Essay #2 Arts of the Contact Zone During a recent English Literature class we were asked to read and learn about the Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt. This essay opened up a whole new concept for me. The new term “Contact Zone” appeared and Pratt defined it as “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or the aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the
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Various events during ’contact’ had lasting impacts on the First Nations. The notion of wealth‚ the growing dependence on Europeans‚ and Smallpox were all events that had lasting impacts on the First Nations culture even to this day. A large impact on Aboriginal peoples was their growing dependency on European culture. Tobacco was considered a sacred medicine and the First Nations people relied on the Europeans to provide it for them. The First Nations became extrememly dependent on the Europeans
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Speech Topic: How to insert contact lenses Specific Purpose: To enlighten my audience on the advantages of contacts and how to insert contact lenses into their eyes. Central Purpose: How to insert their contact lenses into their eyes. ------------------------------------------------- Intro: I. How many fingers am I holding up? II. …Just like I suspected you need contacts! III. Let’s fast forward this a little. You go to the store get your contacts and you get them home and you
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Contacts and Glasses These days many students have been wearing contact lenses and glasses. But sometimes parents don’t allow their children wear contacts because it can cause infections and sometimes worse cases. Wearing glasses and contacts both have advantages and disadvantages. I will be contrasting their comfort‚ price‚ and appearance. First‚ I will be talking about the comfort between both glasses and contact lenses. When wearing glasses sometimes people get irritated when their glasses
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Arts of the Contact Zone Q2R#3&4 In “”Arts of the Contact Zone” Pratt gets the point across that cultures should recognize the “contact zone.” By giving examples like Poma’s writing and a homework assignment that her son had‚ Pratt defines the contact zone as the “meeting of cultures with asymmetric power.” (p 487) The word “cultures” refers to every type of group in my eyes‚ groups such as sports teams and even classrooms. A classroom can be defined as a contact zone because the Teacher and
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Skin to Skin contact following Cesarean Birth Definition Skin to skin contact (SSC) or kangaroo care is defined as‚ “the placement of the diaper clad neonate on the bare chest of the mother‚ upright‚ prone‚ and between her breasts.” (Frederick) Presentation of the Topic Description and Background of the Topic There are many advantages associated with skin to skin contact provided soon after birth‚ such as maintaining the newborn’s thermoregulation and blood glucose levels‚ decreases the risk of
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The term of “contact zone” seems pretty simple to understand at the first look but what does it truly means? Mary Louise defines this term as “… social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical power” (Pratt 575). In a “contact zone” a person meets with two different cultures‚ going through a struggle to maintain a certain identity. As for me‚ I have faced this contact zone when I left my country to study abroad in United States. I have
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Author Joseph Staten brings to life a story from a loved game by many. The story is set between 2425 and 2525 on an outer colony planet named Harvest. Contact Harvest tells the story of humanity’s first encounter with a group of various alien species known as the Covenant. This book is great and I enjoyed it‚ I think it shows the potential of Mr. Staten’s writing. His outstanding amount of description really helped me imagine the planet Harvest and its inhabitants. The main theme is friendship
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