tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post4027668750943472443..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Telling choices: Some musing on the writing (and reading) of historyJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-76318984085061035142008-04-24T06:30:00.000-05:002008-04-24T06:30:00.000-05:00Just in case anyone might be interested in knowing...Just in case anyone might be interested in knowing: I'm strongly considering using these three texts in my next comp. class as an exercise in assessing/making guesses about authors' perceived audiences/purposes/biases/etc. The idea would be to present the texts and ask students to match up the texts with their sources, and ask them to discuss in a paper on what basis/bases they paired the text John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-14186689802076523392008-04-21T16:01:00.000-05:002008-04-21T16:01:00.000-05:00By the same token, is it really that easy to tell ...By the same token, is it really that easy to tell the story you want if the standard narrative of the day is not the focus? I'm continuing to think about this. Well done, although my work level may suffer.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-5184900968488473002008-04-21T15:47:00.000-05:002008-04-21T15:47:00.000-05:00Yeah--I was thinking about that same thing earlier...Yeah--I was thinking about that same thing earlier today: it might be a bit heavy-handed. Something like "exclusions" would be more neutral. The thing to do, as I've said in other contexts, is to acknowledge those other narratives' existence and then go on to tell the one you've chosen to tell, "Rest of the Story"-fashion.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-4540450059674318002008-04-21T12:33:00.000-05:002008-04-21T12:33:00.000-05:00In pondering this post, (and rereading your prior ...In pondering this post, (and rereading your prior entry) I was struck by the number of "narratives" into which the Wichita fit: Westward expansion, cattle trade, European relationships/contact with native peoples, the Civil War, Civil War effects on Native peoples, i.e Cherokee Confederates (?) v. Neutral Wichita, City of Wichita etc. Obviously, as you point out, one cannot tell the "whole" storyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com