Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Forum 9: To Halloween or not to Halloween?


TV channels for children have been boasting about Halloween for almost two weeks, and people like my mother-in-law, with zero knowledge on Anglo-Saxon culture, get keen on filling children with Halloween products. In this context, and being myself very critical towards cultural/commercial colonization, I had to face the following dilemma: my 5-year-old daughter came to me and asked me to celebrate Halloween. What would you have done in my situation? And, why? I’d really like to hear your opinion.


Saturday, June 6, 2009

Forum 6: What is culture? (by Mariana Genise)

In L&C III we talked about October 12th and the way the meaning of this date has changed over the last years. We also talked about Halloween and the way it is being celebrated in our schools. These topics arouse some questions: 

Is culture something that we all share or there are as many cultures as people? Are empanadas, mate and Tango part of our culture or they are just symbols that represent our country? 

Do join the debate!