Translation is a simple process, right? Take a word in one language, change it into the other language, repeat for the whole text. A tried and true method, except… obviously not, please don’t translate things like...
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Tension between the celebration and criticism of war is advanced by motives informed by oppositely different experiences of the same shared history. Especially in a multicultural society that has been framed by colonial values, such diversity is necessary to adequately represent minority perspectives within dominant institutions.
Read MoreReading the article on the Smithsonian’s Enola Gay exhibition and visiting the Auckland War Memorial Museum, there was a clear theme. Both acknowledged the tension between commemoration and scholarship in relation to conflict....
Read MoreWhen Dr Nicole Perry spoke to us a few weeks ago I felt very much apart from her seminar. German sensationalising of Native American culture didn’t spark much of a connection with me. That is, until, I began a history assignment...
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