"global education" saih presentation in english

8/14/2019 "Global Education" SAIH presentation in English

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What is Global education?

Why work with global education?

What shapes our views of the South?

Can we make a difference?


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Different types of information

Fundraising-information

South/partner-information

Organisation-informasjon Global Education (North/South-

information)


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POWERRELATIONS

&REALATION


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Main target for Global Education

Changing minds to change the world


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Despite producing fear of the big

catastrophe, one should enhance

the ability to be active even against

the backround of fundamental

doubts


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Norway is our project country.

HELP ME!!!! Im not

developed

Foto: Flickr: zetson (CC)
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Why?

Aims: Norway contributes to global

sustainable development From promoting Aid to a more

holistic North / South perspective.

The problems and challenges in the

South are closely related to theissues and challenges in the North

(powerrelations).

More than aid: environment, trade,

developing country debt, global

power relations

Important: North / South dialogue,

and that awareness on conveying the

views and perspectives from the

South.


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1. Change TV-Aksjonen

2. Membership in SAR

3. Stop Norwegian trade

4. Norwegian weapon control

5. Delete Norwegian debt

6. Stop the ETFA free trade

agreement

1. Perceptions of the South

2. Academic unfreedom

3. Saharawi students suffer

4. War in Kongo -

5. Debt troubles in the

South

6. Students are oppressedin columbia

ObjectiveProblem


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Different levels of engagement

Alternatives the enables activity


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"There is no reason to try to understand

these people. These dirty, ignorantpeople give birth to too many children.

They will not work, they have no

discipline. They destroy everyone chance

they get. Every time they get some

money in their hands, they use

everything for drinking and foolish use.

The help we give them, only give themmore oppurtunity to be lazy and produce

even more children. " English industrial worker aboutthe Norwegians in the 1880s.


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Media: The Ks

war, cathastropy,conflict andcelebrities

Fundraising: Africa

are starving - sendmoney

Tourism: Safari,white beaches,

exotic localcommunities

Who shapes our perceptions of the South?


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Passive victims and

Norwegian helpers


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UN failed, norwegian aid failed,

only the celebrities can save the world now


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"When I watch TV and see

those poor, starving kids

all over the world, I cant

help but cry. I mean, Id

love to be skinny likethat, but not with all

those flies and death and

stuff."

Mariah Carey


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The world is dissapearing

Globalization does not provide broader coverage Fewer foreign correspondents more news-bureaus

Coverage is conflict driven


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Safari i Africa

Botswana, Kenya, South Africa &

Tanzania - Safari holiday!

www.AfrikaSafari.no

Poor children in Africa

needs your help! Become a SOS-

Fadder now

www.sos-barnebyer.no
http://www.afrikasafari.no/http://www.sos-barnebyer.no/http://www.sos-barnebyer.no/http://www.afrikasafari.no/


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The aid organizations' presentations of the South

Before 1945: exoticism, racial theoriesand the primitive "other"

60th century: liberation from colonialand developing optimism: Helpingothers to get it like us.

70th century: System Criticism andsolidarity.

80s: does it work?

90's, to today: Commercialization andBranding


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BRANDING

More marketing and

informationprofessionals

Added value

From crying to

smiling children Saving the world is a

matter of charity, not

politics. (many work

with politics, butthey dont promote it)


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Again: Passive victims and

Norwegian/western helpers


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information work tips

Show people who act and do

something with their own situation

Let people talk for themself

South perspectives, a requirement

for real and equal dialogue between

North and South

Introduce people as individuals, not

just representative of a group: fullname, age


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Talk about power relationships, not

only "help" from North to South show that people are positioned:

Partners are not "neutral expertsources

Information is a disipline

Show respect

Give people alternatives for action

Wake commitment: It works!


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Evaluated information work from Norad-recipients:

Effective Focus on policies and conflictlines gives positive

results Aid-information overshadows critical Global

education critical but not self-critical. Partners = "Voices from the South" that confirms

the organisations own excellence Strong aid-competanse, but not information

expression is oldfashioned.


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Be careful-poster

Ethical guidelines for

North/South-information in

Norway

Words and images are

powerful weapons, dont

misuse them!


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Groups:

What category(s) is this

information?

Give examples of at least one

good and one critical remark? How would you define the

objective of this information?

Who is the actors in the text

and how are they presented?

Is the information activating?

How could it be activating?

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