Sep 2 Content History of Early Modern Africa || Answers 100%
Rated Correct.
Why is 1956 a french date? correct answers Because it represents colonial narration-- the idea
that colonizers decide when people enter history
When did resistance actually start? correct answers It had been ongoing, especially in
Ghardimaou in the 1920s (official timelines erase earlier resistance)
What shape is colonial time? correct answers Linear. It moves left to right, treats progress like a
straight arrow, long list of dates= "history"
What does chronological imperialism ignore? correct answers the ongoing, cyclical, or relational
time kept by colonized peoples
chronopolitics correct answers the study of how politics is influenced by time and how different
perceptions of time affect political decision making
Why does the state manufacture its own time correct answers So it can manufacture its own
version of history
How does law act as the metronome? correct answers It defines when something is legal,
forgotten, erased, over (even when those laws contradict social realities)
The Sahara correct answers colonial narrative paints it as an empty void but it is full of life and
mobility and temporality
railroads compressed space and time; attempting to fix a fluid region into a rigid order
How is colonization anti-history correct answers colonization is not a moment in history but
rather a process of deconstruction (rupture of history)
, by pretending land/people have no history they can appropriate and exploit it for power and
profit
Why is resistance not linear correct answers resistance isn't a reaction to colonization its a part of
a long thread of existence
Framing resistance only within the colonizer's timeline erases the deep-rooted struggles and
social organization that existed independently
How is the prison metaphor understood? correct answers The prison, a space of extreme spatial
and temporal constraint, becomes the unit of measurement for the State's power. It defines what
is "normal" by being the extreme.
The State is not timeless: It is a rupture, a construct, and a distortion. It enforces itself through
law and repression, but survives by convincing people it is essential. correct answers xxx
What is the state built on? correct answers Negation. It defines what is by excluding what is not
Where is Tunisia
Where is Jendouba correct answers North Africa
NW Tunisia
Colonization is not a moment in history but a process of deconstruction. It is the permanent
negation of all that is pre-existing correct answers xxxxx
repression (space) and law (time) constitute the basis of the state's power. The state then grants
itself the monopoly of legitimate violence which is the all encompassing pwoer of definition and
determination correct answers xxxxx
Why is law the political time of the state? correct answers It defines when things are, when they
are no longer, how long they last, etc.
Rated Correct.
Why is 1956 a french date? correct answers Because it represents colonial narration-- the idea
that colonizers decide when people enter history
When did resistance actually start? correct answers It had been ongoing, especially in
Ghardimaou in the 1920s (official timelines erase earlier resistance)
What shape is colonial time? correct answers Linear. It moves left to right, treats progress like a
straight arrow, long list of dates= "history"
What does chronological imperialism ignore? correct answers the ongoing, cyclical, or relational
time kept by colonized peoples
chronopolitics correct answers the study of how politics is influenced by time and how different
perceptions of time affect political decision making
Why does the state manufacture its own time correct answers So it can manufacture its own
version of history
How does law act as the metronome? correct answers It defines when something is legal,
forgotten, erased, over (even when those laws contradict social realities)
The Sahara correct answers colonial narrative paints it as an empty void but it is full of life and
mobility and temporality
railroads compressed space and time; attempting to fix a fluid region into a rigid order
How is colonization anti-history correct answers colonization is not a moment in history but
rather a process of deconstruction (rupture of history)
, by pretending land/people have no history they can appropriate and exploit it for power and
profit
Why is resistance not linear correct answers resistance isn't a reaction to colonization its a part of
a long thread of existence
Framing resistance only within the colonizer's timeline erases the deep-rooted struggles and
social organization that existed independently
How is the prison metaphor understood? correct answers The prison, a space of extreme spatial
and temporal constraint, becomes the unit of measurement for the State's power. It defines what
is "normal" by being the extreme.
The State is not timeless: It is a rupture, a construct, and a distortion. It enforces itself through
law and repression, but survives by convincing people it is essential. correct answers xxx
What is the state built on? correct answers Negation. It defines what is by excluding what is not
Where is Tunisia
Where is Jendouba correct answers North Africa
NW Tunisia
Colonization is not a moment in history but a process of deconstruction. It is the permanent
negation of all that is pre-existing correct answers xxxxx
repression (space) and law (time) constitute the basis of the state's power. The state then grants
itself the monopoly of legitimate violence which is the all encompassing pwoer of definition and
determination correct answers xxxxx
Why is law the political time of the state? correct answers It defines when things are, when they
are no longer, how long they last, etc.
