Welcome back, crew!
I hope your break was restful and rejuvenating. As we embark on the last two weeks of our course together, we are going to step back and take stock of all the skills and knowledge we have gained up to this point. We will begin with an examination of the Pruitt-Igoe project of the 1950s in St. Louis. Our examination will look for causes as to why this spectacular social-architectural endeavor failed. Your job will be to catalog the events and determine the possible, most reasonable causes.
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Then, we will look into the 15th century and explore the various societies around the globe during that time. You will take stock of the major characteristics of each society, its problems and conditions. Then, you will look into any possible interactions among societies. Finally, your job will be to determine the possible, most reasonable causes of the conditions of the 15th century.
What we are doing here is an exercise in Heuristics as applied to history. Heuristics is how we make sense of the world, its conditions and causes, from a limited point of view. From our study, we should begin to see the difficulty of historical reasoning and the methods historians employ to make up for those difficulties.
Bon Voyage!
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