What is the reasoning behind Australia's destruction of aboriginal culture?
I am gong to focus on why Australia would go through the trouble of making reservations for the aboriginal people to keep their culture alive when they were just going to take away their children, and not allow them to have a future.
I am going to use a powerpoint presentation to show my visuals which will be lots of pictures of the aboriginal children.
SO... there is my game plan... now i am going to start.
on your marks... get set... GOOO!!!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
brainstorm!
The Stolen Generation
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-06-25/entertainment/aborigine.cinema_1_aboriginal-people-indigenous-people-richard-frankland?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
Rabbit Proof Fence – movie – based on the true story of the "Stolen Generation" of Aboriginal children, who were forcibly removed from their families and placed with white foster parents.
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-02-12/world/australia.aborgines_1_aborigines-stolen-generations-apology?_s=PM:WORLD
→ Australia apologizes for the mistreatment of aborigines
→ For 60 years, until 1970, the Australian government took mixed-race Aboriginal children from their families and put them in dormitories or industrial schools, claiming it was protecting them.
http://www.librarything.com/work/7455724
documentary on the stolen generation
and another
http://www.librarything.com/work/6849373
novel from a survivor → http://www.librarything.com/work/4298856/reviews
http://www.librarything.com/work/3213047
→ book – author coined the term “the stolen generation”
article discussing → http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/002/2010/en
and another → http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/australia-apologises-abuses-indigenous-20080213
Separate thing to look at...
→ Why countries make apologizes such as Australia to the aboriginal people and the us to Japanese-Americans
→ why are these reparations given? What is the purpose?
USE THESE SITES!!!!
United Nations
Library Thing
Rights Readers
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
DEVELOPING A RESEARCH QUESTIOIN
What led to the Australian Government taking these children away?
Was there conflict occurring?
What were their reasons to be doing this? Was it for the benefit of Australia as a whole?
Why would the children be "better off" being raised in a more modern day family instead of with their aboriginal parents?
Why does Australia consider aboriginal people to be "less" than the modern day people down under?
Have there been any direct conflicts involving aboriginal people and Australia?
How has the involvement of the Australian government affected the aboriginal people?
-> not allowing them to modernize them? are they the ones keeping them in this aboriginal state? if they were free from the meddling of the Ajavascript:void(0)ustralian government, would they eventually modernize themselves?
Did this affect that people of Australia's view of the Australian Government? Cause people to stop trusting them?
What is the significance of preserving the ways of life of aboriginal people?
Why does the government assist to keep their civilization alive but took away their children to modernize them? was it some kind of a cruel social experiment to see if aboriginal people could be like modern day Americans if they are raised that way?
Would it be beneficial for the Australian government to in a sense "exterminate" the aborignal people?
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-06-25/entertainment/aborigine.cinema_1_aboriginal-people-indigenous-people-richard-frankland?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
Rabbit Proof Fence – movie – based on the true story of the "Stolen Generation" of Aboriginal children, who were forcibly removed from their families and placed with white foster parents.
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-02-12/world/australia.aborgines_1_aborigines-stolen-generations-apology?_s=PM:WORLD
→ Australia apologizes for the mistreatment of aborigines
→ For 60 years, until 1970, the Australian government took mixed-race Aboriginal children from their families and put them in dormitories or industrial schools, claiming it was protecting them.
http://www.librarything.com/work/7455724
documentary on the stolen generation
and another
http://www.librarything.com/work/6849373
novel from a survivor → http://www.librarything.com/work/4298856/reviews
http://www.librarything.com/work/3213047
→ book – author coined the term “the stolen generation”
article discussing → http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/002/2010/en
and another → http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/australia-apologises-abuses-indigenous-20080213
Separate thing to look at...
→ Why countries make apologizes such as Australia to the aboriginal people and the us to Japanese-Americans
→ why are these reparations given? What is the purpose?
USE THESE SITES!!!!
United Nations
Library Thing
Rights Readers
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
DEVELOPING A RESEARCH QUESTIOIN
What led to the Australian Government taking these children away?
Was there conflict occurring?
