Knowing The World

Not sure where to post this one so I'll just leave it in this board.

Knowing the world
The Norwegian diplomat Charung Gollar was asked to present the UN with a graphic showing the main problems in the world in 2004.  He presented a set of 8 pictures entitled "The power of stars" and was applauded for the simplicity of his idea.  In spite of having no pretension at all, his work was presented to participate to the Nobel Price of Politic Marketing.

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Angola
Brazil
Burkina Faso
China
Colombia
Europe
USA

Icaro Doria is Brazilian, 25 and has been working for the magazine Grande Reportagem, in Lisbon, Portugal, for the last 3 years. He is part of the team (with Luis Silva Dias, João Roque, Andrea Vallenti and João Roque) that produced the flags campaign which has been circulating the Earth in chain letters via e-mail. Icaro gave us a small statement about the campaign, translated by Isabell Erdmann:

The magazine Revista Grande Reportagem is a Hard Journalism magazine, on the same line as the Times. The idea was to bring across the concept that the magazine offers profound journalism about topics of real importance to the world of today.

This is how we thought of the concept Meet the World.

We started to research relevant, global, and current facts and, thus, came up with the idea to put new meanings to the colours of the flags. We used real data taken from the websites of Amnesty International and the UNO.

The campaign has been running in Portugal since January 2005. There are eight flags that portray very current topics like the division of opinions about the war in Iraq in the United States, the violence against women in Africa, the social inequality in Brazil, the drug trafficking in Columbia, Aids and malaria in Angola, etc.

With regards to the email presenting the campaign as being done by a Norwegian diplomat, this information is completely wrong. There is no Norwegian diplomat called Charung Gollar, there was no presentation in the UNO, and the campaign is not called ‘The Power of the Stars’. This was all invented and is going round the world via email.

I don't get it.  Is he saying these are the problems?

You mean the countries? LMAO Oh Nooooo.

They're images...but this forum resizes saved images from L to XXS so I've hyperlinked the words to their images.

LMAO sorry about that.

I don't get it.  Is he saying these are the problems?

I think that there is no any justification to all that, this words that have been said are not actual or proven things...its just a simlpe way of letting people view other parts of the countries poorly the flags with stars can not determine the number increase of HIV or povertly,or all the e.t.c the analysis are not fair...i dont think that this should be used as a form of any thing...that is my pure thought and i stand by it....i could be wrong but i dont think that the stars stand for the problems..i hope i got your question right?Thats my point of view though.. ...cheers."All that is written is not always justified"

Okay Sabrina, I just clicked on the images.  It's all clear!  Thanks!

I think that nations should take a page out of America's book and resist defining themselves by their problems. America always defines itself as the "greatest nation in the world" yet-it has the highest rate on non-war related shootings, mental illness, rapes, murders and we all know about racism. Yet - the image of America that is based on its propaganda attracts the brightest, most ambitious and industrious from countries all over the world. These people add to America's acheivements and makes the propaganda a self-fufilling prophecy. Individuals need to learn this as well.

If you define yourself by your problems, your color or your disabilities - you limit yourself to the limitations within those definitions. However, if you think well of yourself - you will be able to aspire to a greater place than you imagined. Did you know that people who see themselves as victims of circumstances are more likely to remain victims? Primarily because they won't do what is necessary to change the script that they have written for themselves so once again, it becomes a self-fufilling prophecy. Don't let others define you or your country - write your OWN definitions and claim the treasure that is yourself. You're going to have setbacks, dissapointments, pain - this is also part of the human experience but - you're also going to have joy, happiness, moments of peace, love, orgasms, laughter, friendship etc. Focus on the joy and the good things. On my first trip to Africa, I went during the rainy season and the flies were like a crowd of aggressive people. I was so aggravated and couldn't find a can of bug spray anywhere. I'm used to taking long walks through neighborhoods and nearly passed out from the heat, my short afro felt like a helmet and I was pissed when lunch wasn't on time. However, as the fog of discontent cleared, I noticed that people left their doors open, that people were not afraid of each other, that folks had time to talk to each other, that women dressed beautifully even if they were just walking up and down the streets, that nearly all the sons had fathers, that the land was beautiful, the food was pure and unadulterated and delicious, the music was pumping and even the poorest people smiled a lot and spoke more than one language. The West judges people soley by economic measures but what about the spiritual ones that make living worthwhile? I think that that was when my thinking changed on how outsiders judge places and how a person defines themselves.

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I think that nations should take a page out of America's book and resist defining themselves by their problems. America always defines itself as the "greatest nation in the world" yet-it has the highest rate on non-war related shootings, mental illness, rapes, murders and we all know about racism. Yet - the image of America that is based on its propaganda attracts the brightest, most ambitious and industrious from countries all over the world. These people add to America's acheivements and makes the propaganda a self-fufilling prophecy. Individuals need to learn this as well.

If you define yourself by your problems, your color or your disabilities - you limit yourself to the limitations within those definitions. However, if you think well of yourself - you will be able to aspire to a greater place than you imagined. Did you know that people who see themselves as victims of circumstances are more likely to remain victims? Primarily because they won't do what is necessary to change the script that they have written for themselves so once again, it becomes a self-fufilling prophecy. Don't let others define you or your country - write your OWN definitions and claim the treasure that is yourself. You're going to have setbacks, dissapointments, pain - this is also part of the human experience but - you're also going to have joy, happiness, moments of peace, love, orgasms, laughter, friendship etc. Focus on the joy and the good things. On my first trip to Africa, I went during the rainy season and the flies were like a crowd of aggressive people. I was so aggravated and couldn't find a can of bug spray anywhere. I'm used to taking long walks through neighborhoods and nearly passed out from the heat, my short afro felt like a helmet and I was pissed when lunch wasn't on time. However, as the fog of discontent cleared, I noticed that people left their doors open, that people were not afraid of each other, that folks had time to talk to each other, that women dressed beautifully even if they were just walking up and down the streets, that nearly all the sons had fathers, that the land was beautiful, the food was pure and unadulterated and delicious, the music was pumping and even the poorest people smiled a lot and spoke more than one language. The West judges people soley by economic measures but what about the spiritual ones that make living worthwhile? I think that that was when my thinking changed on how outsiders judge places and how a person defines themselves.

Puplepens, u're just an outspoken person...JUST LIKE ME.....but many sometimes argue with mine....hehe