Having read the 2 suggested chapters of Rydell's, I'm not surprised to have learnt that AAs had to struggle very hard for inclusion at fairs, and were permanently stereotyped. I found it striking how overt discrimination was expressed, e.g. in a newspaper headline in 1936: 'History of Negro From Jungles to Now: Centennial to be Turned Over to Darkies Juneteenth'. And at the same time, exposition managers claimed that there was not any discrimination at fairs.
Chapter three on coloniale moderne, most essential points:
- 'coloniale moderne' sensibility = characteristic of modernity
- after WW I, victourious nations revitalized fais as intruments for promoting national imperial policies
- definition 'coloniale moderne': a conjuncture of modernistic architectural styles and representations of imperial policies that stressed the benefits of colonialism to colonizer and colonized alike
make the modernistic dream worlds of mass consumption on view at fairs unthinkable apart from the maintenance and extension of empire
- for US: fair = medium to counter growing popularity isolationism
- colonies = key to economic progress at home; stock of resources, also humans (to fully use resources you have to know all about them)
- European colonial exhibtis rather emphasized the ability of the colonized to pay for themselves, thereby giving them a measure of autonomy
Chapter 6, summary in Moodle forum
When it comes to working/learning strategies, I've some kind of routine: first, I check the respective text on headings and outline, how it's structured contentwise. While reading, I underline (for me) important sections, keywords, striking examples etc. and make marginal notes. The problem is the concentration; the working discipline ceases. As a result, it can happen that traces of pencil lines become less.
Besides it turns out difficult to get deeper into a topic, e.g. when searching for further information on A. Philip Randolph, who stunned the people with his speech on the opening day in Philadelphia in 1926. Very soon, if Google does not seem to be a great help in finding useful links, it seems to me that there might not be anything in addition. However, many direct links on the first page of Google result point to books that are available for online-reading albeit with restricted access.
Chapter three on coloniale moderne, most essential points:
- 'coloniale moderne' sensibility = characteristic of modernity
- after WW I, victourious nations revitalized fais as intruments for promoting national imperial policies
- definition 'coloniale moderne': a conjuncture of modernistic architectural styles and representations of imperial policies that stressed the benefits of colonialism to colonizer and colonized alike
make the modernistic dream worlds of mass consumption on view at fairs unthinkable apart from the maintenance and extension of empire
- for US: fair = medium to counter growing popularity isolationism
- colonies = key to economic progress at home; stock of resources, also humans (to fully use resources you have to know all about them)
- European colonial exhibtis rather emphasized the ability of the colonized to pay for themselves, thereby giving them a measure of autonomy
Chapter 6, summary in Moodle forum
When it comes to working/learning strategies, I've some kind of routine: first, I check the respective text on headings and outline, how it's structured contentwise. While reading, I underline (for me) important sections, keywords, striking examples etc. and make marginal notes. The problem is the concentration; the working discipline ceases. As a result, it can happen that traces of pencil lines become less.
Besides it turns out difficult to get deeper into a topic, e.g. when searching for further information on A. Philip Randolph, who stunned the people with his speech on the opening day in Philadelphia in 1926. Very soon, if Google does not seem to be a great help in finding useful links, it seems to me that there might not be anything in addition. However, many direct links on the first page of Google result point to books that are available for online-reading albeit with restricted access.
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