What were their reasons to be doing this? Was it for the benefit of Australia as a whole?
Why would the children be "better off" being raised in a more modern day family instead of with their aboriginal parents?
Why does Australia consider aboriginal people to be "less" than the modern day people down under?
Have there been any direct conflicts involving aboriginal people and Australia?
How has the involvement of the Australian government affected the aboriginal people?
-> not allowing them to modernize them? are they the ones keeping them in this aboriginal state? if they were free from the meddling of the Ajavascript:void(0)ustralian government, would they eventually modernize themselves?
Did this affect that people of Australia's view of the Australian Government? Cause people to stop trusting them?
What is the significance of preserving the ways of life of aboriginal people?
Why does the government assist to keep their civilization alive but took away their children to modernize them? was it some kind of a cruel social experiment to see if aboriginal people could be like modern day Americans if they are raised that way?
Would it be beneficial for the Australian government to in a sense "exterminate" the aborignal people?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Possible Ideas for Human Rights Presentation
Tyler Hariz and Joe
My first idea is to research the stolen generation. The "stolen generation" were Australian Aboriginal children who were taken away from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and taken to be raised in an "American" fashion to "save them from themselves". I'm interested in researching this because I know very little about Australia besides the fact that there are lots of cute furry animals like Kangaroos and Koala Bears there.
On CNN there is an entire section devoted to stories about this
http://articles.cnn.com/keyword/aboriginal-people
I'm also interested in looking into the memoir "Dancing with Cuba" and how the ABT helped connect Cuba and America for the first time in many years.
I'm also interested in Russian sleeper spies and will be uploading more links when I get home!
My first idea is to research the stolen generation. The "stolen generation" were Australian Aboriginal children who were taken away from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and taken to be raised in an "American" fashion to "save them from themselves". I'm interested in researching this because I know very little about Australia besides the fact that there are lots of cute furry animals like Kangaroos and Koala Bears there.
On CNN there is an entire section devoted to stories about this
http://articles.cnn.com/keyword/aboriginal-people
I'm also interested in looking into the memoir "Dancing with Cuba" and how the ABT helped connect Cuba and America for the first time in many years.
I'm also interested in Russian sleeper spies and will be uploading more links when I get home!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Opinions based off of a packet with information on Post-Genocide Rwanda
Review Questions
1. In what ways did genocide impact the development of this “developing” country?
It made the United Nations and other foreign governments more concerned with Rwanda because they felt guilty after basically abandoning the country in its time of need.
It stunted the growth of their country because it caused them to take a few steps back. Due to the mass killings and halted government system, Rwanda's progress has been halted and the focus is to return the country to where it was Pre-Genocide before they can move forward and advance.
2. Where does the rebuilding of a country shattered by genocide begin? What can the people do? What can the government do? What can the international community do?
It begins with the people who had been somehow been hurt by the Genocide (whether they had friends/family who died or were injured themselves) obtaining closure. Next the Government should focus on making Rwanda a better place for the people living there and to also repopulate it. During the genocide many people fled from Rwanda, and now the government's job is to help the people realize that they know what happened before and that they will try their hardest to insure that it won't happen again. The people of the country can help to rebuild by re-instilling their confidence in their country and supporting their government as they try to recover from such a terrible event. The government can help by taking action and showing people that they are changing things for the better. The international community should be there, willing to help other countries at the first sign of genocide.
3. How can justice be found in post-genocide Rwanda? By processing all of the trials of those being in held in prison in Rwanda. They have been waiting for over ten years, and instead of just leaving them there to rot, they should be tried and sentenced.
4. Which can bring justice to the people of Rwanda more effectively – international courts or
community courts? Explain.
A mix between both international and community courts would bring about effective justice because community courts would bring a more personal aspect, while international would be able to provide a wider range of punishments/sentences etc.
Review Questions
1. In what ways did genocide impact the development of this “developing” country?
It made the United Nations and other foreign governments more concerned with Rwanda because they felt guilty after basically abandoning the country in its time of need.
It stunted the growth of their country because it caused them to take a few steps back. Due to the mass killings and halted government system, Rwanda's progress has been halted and the focus is to return the country to where it was Pre-Genocide before they can move forward and advance.
