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14 Cards in this Set
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Hidden Histories
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The histories that are hidden from or forgotten by the mainstream represenations of past events
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National Histories
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A body of knowledge based on past events that influenced a country's development
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Colonial Histories
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The histories that legitimate international invasions and annexations
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Grand Narrative
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A unified history and view of humankind
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Antecedents of Contact
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1. People bring childhood experiences to interactions
2. people may bring historical myths to interactions 3. The languages that people speak influence their interactions 4. people tend to be affected by recent, vivid events |
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Contact Hypothesis
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The notion that better communication between groups is facilitated simply by putting together in the same place and allowing them to interact
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Eight conditions for positive contact
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1. Group members should be equal status, both within and outside the contact situation
2. Strong normative and institutional support for the contact should be provided 3. Contact between the groups should be voluntary 4.The contact should have the potential to extend beyond the immediate situation and occur in a variety of contexts with a variety of individuals from all groups |
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Absent History
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Any part of history that was not recoreded or that is missing. Not everything that happened in the past is accessible to us today because only some voices were documented and only some perspectives were recorded
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Sexual Orientation Histories
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The historical experiences of gays and lesbians
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Diaspora
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A massive migration often caused by war, femine, or persecution that results in the dispersal of a unified group
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Family Histories
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Histories of individual families that are typically passed down through oral stories
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Diasporic Histories
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The histories of the ways in which international cultural groups were created through transnational migrations, slavery, religious crusades, or other historical forces
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Ethnic Histories
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The histories of ethnic groups
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Racial Histories
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The histories of nonmainstream racial groups
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