Tourists Unite!

Today saw the unfolding of another excursion.

I must say, the outing was fun.

The group stopped at the Yorkshire Museum to view artifacts from years ago and to add more to our historical understanding of the Roman conquering of Great Britain. Clifford's Tower was also on our visit list. Click here for more information regarding its history.


Our time spent in the museum was actually all too short. It's situated in such a way that moving through its exhibits is enjoyable and informative. More time would have been wonderful. I gained a unique understanding today of how resolute the Romans actually were. Ryan and I even called into question the "narrative of progress" and divined about the movement of history. Perhaps progress more often undulates than ascends?


I think Rorty is correct when he writes in an essay Method, Social Science, Social Hope that,


"[upon viewing the social sciences as continuous with literature] We shall see the anthropologists and historians as having made it possible for us--educated, leisured policy makers of the West--to see any exotic specimen of humanity as also "one of us" (Consequences, p. 203)."

JS