A következő címkéjű bejegyzések mutatása: culture. Összes bejegyzés megjelenítése
A következő címkéjű bejegyzések mutatása: culture. Összes bejegyzés megjelenítése
Jette's storytellers lesson and Globalization and Citizenship
We weeks ago we had Jette's storytellers lesson, where we saw some part of the Danish movie culture. I would like to show you my notes from that lesson, because they are mostly just the film titles: (It is also a note for me to dont forget to see Festen!)

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<----------- feedback message: image which wanted to be created TurkeySpanish: Interview Czech: True or not 2, Film 'language' pictures sound(tracks) - music - real sound - effects point of view of cameras (POV) distance, closeness, panorama, movements of camera, etc. cutting light props - locations colors Danish movies - back to 'unplugged' movies. - Storytellers trought Danish movies 1906 - Film company in Denmark - almost the first - Nordisk Film - Polar Bear sign of this - silent movies they were quite progressive, showing things between the scences, the board shows the speech During the german occupation - criticsm to germans, after that they picked out the films from cinemas Till 1950s black and white films 1950s - "art tradition" movies - Drama/Novel turning into a film light entertainment + music (Morten Korch - special Danish tradition - "western" movies of danish people) Famous filmmaker: Th Dreyer - superrealistic films, with camera, and in the same time heavy, serious messages He needed for it so good actors (even from abroad) (Film) The World - 1944 - Famous - connected to one of the Danish national hero, martyr, or something like that story about a man, who thinks he is the resurrected Jesus pure nature, heavy thinking realistic static, but very simbolic later they got realistic more 1970s most of the Danish movies are comedys 1900 - 1970 -dominant genre: comedy - popular comedy period (Film) Olsenbanden - ser ro/dt - Decay of the big pricess - 1980s Karen Blixen - Isak Dineson - My African Farm - Out of Africa (Film) Seven gothic tales Babette's feast (Film) Life - Kenya, Sifilis Martin Andersen Nexo - famous writer, political books, socialistic a little bit Pelle, the conqueror - oscar winning (?) - 1980s (Bille August - The house of spirits, Goodbye Bafana (?)) (Film) Peter Ho/eg = Miss Smillas sense of snow, almost thriller 1975 - some directors decided that they wants to do something different - so they created DOGME 95, (signed document 1995) kind of unplugged movies no studio work, on location national light, national sound, props music only when music played on the set it has to be on color, but without extra light, special light handheld camera here and now, present time they can repeat the shooting, but they are trying to get it as long as it possible it is kind of protesting, first looks boring, but then you learn to understand it (Film) Festen - The Celebration (Ünnep, Pesti színház, otthon) (Film) Europa - Lars Von Trier (Film) Breaking of the waves (Film) Dancer in the dark (Film) Dogville - opposite of Dogme 95 (Film) Italian for begginers (Film) Portland (Film) Angels in fast motion - Nortkraft (Film) Flashing lights (Film) The bench (Film) The herritage (Film) The art of crying together (Film) Terribly happy (Film) The son of the happy birthday-cardwriter Finally 1980 1990 - back to basics, DOGME, realistic, psychological dramas actionfilms comedys mixtures 2000 - PerFly Trilogy Erling Jepsen - Terribly happy
The thing why I waited with posting it is because I wanted to compare it (by mentioning together) with the Globalization and Citizenship lessons.

On the first lessons of Globalization we mostly spoke about actual political cases, Durben I and II, Obama's speech, keywords searching, key words for teaching democracy.

On the another lessons of Globalizations we saw movie parts, and clips, and this is why I want this two subject together. They are quite different because on the globalization lesson we were speak about keywords, and globalization and citizenship by films.

But I have a question to my readers/Erasmus mates:

How Danish films speaking about this? For example Festen? I am sure it speaks a lot, but from a very different view.




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The third week: the week of a lot of work
Actually, on our third week we was very busy.

We started the week with M1, presenting our own school systems in groups. I presented the alternative ways of Hungarian education, and I was really happy when I heard that the 'normal' education system is very similar in the post - communist countries. (It was kind of, 'okay, than we are not that bad, as I thought' - feeling.) We had quite a lot of work with the presentations, but finally we succeed with them, and that was a very good experience because I have never thought before that I could do this kind of work in English! I was very proud of myself, really.



Presentations. The pictures was made by Kriszti.

The second presentation of the week was about our own culture, also in groups with Jette ( I have even translated Hungarian poems to English for this...). We was really afraid about that topic, because about your own country you have so many background informations and you cant really choose - this was the biggest problem of our presentation, I guess, because it became too long. At least, we brought something to eat for the others so they did not die in hunger - of course, it is just a joke. But it was quite long, I think, but nice.



Kriszti's photos.

In this week we also had music lesson, ETC, History, Danish, and Citizenship also, but I wanna write about them when we finished all of the lessons.

Anyway, it was a too busy week for me, and in the last days I was ill, so I have to have a rest now...



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Stereotypes and Jante's Law
On the 9th of february we had a really interesting topic, and this topic was about stereotypes, and national 'specialities'. I found it really interesting, and funny. We had to write sentences with the beginning 'I am (...nation...) because (...reason...)'. I really found it good, it can even be a drama game.

