• Wilfrid Laurier University

• NO 105

NO105 Final Exam Themes Course Themes 1. Perception and misperception -perception=a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something -misperception=a wrong or incorrect understanding or interpretation -How we think about one another -Course title (who are the billionaires, beavers and bandits) 2. Convergences and divergences -converge=come together from different directions so as eventually to meet -divergence=a difference or conflict in opinions, interests, wishes -Similarities and differences -Colonizationall three where colonized but colonized diff 3. Continentalism and Sovereignty -Continentalism= a country coming together -sovereignty= a self-governing state -Robert Pastor Article -Borders/ walls VS one big North America -Sovereignty is about nations executing control 4. Asymmetry - lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something -relates to the notion of power -Can be between countries or within countries -Second amendment -The US is a hegemonic power (more power relative to other two nations) 5. National identity - a sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language. -You learn what it means to be Canadian, Mexican or American  how are you learning this?  Media -Mariachi music Week 2 (Colonization) – Thanadelthur Perception Vs Misperception  Pocahontas worked in collaboration with colonizers – perceived as a Princess archetype (facilitated the colonization of America).  La Malinche worked together with Cortes, and has sexual relations with him – perceived as a “whore” and traitor to her race, allowing Spanish colonizers to penetrate her (symbol of penetration of Europeans into Mexico).  Even though both did the same thing (facilitated colonization) – because their stories were told by different writers, they are perceived differently.  There may be misperception about both women because the writings about them are more opinion based than factual Convergences Vs Divergences  All 3 North American countries were colonized (convergence)  Colonized by 3 different coun