Comments on: 400 Years On http://ancarett.com/?p=419 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:51:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on 400 Years On by: ancarett http://ancarett.com/?p=419#comment-16280 Tue, 15 May 2007 01:47:39 +0000 http://ancarett.com/?p=419#comment-16280 Horace, I'm all about race and commemoration in my research, actually, so I find those protests fascinating! Of course, as I've been reading the park literature and visiting these sites for years, I've seen the tenor of the presentation change from unalloyed jingoism to more thoughtful and nuanced consideration of race, environment and culture. The expanded gallery at Jamestown actually devotes a great deal of space and discussion to the African and First Nations communities before and during the early colonial period. And, as you noted, Ozymandia, the environmental studies are fascinating (particularly since they've uncovered what looks like Powhatan's settlement as well as more of the original Jamestown site). It heartens me that there's genuinely new material as well as new approaches to the old history. Now if we can only come up with something as much fun for when Henry VIII's quincentenary celebration starts in 2009. Horace, I’m all about race and commemoration in my research, actually, so I find those protests fascinating! Of course, as I’ve been reading the park literature and visiting these sites for years, I’ve seen the tenor of the presentation change from unalloyed jingoism to more thoughtful and nuanced consideration of race, environment and culture.

The expanded gallery at Jamestown actually devotes a great deal of space and discussion to the African and First Nations communities before and during the early colonial period. And, as you noted, Ozymandia, the environmental studies are fascinating (particularly since they’ve uncovered what looks like Powhatan’s settlement as well as more of the original Jamestown site).

It heartens me that there’s genuinely new material as well as new approaches to the old history. Now if we can only come up with something as much fun for when Henry VIII’s quincentenary celebration starts in 2009.

]]> Comment on 400 Years On by: Horace http://ancarett.com/?p=419#comment-16279 Tue, 15 May 2007 01:23:20 +0000 http://ancarett.com/?p=419#comment-16279 Any opinion on the Native American and African American protests scheduled to demonstrate at Jamestown? Their contention, generally, is that while Jamestown may be worth celebrating for white Americans, it is really the commemoration of the beginning of what amounts to multiple genocide. An interesting counter-narrative... Any opinion on the Native American and African American protests scheduled to demonstrate at Jamestown? Their contention, generally, is that while Jamestown may be worth celebrating for white Americans, it is really the commemoration of the beginning of what amounts to multiple genocide. An interesting counter-narrative…

]]> Comment on 400 Years On by: Ozymandia http://ancarett.com/?p=419#comment-16272 Sat, 12 May 2007 13:49:03 +0000 http://ancarett.com/?p=419#comment-16272 I have, sitting beside me, the May 2007 National Geographic which has a wonderful article on Jamestown, and how the settlers altered the landscape (literally). I look forward to hearing about your trip! :) I have, sitting beside me, the May 2007 National Geographic which has a wonderful article on Jamestown, and how the settlers altered the landscape (literally). I look forward to hearing about your trip! :)

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