In what ways did the ongoing Age of Revolution influence how Columbian Creoles responded to the ongoing conversation regarding race?
How can comparing the Creole elites and Afro-Columbians approach to racial tensions give a fuller picture of the origin of national constructions of race?
How political language and social interaction contributed to creole’s and pardo’s potential notions of race harmony? How the rhetoric of harmony could be used in favor or against pardos? How republicanism and independent ideals differ among social classes and races?
What are the main contributions of Lasso’s book to the Latin American historiography over independence movements?.
How Lasso explains the ideological transition from the Spaniards and African American descents alliance to the Elite creole and African American descents alliance?.
How does Myth of Harmony contest the national narrative of Gran Colombia?
Marixa Lasso examines various primary sources and documents to support her argument. What are some of the sources that stood out? And as scholars, what are some things that we need to be aware of when conducing archival research? (Tamara Walker’s book mentions something similar in her research approach)
In what ways did the ongoing Age of Revolution influence how Columbian Creoles responded to the ongoing conversation regarding race?
How can comparing the Creole elites and Afro-Columbians approach to racial tensions give a fuller picture of the origin of national constructions of race?
How do Colombian criollos see the Haitian Revolution as a threat differently from their Cuban counterparts (referring to last week’s reading)?
What questions are important for Marixa Lasso to answer and construct her argument?
How political language and social interaction contributed to creole’s and pardo’s potential notions of race harmony? How the rhetoric of harmony could be used in favor or against pardos? How republicanism and independent ideals differ among social classes and races?
What are the main contributions of Lasso’s book to the Latin American historiography over independence movements?.
How Lasso explains the ideological transition from the Spaniards and African American descents alliance to the Elite creole and African American descents alliance?.
How does Myth of Harmony contest the national narrative of Gran Colombia?
Marixa Lasso examines various primary sources and documents to support her argument. What are some of the sources that stood out? And as scholars, what are some things that we need to be aware of when conducing archival research? (Tamara Walker’s book mentions something similar in her research approach)