Class Discussion Notes:
Colin (page 331): Tattoos and ethnic minorities. Yi people.
Anya (page 331): Rivers; rivers = agriculture.
Katrina (page 332): Qin Emperor - book burning; loss of Chinese history - why? FARMER POWER.
Jennifer (page 333): Japsn and Korea using same writing system as China for long time; consistency...WRITING.
Skyler (page 333): geographic isolation , yet China able to influence their neighbors AXIAL TILT OF CONTINENTS
Ryan (page 323): Chinese ethnically diverse, geographically unified - see above...
Rob (page 323): genetic differences; xenophobia - fear of outsiders - Chinese as THE MIDDLE KINGDOM.
Melanie (page 329): North (cool and dry) versus South (warm and wet; languages in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar - have been "disappeared."
Tyler (page 331): North to South spread --> Rivers -> east/west (Yellow snd Yang tze) - how did cultural influence spread? WRITING perfected in North...
DIVERSITY
GREAT HISTORY - DEEP HISTORY
CLIMATE IS VARYING - NORTH VERSUS SOUTH
WESTERN STEREOTYPES - HOMOGENEITY/HAN
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Week #2: Blogging Genghis Khan, Part 1
This assignment is due by Monday, September 5. No credit will be given for late posts.
After reading Genghis Khan, Part 1, share FIVE specific insights you gleaned about the ancient Mongols, and the role they had in shaping the history of greater Asia.
Please use 2-3 sentences for each observation, and cite page numbers, so we can all follow your thinking.
Post your reading response below, as part of this blog thread.
Xie Xie,
Dr. W
After reading Genghis Khan, Part 1, share FIVE specific insights you gleaned about the ancient Mongols, and the role they had in shaping the history of greater Asia.
Please use 2-3 sentences for each observation, and cite page numbers, so we can all follow your thinking.
Post your reading response below, as part of this blog thread.
Xie Xie,
Dr. W
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Week #1: Nee How ("Hello") and Welcome to China Mojo!
Hello ("Nee How!"), and welcome to China Mojo Core 330!
Here is a simple map of China, the planet's second largest country and the oldest continuously functioning civilization in all of world history.
Some historical context - a helpful 1959-2010 CHINA historical timeline from the BBC News Service (note the pro-Western bias.)
And here's a short video of the 2008 Olympics -Opening Ceremony - in Beijing.
My name is Dr. Rob Williams.
Here's a photo of me smashing a television with a 9 pound sledge maul.
Here's the television post-maul.
Here's an official but mercifully brief bio about me.
Dr. Rob Williams is a Vermont-based musician, historian, consultant, journalist, and media educator/maker who teaches F2F and online media and communications courses at Champlain College; co-manages a full-service multimedia marketing firm called HigherMind Mediaworks; edits and publishes a statewide independent news journal called Vermont Commons: Voices of Independence; co-owns and farms at Vermont Yak Company in the Mad River Valley, a farm business raising grass-fed yaks for meat and agri-tourism; and performs music with a pherocious acoustic power trio called The Phineas Gage Project. He also has two children and one wife he affectionately refers to as his "Viking Queen."
More personally, feel free to come and connect with me on Facebook and Twitter.
Please take a few minutes below to tell us about yourself!
Here are THREE questions to answer:
1. Where are you from? State or province, and town?
2. Why are you interested in taking a course on and traveling to China? Be specific.
3. What vision do you have for your future, professionally?
Welcome aboard! I look forward to working with you.
Here is a simple map of China, the planet's second largest country and the oldest continuously functioning civilization in all of world history.
Some historical context - a helpful 1959-2010 CHINA historical timeline from the BBC News Service (note the pro-Western bias.)
And here's a short video of the 2008 Olympics -Opening Ceremony - in Beijing.
My name is Dr. Rob Williams.
Here's a photo of me smashing a television with a 9 pound sledge maul.
Here's the television post-maul.
Here's an official but mercifully brief bio about me.
Dr. Rob Williams is a Vermont-based musician, historian, consultant, journalist, and media educator/maker who teaches F2F and online media and communications courses at Champlain College; co-manages a full-service multimedia marketing firm called HigherMind Mediaworks; edits and publishes a statewide independent news journal called Vermont Commons: Voices of Independence; co-owns and farms at Vermont Yak Company in the Mad River Valley, a farm business raising grass-fed yaks for meat and agri-tourism; and performs music with a pherocious acoustic power trio called The Phineas Gage Project. He also has two children and one wife he affectionately refers to as his "Viking Queen."
More personally, feel free to come and connect with me on Facebook and Twitter.
Please take a few minutes below to tell us about yourself!
Here are THREE questions to answer:
1. Where are you from? State or province, and town?
2. Why are you interested in taking a course on and traveling to China? Be specific.
3. What vision do you have for your future, professionally?
Welcome aboard! I look forward to working with you.
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