Group 5 Celebrating diversity and difference:

• Research how each country is represented in the media (Some of this is also part of your prep task) Look at things like physical representation in terms of body image and models in the media. Look at tourism sites in terms of the wording used to describe each country and the images used.
• Why are we represented in this way? What do you think needs to change? Have we stereotyped?
• Look at the physical portrayal of beauty in each country. Is what is seen as beautiful in one country the same in the other nations?
• Should we all be different? Should difference be celebrated? Why/why not?
• Create an art installation representing “what makes us who we are as a collective team”. Look at us as physical beings but also what we represent as a group, how we define differene, how we define beauty. This can be a mixed media installation. (Photography/Paint/Fabrics etc)

 

 

 

Art Group Articles

 

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_{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29569473 - effect of models on young people}

 

_{http://reglam.me/size-diversity-in-fashion-helps-overcome-body-image-concerns/ -positive impact of average models} 

 

_{http://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/01/ashley-graham-tedx-talk-plus-size_n_7486982.html -TED talk by plus size model}

 

_{http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/long-way-go-minorities-and-media - effect of media on stereotypes} 

 

_{https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/ninchanese.com/blog/2016/05/12/western-vs-chinese-beauty-standards/amp/ - asian vs western beauty standards?}

 

_{http://www.tate.org.uk/artist-rooms/collection/themes/cultural-identity}

 

_{https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-and-understanding-ourselves}

_{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29569473}

_{http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/77736909/artist-makes-powerful-statement-about-body-image-with-gutwrenching-painting}