Arts of the Contact Zone For the twelfth grade English curriculum‚ we had to read and learn about the Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt. This essay opened up a whole new concept for us. The new term "contact zone" appeared and Pratt defined it as "social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today
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The idea of a contact zone and a community is distinct from one another‚ yet they can both be used to define the characteristics of the same group. Mary Louise Pratt believes that communities are often seen as the more dominant viewpoint to the general public but she also argues that we need to develop ways to understand the differences of culture and grasp the idea of transculturation through the contact zone. A single group should always be viewed from both community and contact zone points of view
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define this type of oppression‚ I reference this section from Mary Louise Pratt’s "Art’s of the Contact Zone": "....in order to lay out some thoughts about writing and literacy in what I LIKE TO CALL CONTACT ZONES. I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power..." Using this idea of the contact zone puts Jacobs’ efforts in a new light. Jacobs undertook her endeavor with the understanding she
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A contact zone is defined as “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today.”(Pratt) The definition makes it sound like a very advanced concept but in actuality it happens in everyday life. You come in contact with something new everyday‚ from meeting someone to accidently grabbing barbeque sauce when you always
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read in‚ “Speaking In Tongues” by Zadie Smith and “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldùa. Smith and Anzaldùa both shared a similar problem. They were afraid that they may lose or already lost their voice/language. While Anzaldùa did everything to prevent that‚ “I had to “argue” with one advisor after the other‚ semester after semester‚ before I was allowed to make Chicano literature an area of focus” (Anzaldùa 376). Smith on the other hand just tried to fit in‚ “A braver person‚ perhaps
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5‚ 1947) is a Filipino politician who served as the14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010‚ as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001‚ and is currently a member of the House of Representativesrepresenting the 2nd District of Pampanga. She was the country’s second female president (after Corazón Aquino)‚ and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal. Arroyo was a former professor of economics
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I see a lot of similarities between the language and concepts that Anzaldúa uses and those that our earlier thinkers‚ like James‚ Dewey‚ and Bergson use. She homes in on universally inclusive ideas like a “collective consciousness” (p. 20) and her belief that “each person’s actions affect the rest of the world” (p. 15). This has been a pretty controversial/contested idea in our class as well; many of us seem to be apprehensive when approaching that concept‚ as if doing so is imposing the belief that
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In the Mary Louise Pratt ’s essay‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” Pratt reports the advantages and disadvantages that contact zones bring. Pratt emphasizes that a contact zone allows people to interact between cultures and break the cultural boundary. When a contact zone is established‚ people are able to gain a new perspective because they are able to interact with people of a foreign culture. For example‚ when
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and Literature Rationale word count: 300 words Total word count: 932 words Rationale: In the first semester of my International Baccalaureate English course‚ we analyzed Mary Louise Pratt’s “Arts of the Contact Zone”. Pratt discusses the implications of contact zones and transculturation by utilizing Guaman Poma’s example of learning Spanish to successfully write a letter and persuade the King of Spain. In this written task‚ presented in the form of journal entries written by Andrea
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throughout our culture is extremely powerful. It is used to make connections with other people‚ it is used in business‚ and countless other things. Without language there would be no unity or diversity. Both Anzaldúa and Morrison explore the power of language in their own perspectives. Anzaldúa expresses the power of language when she talks about linguistic terrorism. She mentions that‚ “Repeated attacks on our native tongue diminish our sense of self” (Austin 210). Since she was raised speaking
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