Discussion 4.1: Picture this… the Acropolis!

You are a reporter covering the devastation and aftermath of 9/11. As luck would have it, you wander into a wormhole and are transported through time and space to Athens in the 5th century BCE. As you gaze up at the constructions on the Acropolis (initiated a generation after the Persian invasion) how do the experiences and ideas that you view in this architectural complex and within the 5th-century city of Athens itself compare with what you witnessed in New York City? What political, artistic and cultural ideas seem similar and what ideas seem different?

Discussion 4.2: After Alexander

Where and how do we see the world of art change after the conquests and eventual death of Alexander the Great? Identify 2 examples that demonstrate the changes that you believe were directly related to the Alexander’s conquests and discuss how these conquests affected their creation.

Discussion 4.3: Terracotta Warriors

Discuss the religious, political, and personal components of the art of Shih Huan ti’s terracotta warriors. Why terracotta? Why were so many life-sized statues created and then buried? What were the religious, magical, or political ideas that were expressed in this site?

Discussion 5.1: Roman Art

Roman Art is sometimes described as just an Italian version of Greek Art, however as you’re beginning to see it’s much more complicated than that. Identify two examples of art or architecture from the Republican period and discuss what aspects of these express native “Roman” values, ideas or traditions.

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2.4 Translating Privacy into French

Module 2

Section 4: Translating “privacy” into French

Overview

In this section we will explore notions of personal space and privacy. We will also think about how differences in the conceptions of private vs. public from culture to culture can cause misunderstandings and even friction.

Key terms and concepts: Privacy

 

Table of Contents:

· Chapter 3:  Private Space  (Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong, pp. 31-45)

Objectives for this section:

After completing the following readings, see if you are able to do these things:

· Cite examples that illustrate differences between French and North American cultural notions of “privacy.” · Imagine a situation in which a  misunderstanding between a French employee and North American tourist occurs where the problem  is not one of language miscommunication but rather of a different set of cultural norms having to do with private space. · Give two historical reasons that might explain why the French mind-set includes a preference for using shutters and an aversion for talking about money that might strike North Americans as peculiar.

Chapter 3: Private Space (Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong, pp. 15-29)

          Study Questions

· What does the word “privacy” mean to you?

· Do you feel that you behave very differently in public than you do at home? Are there different codes of conduct?

· Do you feel that you can be very good friends with someone very different from you and with whom you might disagree a lot?

Robert Doisneau, “The Kiss” (1950)

 

French home: note the shutters 

American home: note the picture window..

Students of French soon learn that the English word “privacy” has no equivalent in French.  N-B spend this chapter relating a series of anecdotes that illustrate why this is so.  In France, there are different notions for what is considered personal space and what is considered private space.  A lot of misunderstandings between people raised in different cultures arise from these differences.  Sometimes these differences  can be a source of  great humor as well as a source of great discomfort, confusion, and mistrust.  By considering France from an historical perspective, we gain insight into the culture that has given birth to certain attitudes and customs frequently cited as “typically French.”

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