tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post1379834402851455782..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Visual Learners and Historical MyopiaRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-58018272663332401352013-04-04T16:40:05.166-04:002013-04-04T16:40:05.166-04:00Hey Bland: I've used the first encounter scene...Hey Bland: I've used the first encounter scenes of New World in a colonial hist survey. The visuals are stunning. And I think there's something about the interaction of Indians and colonists that captures how it could have been.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-43124352951424777122013-04-04T16:30:02.444-04:002013-04-04T16:30:02.444-04:00As far as non-New England colonial history goes, w...As far as non-New England colonial history goes, what do folks think of Terence Malick's The New World. It is, as many historian-critics have pointed out, problematic in its romanticism, but it is at least different. And like all of Malick's films, it is beautiful and wrestles with his perennial theme of lost innocence. For a less romantic but also less relevant (to this conversation) film, I'll suggest Brazil's "How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman."Bland Whitleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-49309011463225266092013-04-04T15:06:43.664-04:002013-04-04T15:06:43.664-04:00Enjoyed reading this. I think it's always a g...Enjoyed reading this. I think it's always a good idea to use films in undergrad classes. That does get difficult with certain eras and topics. (Like anything but New England for the colonial era). I wonder if any colonialists here have used the PBS history relaity series Colonial House? Doesn't avoid the regional problem. <br /><br />Here's a post I did some years back for the blog on Modern West history movies: http://histsociety.blogspot.no/2010/11/screening-past-films-for-second-half-of.html Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-88418927293922163852013-04-04T10:34:14.078-04:002013-04-04T10:34:14.078-04:00This is a really important topic. I sat through a...This is a really important topic. I sat through a social media presentation the other day only to discover that the information source of choice for young people is (obviously) no longer an encyclopedia. . .and not Wikipedia. . .and not even Google. . .but YouTube. That's the visual database educating our world. Eric B. Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169391149462048777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-40366519638113835382013-04-03T18:55:58.511-04:002013-04-03T18:55:58.511-04:00I love Black Robe, but as you note it doesn't ...I love Black Robe, but as you note it doesn't solve my 18th Century Mid Atlantic problem.EJLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948646170091464452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-45544132521623192512013-04-03T15:01:40.284-04:002013-04-03T15:01:40.284-04:00I so much appreciate reading this and getting some...I so much appreciate reading this and getting some ideas for films that have worked. But I agree, certain elements of history have had more work done on them than others. In World Civ, I try to break the tedium now and again with visuals, but it seems impossible to find anything on, say pre-colonial Africa or Southeast Asia, or Central Asia--or Russian history before the nineteenth century. I sometimes use really out-dated items just to have something/anything.Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-5398546425170165872013-04-03T14:12:55.422-04:002013-04-03T14:12:55.422-04:00Looking north instead of south, there is _Black Ro...Looking north instead of south, there is _Black Robe_, my old favorite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com