my job at target. I spoke about how i work at guest services, so everyone comes to my area when i have problems. Occasionally at guest services the guest can become extremely rude and cause a scene for little to no good reason. I said i was so grateful for my bosses/leaders that i work with because anytime i had a problem, they would stop whatever they're doing and help me immediately. They care for me and everyone every time i am in there. When you work in retail you experience the true behavior of everyday Americans and best believe it's not pretty. I am a young 18 year old, i...

 For this project i'm expecting it to be good for the whole class overall. i feel like as we go through and do this project, our minds will almost go to a better/more understanding place if that makes sense. i feel like we will have a better understanding of the purpose of this class and form our own interpretations of what public humanities really is. We aren't actually going to be fully hands on of course, but just sparking these ideas in our head while we plan our projects is going to make some of us actually want to go through to do a real project like this. i basically think this project is still going to have a powerful effect on our minds. i'm excited to see how things will turn out if i'm being honest and excited to see the class come full circle. Now for Chris Newman and Eric Jackson. after reading a few of his articles, chris Newman's approach seems to be running his own farm in the best way possible to him. Then he takes stories and exposes the truth abou...

The value of place-based projects is these projects can do such a great job of discovering the truth about an area and the people that live in it. Often times our perception of people, places, and things are based off of one story that usually only gives you fixed idea that everything is a certain way. These stories really hurt communities because they are so much more. When a place-based project is done you are exposed to the whole truth and can have an full understanding of that community. the place-based project called "A walk down west Baltimore street" really taught me a lot about my own city of Baltimore. With the interviews that were done i could actually hear the truth rather than broad, exaggerated stories. The interview that stuck out to me the most was Curtis Eaddy, his story really showed me that he was working towards change. I loved how he uplifted the city, he spoke about all the good shops and attractions that people were missing out on. i was fascinated to he...

seems to me as if this is a question that should be brought up more in everyday conversations to make people think about if the world is doing things right. Appreciating is more of actually being thankful for something, giving whatever you appreciate all the credit. There is not enough appreciating going on in the world which leads us to be more bitter and selfish as humans. Appropriating on the other hand is like a bad spin on appreciation, it seems as if appropriating is claiming something as your own and then defending it. Appropriating is like not doing something then taking all the credit and claiming all the work instead of giving the credit where it is due. In the article “who owns southern food” we are told exactly what appropriation is by one who has experienced it. More times than not, it is white privilege as stated in the story. He speaks about how southern food culture is openly appropriated, they claim it as their own and then teach and talk about it as if it were their c...

 Making assumptions about people's stories/backgrounds is really one of the ways you can worsen yourself as a person it seems. doing so never leads to anything good, it often times leads to bad things happening rather than good things. you can look at someone hanging outside the back of a gas station or store and assume that they are danger which may be true, but at the same time there is a good chance that you could have interacted with them and they could have became one of the best people you have ever met. making assumptions can lead to false narratives about people which can spread fast. You can miss out on a lot or limit your knowledge of something heavily by making assumptions. Assumptions are most times made by people that appear different but may be similar in reality. To own our own stories we have to actually take a step back and instead of listening to what other people say we should actually do our own research. Google can tell you just about anything you need or want ...