Teaching Culture Through Film

Teaching Culture Through Film · 06 Oktober 2024

Digital tools have made it easier for anyone to create, publish, and share audiovisual content online. In this context, developing film literacy is crucial, as it empowers viewers to analyse films, improving their ability to discern persuasive tactics and increase overall media literacy. Public Information Films (PIFs) are an effective resources for promoting this literacy in the classroom.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 27 November 2023

The comic reversal of cultures Going for an English sketch prompts reflection on behaviours in an intercultural situation.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 18 August 2023

British-Nigerian artist's Yinka Shonibare colourful artwork is about colonialism and hybrid cultures.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 21 März 2023

Both the original and the remake of Footloose are eyewitness accounts of the time in which they were made.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 13 Februar 2023

This article discusses gift-giving habits and presents a commercial about the topic.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 20 Dezember 2022

Are New Year's celebrations similar everywhere? And why are rituals and traditions important?

Teaching Culture Through Film · 11 August 2022

A sketch made by Foil Arms and Hog, an Irish sketch comedy group, deals with some common stereotypes about the Germans.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 28 Juni 2022

This article describes how perception influences the way we see the world. Ambiguous pictures provide us with an impression of this phenomenon.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 22 März 2022

The film Children of a Lesser God provides us with a glimpse of the world of deaf people.

Teaching Culture Through Film · 01 März 2022

Various metaphors have been created to visualise the concept of culture, such as the iceberg and the melting pot. Some of these metaphors are portrayed in this blog and a TED Talk about metaphors is proposed.