Film Project

This truly became a reflection of what we learned both in and out of the classroom over our five week course. We compiled insights from all five of the novels we studied, multiple sight visits and our own personal experiences to form, what we believe, an overview of Growing Up as a Global Citizen.

If we were given more time, I would have liked to discuss certain books further to explore topics more deeply. For example, we mention the importance of choice and accountability in Atonement but I would have liked to gone a bit more in depth, as it is such a key topic within the story. Exploring visuals also would have been really fun to enhance this project and developing more complex clips or audio would be very interesting, like sound from each site visit or longer videos to more deeply establish the location. 

Overall, I am quite proud of our film and believe it depicts our experiences and understanding well.

https://youtu.be/6fgSS-xML7g  

Week Five

     

Museum of London

The categorization and organization of differing class groups in London represent its staggering post WWII population and the vast scale of living standards. Many of these poor communities were formed of immigrants and minorities, showing how poorly London adapted to its diversifying population. Karim experienced this discrepancy as a young man growing up in a lower-middle class, working family.

Museum of London      

This police hat represents the violence and outrage from the Brixton riots in 1981, as black citizens protested the oppression and mistreatment by the police force. Karim was not so quick to join in such protests like his friend Jamila.

        

V&A Museum

New age punk groups, like Pink Floyd, helped shape the youth anti-culture that sparked in London in the 1970s, similar to the way Karim sought identity and understanding outside of traditional society.

      

V&A Museum

Music often turned political during this period, as when Pink Floyd heavily promoted anti-war and anti-violence agendas through lyrics and live performances.

     

 The London Eye

 The London Eye and full view of the city helped bring together the closing of our class. I was reminded of the time and knowledge gained while learning to grow as a global citizen. I will no doubt take these experiences with me long down the road.