Friday, October 31, 2008

Veo veo, ¿qué ves?

Me encanta la publicidad. ¡Es verdad! No me importa que la película se detenga para poner publicidad, bueno al menos cuando la publicidad es buena, original y fresquita. Toda esa creatividad, esas ganas de convencernos a comprar algo, como nos seducen con humor, con imágenes que tocan nuestra sensibilidad... Hay anuncios que, de hecho, son obras de arte y enamoran.
Pero esas obras de arte también son peligrosas, son armas que luchan por el consumismo, por nuestra preferencia, por nuestra cartera, nuestra tarjeta de crédito. ¡Tantos anuncios en la tele, en la calle que intentan convencernos a comprar esto o aquello! Y es que está cientificamente comprobando que inconscientemente o no, pensamos: " Al comprar y usar este perfume, voy a ser tan sexy como la actriz del anuncio..." A veces sentimos que de hecho contribuye para el falso y efímero aumento de nuestra autoestima. Pero las publicidades que más me gustan (además de aquellas de Skip, que apesar de ser un detergente nos acostumbra a publicidades fantásticas, bonitas y alegres. Skip es la excepción a la regla de que todos los anuncios de detergentes son aburridos, exagerados y aburridos, sí, otra vez.)
A lo que iba, aquellas publicidades que más me gustan son las campañas de sensibilización, por todo lo que nos transmiten y de la manera como lo hacen, desde las nuevas campañas contra la violencia doméstica del Ministerio de Igualdad hasta las campañas sobre la educación de los niños. Y me despido por hoy con este enlace de una campaña que debería circular hasta estar bien asimiladita por todos. Ala, aquí va:


Thursday, October 30, 2008

Who? Me?

Today, again, I realized that nationality has not to be the same as identity. Again, I found that even if I have just one nationality, I may have more than one identity. In fact, I can clearly recognize my nationality, I have a passport :) nevertheless, when I think about my identity, there is no documents, there are feelings, experiences and so a diverse and wonderful world in it!
There is my identity based on my family roots, another identity based on social and national influences, one based on the education I have been receiving, and all these change according to the experiences lived. When I go to the country of my parents, I feel not a tourist, there are some ways of living that have been passed on to me; but there is also some confrontation between the parents’ country and the country I belong.
It is also when I am in a different country that is not my home country that I really recognize my national identity. Yesterday night, once again, I went to an international event, this time led by the fantastic organizations One-to-World and Fulbright, and when the speaker said the name of my country and I had to stand up, I felt more Andorran than ever. I am glad to meet people who are curious about my country! So, in fact, my nationality is a great part of my identity. It is one very important part. But, I have other parts too… in some way I feel also a little bit Spanish because Spanish language and culture were my first approaches to life, and I also feel Portuguese especially due to the experiences promoted by my parents and by my husband, I have even felt a little bit French when I have been studying in a French school. Should have I stood up when they were calling all these countries? ;)

Why?

Welcome everybody!

I am sure you are wondering why have I chosen this name for the blog!

So, let’s start with the explanation of the name “On hi cap tothom”.
It was so difficult to find a name for the blog I felt that translated my motivations! My beloved husband and I have been thinking during three weeks, “what about Intercultural Train? What about the Puzzle? Or the Puzzle Project? What about Identities On the Move? What about…? ” And then one fantastic night, doing some research on Andorran linguistic policy, these words appeared to me and just made sense “On hi cap tothom”. It is Catalan and it means more or less “A place for everybody” .
What I really want to promote here is dialogue, the sharing of different ideas and experiences in the field of intercultural education. I am very interested about migration issues, complexity of identities, the roles of foreign languages learning, cross-cultural understanding, multiculturalism, Human Rights Education, national cohesion, global citizenship and you know what? it is an endless listing!
Feel free to participate, to speak in the language you prefer from these (the ones I can understand): Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, French or English! I will switch from one to another freely! Do it too!
Share your ideas, your perspectives, your blogs and projects, and make me change my mind or not! :) And don't forget to sign the guest map on the bottom of the page, if you feel so!
And again:
Welcome everybody! :)