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HST219: Decolonization: History Through Film

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Can film provide valid insight into our past? How do we understand film as historical artifact? Films in this course will examine aspects of colonial rule in Asia and Africa from the end of the First World War to the late 20th century. There will be an emphasis on the struggle for liberation from the grip of colonial empires and the neo-imperialism practiced by the superpowers during the Cold War.

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The cartographic projection used for this image exaggerates the land mass of Canada relative to more equatorial locations. What does this image say about Victorian Canada?

Original source: Library and Archives Canada.

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