“Before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the United States returned to Japan land for the Washington Heights military housing area in central Tokyo. For this year’s Olympic Games, Japanese officials have again sought U.S. cooperation, saying concessions would help improve the U.S. military’s public image, which has been marred by crimes Read more…
“ “More than 150 elders from five northern Alberta First Nations have contributed to a new tool designed to preserve Cree words and phrases. The free app, KTCEA Elders Speak, is a product of the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority, which oversees six schools within five northern Read more…
A TOK essay on Prescribed Title #6 is based on the question of whether or not present knowledge is completely dependent on past knowledge. The Japanese creation myth told in the Kojiki. There are parts of this myth that seem quite sexist by modern standards. A TOK essay on Prescribed Read more…
The 2015 image titled “Pillars of Creation” by NASA is a update on the original 1995 photo. There are multiple links between past knowledge and present knowledge in this RLE. The key phrase in the Prescribed Title is “wholly dependent” and with this RLE it could be argued either way. Read more…
https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poem/item/3779/auto/0/CLIFF The original poem (written in Japanese) is about women on Saipan who jumped off of a cliff during the latter stages of WWII as U.S. forces approached. There are a number of different translations in English that in some ways differ from the original. One such translation adds variation Read more…
The Kojiki is a collection of ancient Japanese myths and other stories that dates back about 1500 years. There are aspects of the text that have connections to Japanese culture and society now. One male individual in the extract below states that “It is not proper that the woman speak Read more…
Prescribed Title #6 focuses on the link between present and past knowledge. RLEs with connections to religious knowledge systems are well-suited to this RLE. In many religious belief systems, a religious text, leader, etc is believed to possess a kind of knowledge that is timeless. So, in some respects present Read more…
The video above of an immune cell moving throughout the inner ear of a Zebrafish is groundbreaking. (The video is sped up for the sake of the viewer as the original footage is over an hour long). A TOK essay on May 2020 Prescribed Title #6 could use this RLE Read more…
This RLE offers a number of ways to look at possible links between past and present knowledge. It is fairly easy to make arguments that show that aspects of knowledge in Mr.’s art work could not be possible without knowledge gained in the past. Here are some of the areas Read more…