I really liked this podcast this week. I have always thought that history was really interesting, even though it is very complicated. Sometimes, it seems like a lot of history doesn’t really matter because that was then and we are in the now. However, it does because it allows us to know the why, even if the exact why or what is contested. It shapes how we think and why we do. In high school, we learned that history goes in cycles, and if we know what has happened in the past, we can predict what might happen in the future. We can be wary of danger signs and make more informed decisions to avoid tragedies (like examining a dictator’s rise to power, etc.) I have struggled with the study of history only because it seems like it is all recorded from a bias – which it is as Dr. Bezio mentioned in her podcast. I know it’s still important but it is hard when a lot of what we know is shaped by white men, yet again. I thought that the point that there were more poor people than there were white, Christian men and they still dominated the conversation is so perplexing (even though it really isn’t…). There’s so much we don’t know because history has historically been recorded very poorly. I think it is really interesting that in 100 years, there’s going to be people trying to study what we are doing now and why. They will have SO much information that it might honestly be harder to piece it all together. Everyone can have their place in history. And if we have come this far, so quickly, it is weird to see where the study of history will go because I feel like with the new age of media, everyone gets to show their experience, not just the white men as it was for so long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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