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...