The Middle Ground Journal
World History and Global Studies
recent posts
- “Politics, Protests, and Popular Culture: The Global Legacy of Akira Toriyama and His Dragon Ball”
- “Underprepared but Overperformed: Explaining the Enigma in Study Abroad”
- Review of Chasing Greatness by Anatoly Reshetnikov
- Review of Black Sun by Julia Kristeva
- The Clash of Trade Ideologies: Revisiting the Battle of Liaoluo Bay through the Lens of Hans Putmans’ Interpretation of Vrijen Handel and the Ming Tributary System
- Pursuing the Global in a Local Setting: Particularistic Silences in the Teaching, Deconstructing, Researching, and Writing of Asian History
- South Asian Migration and Colonial Records: Some Challenges in Reconstructing the Bengali Historical Migration
- The First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises in Cold-War Asia: An Overview
Category: From the Chief Editor
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Norway – Oslo to Bergen: A Train Ride – by Jonia Gordon. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Editor’s Note: this is a part of a special series from Jonia Gordon, a talented student who is…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – The carnival of Pasto – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports (Most floats are incredibly tall and detailed like this one. They may…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: The Foods of Costa Rica & Nicaragua- by Mackenzie Sherrill. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports After traveling this past summer to both Costa Rica and Nicaragua for a medical service trip, one aspect of the…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Health Deliveries – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports In terms of health, my term in Colombia has been horribly unsuccessful. In the…
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The Middle Ground Journal Ongoing Forum on: Philosophy and the World Editors: Dr. Ashley Dressel and Dr. Hong-Ming Liang The Middle Ground Journal welcomes philosophical work on topics that may be of interest to both philosophers and to those working in the areas of world history and global studies. Such work includes, but is not…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Learning Through Song – by Tayler Boelk. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports [Source of image, see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund_Fitzgerald,_1971,_3_of_4_(restored).jpg] Everything I learned about the Edmund Fitzgerald, a famous Great Lakes shipwreck, I learned through song. I can…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Minnesota, USA – The Magic Bus, Family and World History – by Marin Ekstrom. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports The Ekstrom family has always been a bit of an anachronistic bunch. For example, my father…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – The Perception of Backpackers – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports I’ll admit it. When I was in high school I often dreamed…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Food, Global Connections, Family History – by Nick Lozinski. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Living in the Twin Cities offers a wide variety of different opportunities. There are several colleges and universities to further your…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: US Thanksgiving and Family History – by Carley Nadeau. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports First came Joseph Nadeau, then Napoleon, Fredrick, Clayton, Craig and lastly me, Carley. Joseph was the first of our family to…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Air Travel in Colombia – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Colombia isn’t a big country. About 1.15 km2. For comparison (because that…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Studying in Washington, D.C., USA – by Ana María Camelo Vega. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports People say life is a book. Every step you take becomes a word, a sentence, or even a paragraph…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: U.S. Mexican Border – Asylum Seekers and Legal Aid – by Kathryn Marquis Hirsch. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports [Photo 1: The border fence between Brownsville, Texas, USA and Matamoros, Mexico. It’s very tall and…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Amazonas: The Open Border – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports (Capybara in Spanish is chiguiro. The nature reserve threw their food waste…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Guatemala – Tourism in Lake Atitlán – by Ada Luz Moreno Gomez. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Over the summer I had the opportunity to visit the deepest lake in Central America: Lake Atitlán, located…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: “Don’t Cry for Me, Minnesota”: A Farewell to My Home State – by Marin Ekstrom. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My college graduation coincided with the exciting news that I received a teaching assistantship in…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Christmas in Bogota – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports While I didn’t spent Christmas or New Years in Colombia, as a teacher…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: New Zealand – Maori Culture & Spirituality – by Delaney Babich. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports [This is a piece of Greenstone, which holds mana, and its mana increases as it is passed down through…
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The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission has selected the design team of Joe Weishaar & Sabin Howard, and their design concept “The Weight of Sacrifice” for the National WWI Memorial at Pershing Park Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell “World War I had a lasting impact on our world, but so many people have forgotten its…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: The Unseen and Unnoticed – by Srijita Kar. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Nature has enormous amounts of pleasure in store for us. Its beauty and serenity is beyond any beauty human beings can synthetically…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Photo Essay – Reviewing London as a Tourist-Friendly City – by Rebecca Smith. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports This summer, I took the opportunity to travel to London with a London Theatre and Literature group…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Emojis and Culture – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports If anybody pays attention to the Miss Universe Pageant, they’ll know about the…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Minnesota, USA – “Now Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding” – by Jennifer Battcher. