World literature - other

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World literature - other

Look at yourself in your camera
Is there anything you don´t like about your face that you wish you could change? What is it?

Introduction to the theme

What is other? 

What is normal? (norm)

How do you reach a certain norm? 

How does this norm effect people? 

other (ander)-Jacques Lacan

- Individual, recognize yourself

- Enough similarities 

- Enough differences

- To be able to identify yourself both as part of a group and as an individual

- Post colonial theory: all non-Europeans and British

Other (andere) -Jacques Lacan

- individuals looking up to someone and yearn to be like that person (father, mother)

- wanting to be recognized as part of the Other 

´other´ in general

me/us against the others: normal vs. not normal

seperating people based on their education (primitive)

humans have a tendency to claim area´s, leads to colonization

superior vs primitive 

Regarding to the information about the concept´other´ we just gave you, why do you think this girl is crying about her appearance?

Look back to the text ´martians claim Canada´, How would you link the concept ´other´ to the text?

What is the text about? What do you think is the main theme of the text?

Colonization

Canada - different kinds of visions by different peoples

´Canada, land of opportunity, or Canada, land of unfair discrimination and exploitation?´
Who is the author talking about?

Do we, as Dutch people, have a history with colonization?

How do you see the results of the Dutch colonization in today´s life?

Post reading activity

1. What kind of emotions came up while reading this story?
2. Did you gain a new perspective on the norm people set?
3. Do you feel like you can influence the standards of life?
4. Who decide the norm in today´s world/life? 

Make groups of three and discuss the questions with each other. You have 3 minutes to do so. 

How can we, as a society, change the standarts of today´s life and thus help the people who don´t meet those standers to feel valuable and confident again?