Stuff for ICT

Out trip week:

On our trip week we went to Chiclayo, Peru, which is a city located in the northern coastal region of Peru. It was a lot of fun and it was also very interesting because we got to learn a lot about the different cultures that used to live in that area. The best part of the trip was when we climbed the mountain, the view from atop was amazing and I took a lot of pictures. Also the air in that place was so fresh it was very different than being in the city. I would not change anything from the trip because I really liked it. I learnt a lot about the different cultures that inhabited that area many years ago, especially about the Sican and Mochica cultures. I didn't know about the great metal work they did and I was very interested by their cultural beliefs and their traditions. I would love to go to another place next year so I could learn more about the different parts of Peru and their historical background.

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Gender Violence Questions:

1)  Latin America has made huge progress in getting women into government, why is violence still such a large problem in your opinion?

2) What steps can be taken to improve the situation for women in Latin America?

3) What are some obstacles to taking these steps?  In other words, if there is an obvious solution, why is it not being taken?

1) Because a lot of people in Latin America still lack the eduction (in this case in an ethical/moral way) they need to realize that any form of discrimination is wrong, since they see it every day.

2) Hate crimes should be punished very severely, including lifetime prison sentence for multiple-victim offenders. Schools should implement programs to teach students to be tolerant and to make them understand, from a very early age, that sexism is unethical.

3) The main obstacle is that Latin-Americans are sexist idiosyncratically speaking. It has been part of our culture for many years and to unfortunately many offenders see their own family as being sexist, and thus they think its alright. 

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http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1464597/noticia-cajamarca-antimineros-retomarian-protestas-inicio-paro-sutep

This news report talks about the anti-mining riots that will be taking place in Cajamarca soon after the medical riots are finished. Although the government has officially lifted the State of Emergency label for the city, the anti-mining protests continue to take place outside the city. It is because of their poor understanding of complicated matters such as economics, and politics, that these protesters are causing so much trouble. Most of them have very little knowledge about the economic development that mining means to Peru.

However, some of the protesters have indeed realized that the environmental aspects of mining can be risky to villages and towns that feed on the numerous lakes and rivers that would be contaminated by the mines, if theYanacocha mines continue working. These factors are now being investigated by the government, who will then decided whether the mines will continue working or not.

1.       What are the men/women doing?

2.       How are the men/women dressed?

3.       Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women?

4.       Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating, mugging, etc?

5.       Do the men/women have power?

6.       What’s the message of the song?

7.       What type of music is the song?

1.       The women are dancing an elaborate choreography, while the men are sitting, taking some vodka, and examining the women.

2.       The women are dressed outrageously, in latex white outfits. The protagonist is dressed with a bigger latex costume and a larger crown. Then she is stripped by the other female dancers, and towards the end of the song she is wearing a big furred bear coat.

3.       There is the same amount of women as men; however women are shown more, as they are the dancers, and the protagonist is also a woman.

4.       The men are sitting, drinking vodka, and staring at the women dancing. The women are dancing to a monster-like, thriller-esque choreography.

5.       In the video, the women capture and drug the protagonist. She later wakes up in a bathhouse, and she performs a cabaret-meets-zombies choreography during the chorus of the song; she is powerless and the men have the power, since they are in control. After one man chooses her (or buys her as it appears in the video), she decides to kill him, and at the end of the video, she sets the bed where the man was waiting for her on fire, killing him.

6.       This music video is an allegory of the 1970s Russian sexual slavery. In the video, the men wear the roman-looking head masks that are a symbol of sexual slavery. The protagonist decides to free herself and kills the man who buys her. This represents the downfall of this illegal mafia.

7.       The song, Bad Romance, which has won many accolades (among them the Grammy Award for best Pop Vocal Performance), and the video (which has received many awards as well, including the Grammy for Best Video, and seven Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year) are the most recognized works of this artist, now considered as one of the best contemporary musicians, Lady Gaga. The song is electropop, combined with 80’s synthesizers and a Madonna-esque spoken bridge.