Postmodernist History of Uni?
Earlier this week in class we were discussing what a postmodernist history of Uni might look like. There wasn’t really an answer, the closest we got was that there can’t truly be a postmodernist history because that would have to involve every possible narrative. History can be seen in so many different ways, it’s impossible to know what narrative to tell (or if it even has to be in the form of a narrative!). For Uni alone there are infinite possibilities of ways to tell its history. We could focus on an overarching issue of budget or look at the smaller student problems like pizza sales disappearing or the way that those connect to each other. We could look at Uni’s history in statistics of grades/ test scores or athletic achievements or the art created here. I think an interesting way of seeing the history of Uni is to look at how history itself is taught at Uni. Of course we all remember learning the flowcharts sophomore year, and I was thinking about those and I think Mr. Butl...