"What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past" Victor Hugo
Yasuke, El Samurái Africano.
A principios del siglo XVI Japón comenzó a tener contacto con los europeos, principalmente con los portugueses en sus inicios. Este contacto inicio un intercambio económico y cultural. Con este intercambio se introdujo el cristianismo a Japón con los viajes de misioneros jesuitas portugueses al mismo, los misioneros viajaban con africanos esclavos. Sigue leyendo «Yasuke, El Samurái Africano.»
La Guerra Hispanoamericana y su importancia para el comienzo del Siglo Americano.
La ultima década de los 1800’s fue un periodo importante en la historia de Estados Unidos. Este periodo es el inicio de la expansión externa de esta potencia en crecimiento. El clímax de esta expansión se alcanza en 1898 con el Trato de Paris, confirmando la victoria estadounidense sobre España. Sigue leyendo «La Guerra Hispanoamericana y su importancia para el comienzo del Siglo Americano.»
How consumerism, money and advertising shape are view of are reality?
Black Mirror:15 million merits
A society of people live in an enclosed, automated space, with nearly every surface a video screen with personalized entertainment and frequent advertising. They earn their living by riding on stationary bikes to generate power in exchange for «merits», a form of currency used to buy food, goods, virtual items for their doppel, and for entertainment. The society shuns overweight people, who are tasked with menial, janitorial jobs and subjected to humiliation via a game show. Sigue leyendo «How consumerism, money and advertising shape are view of are reality?»
MI LUNA
Decía que eras mi luna.
Decían que no podía llegar,
que eras un sueño inalcanzable,
pero llegué. Y puse mi bandera,
en tú corazón.Sigue leyendo «Mi Luna.»
Why Taiwanese no longer think of the self as Chinese?
Introduction
The People’s Republic of China (PRC), mainland China and Republic of China, most commonly known as Taiwan, both claim to be the legitimate government of China. This conflict of how its legitimate government of China goes back to the Chinese Civil War.Sigue leyendo «Why Taiwanese no longer think of the self as Chinese?»
Cuba/ Palestine.
Globalization and how it encourages youth to brake with the status quo?
Cuba and Palestine have been global focal point for controversy and casualties. Cuba became independent in 1901 following the Spanish-American war. The island remained under the United Stated zone of influence for the next 6 decades, during this period the island was occupied in 1906-1909 and constantly intervene in its internal affair. But with the victory of the Cuba rebels in 1959 led by Fidel Castro, Cuba drifted from the United States zone of influence into the Soviet Union zone.Sigue leyendo «Cuba/ Palestine. Globalization and how it encourages youth to brake with the status quo?»
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