Theory of Knowledge - Perspective

The exhilaration of going to TOK class hit me, as soon as I entered B block, in memory of the first TOK class. As I passed through the class, and positioned myself on the edge of my seat, I, as well as the entire class, were enlightened with two world map images; one displays the map that we know as "normal", and the second is a map with America positioned in the center, with Asia, as well as Africa, and Europe on both edges. This goes to show the perspective of different countries and its people, as they make assumptions according to their beliefs and own culture. Then, after having an impressive discussion, as a class, we created an advantage and disadvantage list for both maps. There is no right or wrong answer, but each perspective has its strengths and weaknesses.

We then watched a 5 minute video that looks into many forms of the world map that includes it being upside down, shortened, widened, and positioned specifically so that certain countries are centered on the world map. These are the many perspectives of the world map, which people view according to their own opinions, conventions, and knowledge. It shows how people may look at things in a certain way, which others do not see from.