Check Out Your Colombian Culture Videos!

MWF 2.30pm Class

Typical Colombian Dances with Tatiana, Juan Pablo, German & Maria Camila

Plantains with Mafe, Maria Alejandra, Ricardo & Lorena

Guide to Costeñol with Melanie, Luis & Sebastian

MW 3.30pm Class

Guide to Costeñol with Lessing, Edgardo, Daniel & Maria Alejandra

Street Vendors with Jose, Laura & Sergio

Coastal Food with Fabian, Leonardo & Diego

Parque Tayrona and Beaches In Puerto Colombia with Maria Jose, Kesia & Sandra

Graffiti  with Laura, Greys & Natalia

If you´re interested in seeing the videos of other Level 8 classes, check out their class blogs:

Steve Carrillo´s Class

Mercedes Barrios´s Class

Emilia Cedercreutz´s Classes

Michael Ropicki´s Classes

Video Making & Editing Tips & Examples

Tips on eliminating background noise: 

Tips on creating subtitles: 

Tips on Editing:

Intellectual Montage - two images edited together to produce an idea

Parallel Action - intercutting between 2 actions that are simultaneously happening in different locations

Match Cut - cutting from one shot to another by matching the movement of the object

Jump Cut - cutting to a similar angle of the same object to produce a jarring visual effect because the angle was not changed at least 30 degrees.

Sound - use sound as a transition to another shot

How to Make a Script

Check out these examples that students in Indonesia created about their country and culture:

Traditional Market: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQxUvwaFW0&feature=youtu.be
Drum-making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbLefnAOjw&feature=youtu.be
Check out these examples from past UniNorte students:  http://interculturalcommunicationsuninorte.blogspot.com/

Graffiti in Latin America

      

   Look at the role of graffiti in Colombia, Argentina, Honduras, and Brazil & comment on another student’s Blog Post. How does each country use this form of nonverbal communication? How does it compare to Northern Africa?

·         Colombia: 

         http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2012/sep/10/graffiti-bogota-colombia-pictures

·        Argentina: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/08/20138514298675371.html

·         Honduras: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/06/20136131358438705.html

·         Brazil: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/11/magazine/Look_Brazil.html?_r=2& 

Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters

       

Read about “Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters”: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/03/21/photo-essay-bangkoks-mexican-gangsters. Consider these questions as you write a response on your blog: how are Thai gangsters an example of cultural appropriation of another subculture? What do we learn about Thai and Mexican subcultures from this article & video within the article? Remember to comment on another student’s Blog Post. 

AfroColombians

Watch a video about racism against AfroColombians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiGKIO722HA, post your response on your class blog & comment on another student’s blog post. If you're interested in AfroLatinos, check out this website www.afrolatinos.tv/

Introduction Post

Now that you've created your blog in class, let's practice posting by introducing yourself. Tell us your name and something about yourself that helps to define your own personal culture. For example:

Hi! I'm Kendra Staley, an instructor of Intercultural Communications. I'm from Ellsworth, Kansas, a small town in the middle of the United States. I moved  to Barranquilla with my husband Rob, another English teacher at UniNorte. Colombia is the fourth country that I've lived in. I studied French in Aix-en-Provence, France and Spanish in Coban, Guatemala. I taught English in Malang, Indonesia and Wuhan, China. I love to travel (obviously!), cook, eat, read, dance, and do yoga. Check out my Yoga Blog at kendralini.blogspot.com/  Doing yoga has influenced my own personal culture as it helps me to remain calm and relaxed while building my strength and flexibility.

Post your blog website in the comments section below.

Welcome!

This is our class blog for Intercultural Communications at the Instituto de Idiomas at la Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. This blog is a collaborative discussion space, and an extension of the classroom. You´re encouraged to reflect in more depth, in writing, on themes touched upon in class. With our class blog, you´ll write for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, will include your peers, students from other classes, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet. Our class blog will help foster a feeling of community between the members of this class. Completing a blog assignment counts towards your homework grade. This blog will be the "mother" blog for the class where all blog writing prompts will be posted for students. Each student will have his/her own unique blog where he/she will respond to the initial post made by the teacher. Your blogs will be linked to this blog and listed in a separate post.