2. Where does the rebuilding of a country shattered by genocide begin? What can the people do? What can the government do? What can the international community do?
It begins with the people who had been somehow been hurt by the Genocide (whether they had friends/family who died or were injured themselves) obtaining closure. Next the Government should focus on making Rwanda a better place for the people living there and to also repopulate it. During the genocide many people fled from Rwanda, and now the government's job is to help the people realize that they know what happened before and that they will try their hardest to insure that it won't happen again. The people of the country can help to rebuild by re-instilling their confidence in their country and supporting their government as they try to recover from such a terrible event. The government can help by taking action and showing people that they are changing things for the better. The international community should be there, willing to help other countries at the first sign of genocide.
3. How can justice be found in post-genocide Rwanda? By processing all of the trials of those being in held in prison in Rwanda. They have been waiting for over ten years, and instead of just leaving them there to rot, they should be tried and sentenced.
4. Which can bring justice to the people of Rwanda more effectively – international courts or
community courts? Explain.
A mix between both international and community courts would bring about effective justice because community courts would bring a more personal aspect, while international would be able to provide a wider range of punishments/sentences etc.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Milgram Experiment Reflection
I have decided that I'm going to start entering my free writes into this blog so I won't lose them as easily. After watching this video I was a bit surprised more than anything. I thought it was remarkable how all of the men protested against giving out a shock at one point... This doesn't seem to add up to the Nazi's though. It makes me wonder if any of them refused to harm any of the Jews. In this video it made it look like all of the "testers" challenged authority at one point, but in the story of the Holocaust you never really hear of any officers in the camps all fighting back and saying no. Would I stop? Would I be afraid to stop? Would that drive me to keep going just to save myself?
The tester that kept going to 450 was probably the worst to me. You could obviously tell that the man was very emotional and upset about what he was doing.
The tester that kept going to 450 was probably the worst to me. You could obviously tell that the man was very emotional and upset about what he was doing.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Spiegelman
close analysis of one image
where's your head at after the discussion and what's one idea you want to explore
After the discussion, I find myself emotionally... jumbled. Since I was younger I have heard stories of the Holocaust. Of the brutal genocide that murdered thousands of people, but it always seemed very far away. A story that was so far in the past that it in no way would affect the society in which I lived in. I think this was because whenever someone would talk to me about this they made it seemed very official and complicated, but Spiegelman discussed it in a way that I can look at it on a different level. He stripped away many of the strenuous details and just left the facts that were needed to convey the pain inflicted upon the people in concentration camps... While I was reading the story, I was grateful for the easy read, but during the discussion I got kind of angry that Spiegelman was talking about the Holocaust so nonchalantly. It was nice to have the bare necessities of the story because it definitely helped me view it in an easier way, but I don't think it really did the story of the Holocaust justice. During the discussion I felt like i just couldn't word what I was trying to say because I am not sure how I feel about the style of Spiegelman's writing. None of the wording was very difficult, and sometimes i think that the pictures were more affective than the words.
where's your head at after the discussion and what's one idea you want to explore
After the discussion, I find myself emotionally... jumbled. Since I was younger I have heard stories of the Holocaust. Of the brutal genocide that murdered thousands of people, but it always seemed very far away. A story that was so far in the past that it in no way would affect the society in which I lived in. I think this was because whenever someone would talk to me about this they made it seemed very official and complicated, but Spiegelman discussed it in a way that I can look at it on a different level. He stripped away many of the strenuous details and just left the facts that were needed to convey the pain inflicted upon the people in concentration camps... While I was reading the story, I was grateful for the easy read, but during the discussion I got kind of angry that Spiegelman was talking about the Holocaust so nonchalantly. It was nice to have the bare necessities of the story because it definitely helped me view it in an easier way, but I don't think it really did the story of the Holocaust justice. During the discussion I felt like i just couldn't word what I was trying to say because I am not sure how I feel about the style of Spiegelman's writing. None of the wording was very difficult, and sometimes i think that the pictures were more affective than the words.
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