[Guadalupe Moreno]

I did not expect for foot binding to be brought up in this course but it is an intresting and painful time for womenin Chinese culture. During the Song Dynasty the idea of feet binding started to emerge and lasted for centuries. Feet binding was a sign of wealth and beauty due to this practice only being for Elite women, mostly those in the North. I am not sure how this can come into play in my classroom, perhaps advisory but it is an intresting time to learn about. There is many articles, documentaries on the last generation, plus a book called Bound. The book is more a Chinese inspired "Cinderella" but throughout the book, it talks about the foot binding process and the terrible pain the young women went through. This is certainly one way to place the impression of the process and the form women were now limited during those time. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

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Guadalupe Moreno

Van Nuys High School

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Thank you so much for a great course!

[Guadalupe Moreno]

East Asia is a dynamic place to teach about in my course. The different cultures, heritage, and history can bring value to the understanding for students. Many areas of the seminar can take place into my course such as the topics focusing on cultural heroes, ceramic and sculptural artworks, the SilkRoad, poetries, and many more topics. What I love about my course is that I focus on cultural artwork meaning students learn not only of the art but the cultural and historical aspect of the people who created the art. Students have the opportunity to learn of art that is purposeful in everyday life and special circumstances.

Apart from learning about different communities around the world, students of those ethnicities will be able to relate and view themselves within the classroom. Many artworks learned in art class are Euro-centric due to the “masters” being only considered of those within Europe. Incorporating different communities is relevant to the students and they can identify with the content. Most importantly they can see how those communities were valuable in history around the world. They too had influences that we still see today.

Based on these thoughts, once approach to introduce East Asian art and history would be to focus on the Silk Road and the impact it had on the artifact trading. The acknowledgment that art and technology of the time was being spread around the world is essential. This can later be connected to the Dogū clay figurines of Japan during the Jōmon period. One figurine had Inuit snow googles. It shows the different communities that traded through the silk road and how these different items help others adapt. These artifacts are valuable because they were recorded in history through the use of clay figurines. Once connecting the content at a deeper level students can then use the idea of the Japanese figurines, trade within the Silk Road, and items they personally would want others to have. What would They want to be recorded as valuable and studied upon from this time period? 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

I too found it intresting of the Qing dynasty to maintain certain costums and accomodate for the culture prior to the new rule. From my studies, many who overtrhow a dynasty/kingdom/rulere/etc. tend to demolish and remove prior cutoms to show who is now in control. The prior cultrue is not longer the way and thus it has to be removed so acceptance as you mentioned does speak of the intelligence of the Qing leaders which allowed them to be successful. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

As the introduction of Buddhism in Japan occured, there was conflict and resistance by some of the court memebers. Bearers of keeping traditional rituals alive, they belived the acceptance of Buddhism would offend Indigenous kami or spirits. Believes formed by local customs and rituals due to the lack of a "formal religions". Despit the fear of distruppting the good relation of the people with the spirits, Buddhism was adopted replacing indigenous tradition and becoming the state religion within 50 years. Scholars believe the acceptance of Buddhism was due to it being the carrier of an advanced civilization but most importantly it was perceived as a means to attain security and prosperity. As timed continued Prince Shotoku was the first Emperor to practiced Buddihsm thus he supported the building of seven temples, decreed the acceptance of the Three Refuges of Buddhism, incoporated The Six Schools of Japense Buddhism and more.  

I find this reading rivitng. This is the first time I read about peaceful sharing of religion and choice of acceptance amoungst those who rule/govern the country. For the most part, when a new religion is introduce to a different culture, it is forced and demanded. I know the situation within religion was not always peacful for Japan but at least for the introduction of Buddhism, they had a choice. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

This weeks reading focused on Women's history in China and Religion. Women experiences throughout Chinese history has been fragmented, neglected, and insufficently documented. Chrisitan Women and Modern China , although only the introduction, talks about the incoporation of Women, specifically Chrisitan women into Chinese history. It is important to incoporated the precense of women in Chinese hsitory since thy have actively being part of change in China but also helps trace the beginning of modren China.

