Thursday, August 29, 2019

GES1011: Tutorial 1

1. Marwick says that we should not use history and past as synonyms.

Past is not history.
The past occurred previously and now we are occuring in the history.
These are traces of the past.

During lecture, we discuss about the trace of singapore, the singapore stone.
All the traces we gather are in the past but their are in the present.
Historians produce stories based on these traces

In LSL Reading, there was a difference in interpretation of two people on the origin of singapore. Both have a different interpretation even thou they both interpreted from the same source or trace.

2. History is a form of knowledge
By starting with a trace it elevates with knowledges.
By interpreting the trace, persuade the relevant society,
We are here to create knowledge.
Your interpretation is an expression of our subjectivity that so happens to persuade the relevant society.
All knowledge is human except AI,,,,

Tutorial question:
What kind of knowledge work are we doing in our faculty.



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