Welcome!!

Dear all,

I would like to thank Oscar for setting this blog up. The pictures are great!!. Some people have managed to send their blog addresses to Oscar, some have sent them to me. Please send them all to Oscar to the following email address Cultureandcivilization2009@gmail.com.

First task for you to do is to write a 150-word-long post stating what you expect of this course. Deadline Sunday 16 at 20.00.

One of the activities we did last class was for you to say two words you associated several pictures/paintings with. Group 1 came up with the following words (thank you Adrián for sending them to me):

Drawing 1: art, Paris, beauty, culture triangle, mystery, Mona Lisa, glass, history.

Drawing 2: U.S, culture, symbol, empire, promise, summer, hopes, dreams.

Drawing 3: Honey moon, artist, university, cathedral, river, people, knowledge, sports.

Drawing 4: wars, kingdom, old, castle, snobby, destruction.

Drawing 5: scream, desperation, drawing, art, book, unique, scary, crazy, suffering.

Drawing 6: soul, evil, discover, observe, reflect, colours, sickness.

Drawing 7: Psychology, power, mirror, control, sides, reflection, perspective, abstract.

Now discuss:

After reading the article by Berger, would you change the words, why, why not?.

For the sessions about culture and civilization, please read the articles provided in the following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization. Click on the word "culture" which will take you to another website.

Think of the definitions of culture and civilization provided in the articles. What´s the relationship between them?

Cheers,

Claudia