Isolation, despite its inconvenience, has given us all an abundance of time to be able to do anything we like – so long as ‘anything’ remains within the confines of our own homes and isolation circles. An entire month of...
Read MoreAs the article that Sara shared with us said, we should not turn coronavirus into an “imaginary war”. However, I do think the societal effects of disease and war bear some similarities. Siniša Malešević’s reading discussed how...
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In the week 3 reading on Wiremu Tamihana and the Mana of Christianity, Head argued that “[h]ow...
Read MoreI Introduction Malesevic’s reading explores different views on how conflict, social thought, as well as social structure can be connected and how they each impact one another. With this in mind, the lectures for Global History...
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Hey all you cool cats and kittens- lets talk about the forgotten fallen of World War I
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When we spoke about how the development of a nation or a culture can only really be achieved...
Read MoreWe are in the presence of history: a global conflict of sorts that our grandkids will learn about in school. This “conflict” against COVID-19 has got me thinking, and one question, inspired by a group’s reading of Malešević’s...
Read MoreFor the purposes of this post, I’m going to define morality as the ‘rules’ regarding the actions, ideas and identities accepted by a society at large. This form of morality is a powerful tool, typically both determined and used...
Read MoreI’m a scientist at heart, and something I find interesting is that we believe we’re ‘pacifists’ compared to other organisms. One of our focus questions this semester was that all animals except humans have conflict for resources...
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