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2020 Undergraduate Presentations Research Day 2020

4-2020

The Manifestation of Colonization Across Calendars in Periphery

Elsa Yehdego

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THE ROLE OF COLONIZATION IN CALENDARS

Elsa Yehdego

Mentors: Dr. Talia Carroll and Dr. Ather Zia Department of Anthropology & International Affairs

Introduction Terms

This research analyzes and • Periphery: “It divides countries into a illustrates the ways in which three-level capitalist hierarchy: core, colonization has directly and periphery, and semi-periphery. Core indirectly influenced or continues to countries are dominant, capitalist influence the maintenance or countries that exploit peripheral change of culture, religion, countries for labor and raw materials”. economics, and language through . adaptation of calendars.

Countries which have adopted the Gregorian calendar • Hegemony: “Hegemony, is sometimes Countries which use modified version of the Gregorian calendar Countries which use other calendars alongside the Gregorian calendar compared with domination, in which Research Question Countries which have not adopted the Gregorian calendar case the reference is to the process of gaining legitimate consent within the Preliminary Findings How has colonization historically functional universe of civil society, as influenced the maintenance or shift Every in the has been impacted by colonization whether directly opposed to simply holding it together in the use of calendars in the or indirectly. This historical analysis foreshadows that the countries in this study have been impacted. through a monopoly on the means of periphery countries such as , violence. Hegemony is compared with , , and ? economic-corporative”. Antonio Gramsci

Why is this research

important?

By understanding a calendar, one can understand culture, tradition, References language and history of a country. Calendars are intertwined with people; their individual and collective lives.