Munslow
1) Instead of beginning with the past, we should begin with the representation. Does this mean recognizing the inherent unreliability of contemporary narratives in sharing the "true events" of history, and should bear in mind that history, ultimately, is written by writers?
2) History is written by the winners.
3)
A) I like the interpretation of history as a class of literature. Given how difficulty it is for us to untangle what actually happened with things we actually experienced, delegitimizing history as being things that "actually happened" is pretty awesome.
Past Present and Future Conceptions of Adolescence
Nancy Lesko
1) Is the colonialist/ageist comparison valid, or are there just parallels that allow for likening two things, like apples and red spheroids? Does the savages as children / children as savages paradigm actually cut both ways? How is a teen distinct from a child for these purposes?
2)What the heck does she mean when she talks about teens trapped in time? The abstract idea of teens is trapped in time because teen necessarily describes a series of ages. But the transitional barrier between "child" and "adult" appears nebulous and indeed has mutated somewhat since the publication of this paper.
3)
A) The expansion of dependency continues to happen as the necessary access to adulthood becomes more complicated: deeper and more complicated webs of accreditation is necessary to wield ever shrinking pools of qualification.
This appears to be an economic quality as well as a colonial conspiracy: a growing population overwhelmingly seeking high powered slots.
1) Instead of beginning with the past, we should begin with the representation. Does this mean recognizing the inherent unreliability of contemporary narratives in sharing the "true events" of history, and should bear in mind that history, ultimately, is written by writers?
2) History is written by the winners.
3)
A) I like the interpretation of history as a class of literature. Given how difficulty it is for us to untangle what actually happened with things we actually experienced, delegitimizing history as being things that "actually happened" is pretty awesome.
Past Present and Future Conceptions of Adolescence
Nancy Lesko
1) Is the colonialist/ageist comparison valid, or are there just parallels that allow for likening two things, like apples and red spheroids? Does the savages as children / children as savages paradigm actually cut both ways? How is a teen distinct from a child for these purposes?
2)What the heck does she mean when she talks about teens trapped in time? The abstract idea of teens is trapped in time because teen necessarily describes a series of ages. But the transitional barrier between "child" and "adult" appears nebulous and indeed has mutated somewhat since the publication of this paper.
3)
A) The expansion of dependency continues to happen as the necessary access to adulthood becomes more complicated: deeper and more complicated webs of accreditation is necessary to wield ever shrinking pools of qualification.
This appears to be an economic quality as well as a colonial conspiracy: a growing population overwhelmingly seeking high powered slots.
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