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports [Special thanks to Ms. Karen Paczkowski for the photo of the fig pudding.] I had fig pudding…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Animal Tourism – by Laura Blasena. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports [Photo 1: The majestic oso perezoso.] I didn’t realize this until a friend jokingly…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Shayna Schafter, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hello, my name is Shayna Schafter. I am a sophomore at the College of St. Scholastica and currently pursuing…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Laura Blasena, Senior Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Ever since I was a little Kindergartner I’ve always wanted to be a teacher. I graduated from St. Scholastica in…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Jenna Algoo, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hello! My name is Jenna Algoo. Growing up I lived in Shakopee, MN, but I recently moved to Minneapolis,…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Jennifer Battcher, Senior Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Jennifer Battcher. I graduated Concordia College – Moorhead in December of 2011, but I spent my freshman…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Ngawang Y. Gonsar, Senior Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hello everyone, I’m Ngawang Gonsar, serving as a North Star Reports (NSR) senior Editor. I was born to Tibetan…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Pamela Hartley, Senior Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Pamela Hartley and I am a 2014 CSS graduate. I graduated with a double major in International Relations…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Mariya Taberko, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Mariya Taberko. I am a third-year University of Minnesota – Twin Cities student majoring in Global…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Lindsey Bushnell, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Lindsey Bushnell, NSR Social Media Editor. I am a senior at the College of St. Scholastica pursuing a biology…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Thomas Landgren, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Thomas Landgren, History Major Minor in Political Science, The College of Saint Scholastica. Graduate in 2018 NSR Social Media…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Bryce Gadke, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Bryce Gadke and I am a freshman at The College of St. Scholastica. I am a…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Eleni Birhane, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Eleni Birhane and I am currently a sophomore at the College of St. Scholastica. I am…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Michel Doege, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hello! My name is Michel Doege. I am attending The College of St. Scholastica for my first year. I…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Brock Erdahl, Senior Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Brock Erdahl. I graduated from the College of St. Scholastica with majors in History, Political Science, Global,…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Roman Schnobrich, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hey readers! My name is Roman Schnobrich, and I’m actually a full time PSEO (Post Secondary Enrollment Option) student…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Matthew Breeze, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hello fellow NSR readers! I am Matt Breeze and I am in my second year at St. Scholastica. I…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Sara Tomlinson, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports Hello! My name is Sara Tomlinson, and I am a new member of the North Star Reports. I am…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Meet Our NSR Student Editors — Carley Nadeau, Social Media Editor. The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy, at NorthStarReports.org and facebook.com/NorthStarReports My name is Carley Nadeau and I am a freshman at the College of St. Scholastica. I am intending…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Learning a New Language — The North Star Reports – by Kathryn Marquis Hirsch. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal [Photo 1: Russian State Library– largest in the nation and 4th largest in the world. The statue…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Review: The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and its Connection to the Globe — The North Star Reports – by Samantha Roettger. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal Compared to other states, I would not consider Minnesota to be…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Night of the Little Candles The North Star Reports – by Laura Blasena. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal [Photo: Villa de Leyva as viewed from our…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: New Zealand – Harbor Care: The Waikato Catchment’s Clean Little Secret — The North Star Reports – by Delaney Babich. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal [All photos courtesy of Whaingaroa Harbour Care.] The Whaingaroa catchment on…
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The University of Minnesota is hosting a summer institute entitled “Grasping Water: Rivers and Human Systems in Africa, China and North America.” The Institute will be held in Minneapolis June 13-17 2016. We have some funding to bring participants from China and Africa. For more information and application forms, see http://ias.umn.edu/ias-projects/grasping-water/
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: We are Hmong Minnesota Exhibit — The North Star Reports – by Bao Vang. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal [Main poster, found on google, used to advertise the Hmong exhibit] Over spring break of 2015, went…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: California and Changes — The North Star Reports – by Joshua Chanin. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal I recently traveled to California as part of my college’s choir trip, and viewed the wonders of the so-called…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Sister Cities of Duluth, Minnesota, Home of NSR — The North Star Reports – by Marin Ekstrom. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal [Photo 1: Duluth’s Aerial Lift Bridge, by author] Everyone has a connection to a…
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Originally posted on The North Star Reports: Global Citizenship and Digital Literacy: Tanzania – The First Week of a Month Long Experience — The North Star Reports – by Paul Schulzetenberg. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal [Photo 1: The bed I was given on arrival. The pink net…
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