Having received feedback from my project proposal, and the conference presentation and final essay nearing closer, I thought I would take this reading week to build upon my project, analyse my feedback, and begin to delve into more detail on
In Response to: ‘The Hidden Cartographers of Empire: Indian Pundits and the Transnational production of Geographical knowledge.
irstly, I would like to say that this reads as a very interesting project proposal. It is not a topic I can personally say I have heard of before, and thus I am intrigued into how this final essay, or
week 8 blog
Wimmer and Schiller’s analysis on Methodological Nationalism provided a very interesting read, and I was interested in the role the social sciences played in developing this methodological nationalism, and the effects it had on the way migration was understood and
Race, Class and Belonging in Golf: A Transnational Study of an Elite Sport
This project will explore the relationship between race and golf from a transnational perspective, focusing on both change and the persistence of exclusion within the sport. It asks how far the racial dynamics of golf have changed from the twentieth
week 4 blog
Kreuder-Sonnen’s article on bacteriologists and epidemiologists in Eastern Europe, and Poland post-World War 1 gives us insights into the dynamics of transnational history, and the changing role of science in nation-states in the early 20th century. The Case study of
Week 3 blog
The late 19th, and early 20th century was a period of dynamic change in Europe, and the world. New developments came, like the existence of the nation state, increased trade in consumer goods, mobility, migration, globalisation, and nationalism. This all