But to tell you somethings, about this. For example.

Have know that...?
  • Turkish people are drinking speacial coffee, and putting money to their bras?
  • Belgian people like to eat chocolat (and I have seen that they are eating it with bread!)?
  • Polish people like to drink vodka?
  • Czech people can play instruments and like to drink a lot of beer?
  • Hungarians are painting eggs at easter, and like spicy foods?

And have you known that...?
  • Danes are saying very often 'skaal'?
  • Have a special instrument?
  • National animal is the swan?
  • Very proud of being a Danish and they are using their flag a lot of time?
  • They are dancing and singing around the Xmas three?
  • They are puting the flag to the table at celebrations?
  • And they are like hygge?
  • Their attitude can be written down in Jante's law?
  • (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jante_Law)

Now, you know this. :)

And because of this topic I started to read the internet about the Danes and I have found a hungarian man's blog, who works here in Denmark two year ago, and he writed down this 12 sentences. I hope you will enjoy them.

How can you know that you have already spent a lot of time in Denmark?

1. If the wind blows, and the rain is soft you dont wear coats, because the weather is good.
2. Every where you go you are saying 'Hej' and when you are leaving 'Hej - Hej' (I think in this part of the country it is 'Mojn')
3. You are not suprised if you are seeing girls riding bicycle in skirts with gum-boots.
4. You are not saying that 'Sorry, I cant speak Danish', but only saying: 'English please!'
5. You can eat smorrebrod with cheese and jam.
6. You don't get suprised if they are asking you in the shops that do you want to keep the receit?
7. You are not counting with your own currency of money.
8. You know that if you are in the restaurant you dont have to give extra chips to the bartender.
9. You dont have curtains on your window, and you are not missing them!
10. Your window is full of with little things, and you like them.
11. You have candles and you are burning them every night, and call this hygge.
12. You are calling sales 'tilbug', or 'rabat'.




And the Jante's Law - which can be very weird to a foreigner -

  • Don't think that you are special.
  • Don't think that you are of the same standing as us.
  • Don't think that you are smarter than us.
  • Don't fancy yourself as being better than us.
  • Don't think that you know more than us.
  • Don't think that you are more important than us.
  • Don't think that you are good at anything.
  • Don't laugh at us.
  • Don't think that anyone of us cares about you.
  • Don't think that you can teach us anything.
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Module 1 from the first week
As I promised to you in this post I am gonna write more/show more pictures about the first week. This post will be about the Module 1, which contained in the first week: The Danish School system and comparative, Cultural dimension, and Danish.

About the first lesson. It was quite interesting, and I realized that my high school was really like the Danish system, so maybe I was the one who did not get new information, but get some new questions about my own past. And maybe I am the only one at the moment who really can feel, and can see, and can think about a similar system faults. About the education system this is one of my favourite topics: the alternative methods in Hungary. The final conclusion of this again: if you are basing in system in partnership you have to find those people (teachers) who can be really partners, and not just idealist wannabe-partners. Of course I know, that in Hungary it is really hard, mostly because of the communism. As Talmud says: If you are teaching your son, you are teaching your grandchildren too.
At least, we are trying to do something, and trying to evolve.

The cultural dimenson lesson was quite fun. We had a task to do something with hands about the stereotypes of Denmark. I let the pictures to speak.

Középre igazítás

And I will return to the Danish topic later - when I can pronunce at least one word correctly in Danish - damn, it is hard!



An art photo of the school.
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Happenings of the first week
The first week went away so fast. I cant even believe that I am here, the opportunity to came here was almost a miracle: somebody cancelled it, and I could come. Somehow I can't even realise that I am not at home, and I am just wondering, listening to the others, observing them. Tyring to understand that they are really my Erasmus mates, and to become an Erasmus student is not a dream anymore for me, because I am here, and I live this dream. I am sure that it will take a little more time to get realized in my mind, that I am really here, and I am really not dreaming - and by that time I am sure that I will try to save every minute to my brain, because I can't let my dreams go.

But. Away with those philosopical topics. In this week we had a very good time. We had some lessons with Jette, about culture, and cultural differenses. I will write about it later.
We had the first lesson about the Danish school system, and we did a quiz about Haderslev - it is a really interesting small city! We started to write our blogs, and we had a music lesson too. We had Danish lesson also, I will write about this also, but for now, I wanna show you some pictures of my staying in the first week.

I hope you will like them, all of them from my heart.



Haderslev, the town, where I am living and learning.

Származási hely: Kollázsok


Haderslev by night.

Származási hely: Kollázsok


By the lake. Did you know that the national animal of Denmark is a swan?

Származási hely: Haderslev


This is my bag. It is kind of tradition of mine, that if I am travelling I am making pictures of my bag alone. These are the adventures of the lost bag.

Származási hely: Haderslev

These pictures are really the favourites of mine now, because they are remaining me to this music:



"Standing on the bridge that crosses
the river that goes out to the sea.
The wind is full of a thousand voices;
they pass by the bridge and me."








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