Suri Lip Plates Discussion
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Follow the instructions below to complete the discussion.
Watch the YouTube video, Lip plates of suri women-Tribe-BBC [3:27], where a travel journalist explains the Suri lip plates (in Ethiopia and Sudan) to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) audience.
Post a response to the video clip you watched and addresses each the following:
Specifically, how does the journalist’s own context affect the way in which the Suri women and their tradition are portrayed?
Do you think the story would seem different if it came from another source? How/Why or why not?
Note one piece of information or a particular topic that you were surprised to see in the BBC piece.
Respond to one of your classmates by commenting on his/her surprising piece of information or topic.
Explain to your classmate why you think that information made “the final cut” in the video.
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Respond to:
Readings:
Collection of news pieces related to the TIME article and cover discussed in the module overview:
Afghan Women and the Return of the Taliban
Portrait of Pain Ignites Debate Over Afghan War
The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing Picture
Photographing Aisha for the Cover of TIME
McCutcheon’s General Introduction [PDF] to his volume, The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion.
Horace Miner’s article on the Nacirema [PDF].
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