“El peor terrorista” translates into English as “the worst terrorist” – meaning the graffiti I photographed this weekend means, “the worst terrorist is the capitalist system.” [thanks, Fonz]
Being from the States while in Europe means that Europeans often ask about Obama and are as excited about his election as we are – feels good the morale is on the rise for all of us.
Nonetheless, it’s clear the impact the Bush years has had – here, there and everywhere.
Today we begin shooting 1-minute stories with the students here.
What can you tell in 1-minute?
Commercials that don’t suck can tell a lot:
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I was fortunate to be invited to participate in [and document] a field trip to one of the more reverent locales around Barcelona, Món Sant Benet.
Here’s the site’s official story:
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Above is another PSA we made together around the issue of littering, which is a rather huge issue here as the city of Barcelona employs vast armies of cleaning crews who constantly follow behind the hordes of people here who throw their trash on the streets and park almost constantly.
Thus, it is a challenge to encourage people not to litter when there are so many deployed to clean up after them.
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This week at the school, we’re looking at and making our own PSAs.
Broadcast PSAs came into widespread use in the late 1940’s with the famous “Only you can prevent forest fires” tagline of Smokey the Bear.
The students are creating PSAs around many issues, including littering, drugs, creativity, oppression, etc.
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Riding home from work on the metro last week was both confusing and invigorating – learning your way around a strange city when you don’t speak the language is exquisitely gratifying, especially when you get to stand next to this guy, who played along to accompaniment in the form of a boom box he toted along with a wheelie-suitcase thingy.
Perhaps, you will recognize that tune?
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