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Course: ARC 103 Title: Architecture and Sensitivity: A Manifesto for Sustainable Design This manifesto proposes an approach to sustainable design that I am interested in exploring during my time studying architecture. The idea of sustainability is a complex one, not without apparent contradictions. This makes it difficult to define in a wholly satisfactory manner. For the purposes of this manifesto I will advert to the definition proposed by Jason McLennan who asserts that sustainable design:

to their lack of association. In “La Relación”, the Spanish Settlers’ alienation from the natives in America causes the Spaniards to criticize the locals because of the differences between the two, specifically the contrasts in their governments. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, as the narrator of  “La Relación”, says,  “The islanders wanted to make physicians of us without examination or a review of diplomas … We scoffed … at the idea we knew how to heal”, (Cabeza 78). When the natives tell the Spanish

journal was written Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and throughout the course of its 5 pages it takes us on a journey through a Texas that is inhabited with multiple groups of Native Americans. This article, though written from just one person's perspective, seems to be quite accurate and it delves into the point of views of the different groups. However, the accuracy of this novel can not be proved entirely due to the lack of journals written by others in this area, in this time period. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de

In Christopher Columbus’ and Álvar Núῆez Cabeza de Vaca’s exploration narratives, we see vivid descriptions of the New World from opposite spectrums: pastoral and primitive details. Columbus’ successful voyages paved an idea in the minds of Europeans that the New World was a remarkable experience: a pastoral land full of things to offer King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. In Espaῆola, he called the land “fertile to a limitless degree” (60). He writes about the “many harbors on the coast” to tell the

the exploration of gold has played a role in revolutionizing materialism in societies by attributing great values to inexpensive objects. Before I correlate the works of Alvar Nunez to materialism in America, I would first like to give a background on both the literary piece of Nunez and the ideas of materialism. First, Alvar Nunez’s Cabeza de Vaca 's

There were many different outcomes that came about from the first interactions between the Native Americans and the early explorers of the New World. The first Spanish expedition to the New World, supported by King Ferdinand, began circa June 1527. Panfilo de Narvaez, the captain of this search, left Spain with around three to four hundred men; however, when they arrived at Galveston Island there were only a handful of men that survived the treacherous journey. When the four men had first come into

Writers have always been straightforward and always spoke their mind to get a point across, which is why American Literature has always been so powerful whether it be from this from the 16th century to this current era. Authors have always found a way to express their very own feelings and opinions and have it published therefore possibly change the outcome. The majority of the successful authors had many different styles, techniques to get their word out to the public. Being truthful, has always

In chapter three, Menchaca discussed the Northern migration of the Spanish, Mestizo, Indian, and afromestizo population to the southwest region of the United States. After the fall of the Aztec empire, the Spanish conquistadors were interested in conquering new lands to the north and south. The Spanish had their eyes on possessing land near the northern region between the Valley of Mexico and present United States border, that they called the Gran Chichimeca (land of uncivilized dogs). This land

has many functions, with its main function being to portray Native Americans as sinless uneducated humans and to make their abusers and torturers seem evil and superior, which in most cases the torturers are indeed evil. Bartolomé de Las Casas and Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca use the “Native Savage” trope for different reasons, which makes their portrayal different, and not because they are writing about different tribes and groups of Native Americans. The “Noble Savage” is a very common adaptation

If the Native Americans told their side about the people they held captive, the treatment would have seemed more justified. A good example of this was when a captive named Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca talked about laughing at how the Native Americans wanted them to act as physicians without even seeing any credentials. He mentions that they “cure others by blowing upon the sick”. When the captives laughed at orders to do the same, the natives took offense to that and took away their food privileges