Noah P's Blog

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 ...

 Public Humanities seems to be about humans and how we all function as people, it seems to be how life works in different situations. Public humanities seems to be how us humans view the world. All of this deals with our society, the good parts about it and the issues we have with it that need to be changed. my experience with public humanities would definitely be at the National Museum of African American history and culture, when i went there in the winter of 2019 i was truly exposed to history that was never or barely taught to me in school. I was able to get a full perception of my ancestors that wasn't abbreviated or shortened in some book or story from middle school or high school. Another experience i had was in my environmental science class in high school where i was exposed to what is really going on in our environment that people don't know or care about. i was able to see what is being done at the moment to try and create awareness and help out.