my musings on history as I enter my 2nd semester teaching at Florida International University. LOVE IT!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Iran - People of the Flames Zoroastrians
This post is not for LAH 2020 but for REL 3308. Check out this BBC documentary about Ancient Zorasterianism
4 comments:
Rebeca Sanchez
said...
Despite the fact that this video was not intended for our LAH2020 class, I found it relatable to our course content. These "crash course" videos always present information in an enjoyable and approachable way.
I found the murals very interesting. They have a social and political commentary against USA, but as an Art student, Street art has always attracted my attention. It is a subversive form of visuals that is temporary because that is part of its essence and is also part of the message. It will not last and someone will paint over it eventually. Murals like these have a social relevance in their own time, and the ones who survive gain historical relevance as they tell part of what was (or is) going on around them as they were created.
Call me anti-american but those murals were quite beautiful to look at...I normally find paintings dull however those murals about how (some of) the Iranians view Great Satan are eye grabbing.
This was an eyeopener. Because of the war the US has been in, we don't learn much about countries like Iran. Seeing all the anti-US graffiti really showed how much they hate us. One of them even said "down with the US." Even though we are slowly pulling our soldiers out of the area, we will always be at war with countries like these. -Michelle N. Diaz
4 comments:
Despite the fact that this video was not intended for our LAH2020 class, I found it relatable to our course content. These "crash course" videos always present information in an enjoyable and approachable way.
I found the murals very interesting. They have a social and political commentary against USA, but as an Art student, Street art has always attracted my attention. It is a subversive form of visuals that is temporary because that is part of its essence and is also part of the message. It will not last and someone will paint over it eventually. Murals like these have a social relevance in their own time, and the ones who survive gain historical relevance as they tell part of what was (or is) going on around them as they were created.
Call me anti-american but those murals were quite beautiful to look at...I normally find paintings dull however those murals about how (some of) the Iranians view Great Satan are eye grabbing.
This was an eyeopener. Because of the war the US has been in, we don't learn much about countries like Iran. Seeing all the anti-US graffiti really showed how much they hate us. One of them even said "down with the US." Even though we are slowly pulling our soldiers out of the area, we will always be at war with countries like these.
-Michelle N. Diaz
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