Questions for Emperor's Ghost Army documentary

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Questions for Emperor's Ghost Army documentary Who did you watch with? Your Answer: A friend Question 2 Interview your co-watcher to find out what they found most interesting about the film and why. Do you agree with them? Your Answer: What they found most interesting about the film was the cultural and artistic aspects of the Terracotta Army and how the film was able to provide an understanding of it's importance in Chinese Heritage. I was able to agree and also found that aspect interesting, but personally thought the preservation of the Terracotta Army was most fascinating. Question 3 What do we see archaeologists (and other scholars) do in this film? In what ways are their activities portrayed as objective, empirical research? Are you, the viewer, expected to see that research as scientific? Why or why not?
Your Answer: In the film, we see archeologists and other scholars engaging in activities relating to the excavation and study of the terracotta army. The archeologists are shown documenting their findings with photographs and measurements, as well as analyzing artifacts. The documentary also highlights the use of different techniques to explore the site and discover hidden treasures, in which the methods are portrayed as scientific approaches to understanding the site. The viewer is expected to see the research as scientific because of the different approaches used to understand the significance of the terracotta army. Question 4 How does the documentary portray the individual who initially discovered the site? In what ways does it express which forms of knowledge are most valid? Your Answer: The documentary portrays the the individual, Yang Zhifa, as someone with great historical significance and a key figure in identifying the buried statues. It expresses expertise and local knowledge as most valid in understanding the past. Question 5 Why do you think the filmmakers decided to use the Terracotta Army as the signature artifact category for understanding the archaeological site (even though historical sources don’t even mention them when discussing the Qin Emperor’s vast tomb complex)? What does that decision mean for how a particular culture is represented and how the archaeology is made relevant to the viewer?
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