What grasped my attention the most within the reading was the discovery that although religions has unfortunately been the desecration of many cultures, cultural pratices, tradtions, and beliefs, for women in China religion speciffcally Chrisitanity was a way to reform their place in society. Christianity acted as catalyst to raise women's consciousness if their social and religious exclusion. Despite traditon teachings of submissive roles, there was many demands of change for the womens life. In a sence it was a "quiet geneder revolution [taking] place in [Chinese] society. Unfortunately, women were still pushed into the backlight when considering the Chrisitan revivilism in China compare to there male counterparts. This only allowed for gendered favorism and allowed for msitreatment and abuse of women to go unacknowledge and dissmised till this day. 

I am not a sure how I would incoporate this content into my course but I believe this reading is important to bridge the social hostory gap of women in China. Further it shines the light on hostprical content that has a traditional natrrative of male-dominance. It breeds the question; What else in histroy can viewed differently if we remove the the male narrative and incoporate other perspectives? Simultaneously, it will teach students to question what they have learned and brodern thier fountain of information. Not all of the transitions of history occured soley because of men. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

This is a great connection to be made. Most importantly it can be compared to China's attempt to do the same. It shows how it opened up the opportunity for Japan to become one of the powers and move into becoming a top player amongst the Europeans. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

I think this is such a great Idea! It is very rare when sexism is incoporated in hisotry course or even ethnic courses. Within Ethnic course, the main focus is the colonial affect they have to fight and deal with but it never focuses on gender roles. It is great that you are incoporating this into your curriculum because it sheds an uncommon light on women.

[Guadalupe Moreno]

I really liked reading the Gender Relations in the Age of Violence, specifically the Kamakura period also know as the Golden Age for Women. It seems as though in many regions of the world the women was once valuable and at times equal to men. There was no gender specifc restrictions on women. It really showed me what caused/fuled the transition into gender conflits and deminishment of rights woman. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

I loved learning about the body of literature produced by a small civilian aristocracy that inspired many generations. Some of the most notable literary classics have been translated into many languages. What I found most intresting is that some are now counted among the masterpieces of world literature yet all I have really ever heard of or learned about are literary master pieces of Englishmen. Perhaps it was just my high school but it would be great to diversify the curriculum. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

There is an importance in diversifying art and history. Curriculum tends to be Euro-centric and it is not untill college where you have the opportunity to learn about different cultures artwork and history. Being able to introduce other cutural history and art is essetianl to create a more comprehnsive and open generation. Further, it allows for students of that ethnicity to identify with the culture and see the importance and relevance they have in history. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

During the video there was one a sction focusing on Dogu, clay figurines. One of the figurines is wearing glasses, that I have known as Inuit snow glasses to prevent the glare of the light hitting the snow blind them. I founded it very intriguing that they managed to either the glasses phyisically traveled to Japan or the technology of making them travled there. I think this would be a great lesson for students to see the importance of art in history. Without these clay figurines, we might have not known how far this technology traveled. After learning how shared trade has traveled and improved others lifes, it would be great to then connect it to the making of dogu figurines. Students can think of what item/techonogical advancment/etc they would want to travel the world and change the coummunities it lands in. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

It is intresting to learn about the social stratification in during the Old Choson period. What intirgued me was the continous use of the same system along with its rigourness. The system was so strict that one portion of it, the Hollow Bones, even went extinct. I almost feel like this would be a great lesson in histroy or maybe even a homeroom activity to comapre different social strafication systems from different regiosns of the world. Most importantly, tying it in with the Idian caste system that unfortunatelty is still being used. The students can comapre the affects it caused on socety during the Old Choson period and how those are simialr or worse to the caste system of today in India. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

I too find it very intresting learning about Sin Saimdang! I did not take a course but have been to a very detailed seminar of Korean culture and history where no information of thise type was divulge. The artwork we focuesd on was also of Choson dynasty, particularly the Minhwa but due to it being a common folk art there was no names in record of the artist. I feel as though if there was an importance of introduing art of the common people, that there should be an inclusion of Korean Women artist as well especially since it is wihtin the same dynasty. 

[Guadalupe Moreno]

This is such a great concept to introduce to your stduents. I think not only would it allow young girls to view themseleves differently in the light of history but it also allows thier fellow male peers the same opportunity. The young boys too need the chance to see women in meaningful areas of society/history to break the cycle of overbearing patriarchies. I feel like this would help empower the young girls and allow the young boys to view them differently. 

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