Jenkins, H (2006). Pop cosmospolitanism: Mapping cultural flows in an age of media convergence. In H. Jenkins, Fans, bloggers and gamers: exploring participatory culture (pp 152-172). New York: New York University Press. (e-reserve)
Srinivasan, R (2006). Indigenous, ethnic and cultural articulations of new media. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 9(4), 497-518. (electronic databases)
For our Learning portfolio entry
1. Summarise the main points from the readings;
2. Identify media texts from other cultures that you enjoy. Consider whether your use of these texts makes you a “pop cosmopolitan”.
The media text that I selected for my learning portfolio entry in relation to cross cultural boundaries is the short animation series “Minuscule” by the French creators Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud. The animation is produced in France; it uses the sounds of the insects, music and simple country settings that share universal appeal and understanding.
I think this clever French animation series appeal is through the use of quirky animated insects combined with high quality cinematic footage to create a common shared humor; viewing the human world from the perspective of an insect. The production quality is excellent and the characters are endearing and have a gentle philosophical message to not take the world too seriously.
When I consider my understanding of this topic after completing the readings / tasks and activities for this topic, I realized that my views have changed and I can now see the capacity of new media technologies to promote and encourage cultural practices and also to erase cultural difference, allowing the removal of language and geographic barriers that impair cross cultural exchange as explored in the lecture by Dr Jayaprakesh, examining the global similarities of young people how this could be seen to be reinforcing their beliefs and homogenize linguistic practices, while also exploring and interrelationship of intercultural influences.
When I consider my understanding of this topic after completing the readings / tasks and activities for this topic, I realized that my views have changed and I can now see the capacity of new media technologies to promote and encourage cultural practices and also to erase cultural difference, allowing the removal of language and geographic barriers that impair cross cultural exchange as explored in the lecture by Dr Jayaprakesh, examining the global similarities of young people how this could be seen to be reinforcing their beliefs and homogenize linguistic practices, while also exploring and interrelationship of intercultural influences.
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