{"id":2157,"date":"2021-02-21T19:46:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2021-02-21T19:46:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T19:46:39","slug":"a-visual-start-to-the-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/2021\/02\/21\/a-visual-start-to-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visual Start to the Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve always been a visual learner, and it’s no different here either. I learn by writing things, by making connections between the place on the page and the thing that’s written there, and as a result, a frequent method of revision or planning for me has been mindmaps, or timelines. Basically, anything with a visual component. If you’re really intrigued, ask to see my MO2008 revision notes\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, back to the matter at hand – the start of my research and ideas for the MO3351 project. After a bit of reading, and a very helpful discussion with Bernhard over Teams, I have an idea of where to start\u2026 or at the very least, the areas in which I should tackle first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help me organise my thoughts, I’ve created this mindmap, which may also help explain where I’m going for the rest of you too, in an alternative approach to reading a lot of text (with the final result probably being confusion, as I’m not too sure how to coherently express my project ideas yet.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, here is the mindmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m excited by this project, and the potential it has. I’m excited to see what could be done when viewing history through the lens of an ‘activist’ – learning how the past can inform the future, and our actions within it. I appreciate that this is such a wide area. I’m going to have to narrow, and be selective, but all the while am aware that refugee crises are not events solely of history, but are occurring day-in, day-out, even while a lot of us are locked down at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I especially don’t want to lose sight of the individual. People in the past have fallen into the trap of “one-size-fits-all”, leading to the emergence of the “unnamed refugee”. These people have names, families, and their own stories; and while it may be difficult to uncover them, I at least want to try. I don’t want this to be generic, or surface level: instead, story-telling with a purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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