OUIL401 Preparatory Task

Historical
Definition: Of or concerning history or past events. 
"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." - Edmund Burke 

People have been drawing since the beginning, to communicate ideas and with each other. Art has always been a huge part of any society, whether people realise it or not.

Considering this happened a century ago, there still exists a lot of sexism in the world today, even in 'first-world' societies like England. History can and does repeat itself.





Social
Definition: Relating to society or its organisation. 
"In a society that has destroyed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that society." - Unknown

Social media is actually anti-social. No-one connects face-to-face anymore. Society is becoming digitized.

It's awful that poverty is still so common today, especially in our society which is considered one of the best in the world. Why is this happening? We are conditioned to ignore it - to look away.





Political
Definition: Of or relating to the government or public affairs of a country. 
"Diapers and politicians should be changed often, and for the same reason." - Mark Twain

I think this image pretty much speaks for itself.

 This photo was taken in 2011 at protests against education reform in Colombia. It shows the effect of politics on both sides of the line; police and civilians. People still have humanity even though politicians repeatedly try to crush it.





Cultural
Definition: Relating to the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a society. 
"Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture." - Wendell Pierce

Pop culture, consumerism, capitalism. Everyone is obsessed with things and owning brand names etc.



 

On one hand, I like selfie culture because anyone can take a picture of the sky and there'll bethousands of pictures that look the same, whereas only you can document your memories and your friends and those pictures will never be the same as anyone else's. However, a more cynical view is that nowadays everyone is only connected by social media and face-to-face communication barely exists anymore - social media is actually anti-social. Similar to technology/society.

Technological
Definition: Something that's based in science and applied to every-day life to solve problems.
"Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master." - Christian Lous Lange

Similarly to my perception of culture and society, this image shows how plugged in to technology we are and how reliant on it we are. Is it dangerous to be so attached?