time flies - indigo magazine
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time flies - indigo magazine
Mindigo MAGAZINE Youth and New European Media @ Pobla de Vallbona WAITING TIME? NO PLEASE! THE FAST SOCIETY WANTS IT ALL AND WANTS IT NOW! BERLIN WALL FALL THE TURNING POINTS OF OUR REALITIES EUROPEAN STEREOTYPES FACE YOUR EUROPEAN MANGA www.indigomagazine.eu WHERE THE LOCALS TREAD FUN, FRÖLICH, MUCH MORE. MICHELANGELO WILL WAIT TIME FLIES The team and the motto Patricia Pablos Martín, Spain Alexandra Obretenova, Bulgaria “Europe is different” “stay tuned” Pierre Fagnart, Belgium “No brain, No headache” 2 Us Author: The editorial team Fabio Fanelli, Italian Carmen Valeanu, Romania “The movement you need is on your shoulders” “If you take your hand off my shoulder... I could fly this way” Marta Ibañez, Spain Nicola Ippolito, Italy “Being in this congress means an opportunity to know other youth European projects” “We have to go back to the island” Jemima Raman, India Belén Barrachina Perez, Spain “You live, you learn” “It has been really interesting for me to know about European media world” Adriana Ortiz, Spain “I never get bored of new technologies” Iwona Wilk, Poland “If you want your dreams to come true, Europe is the place!” Irene Sacchi, Italy Nadia Bocconcelli, Italy “Europe is a feeling” “the class is not water” Silvia Paolucci, Italy “Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift, that’s why it is called present” Alba Poveda Camino, Spain “I would like to meet a common Europe throughout media” Joeri Oudshoorn, Netherlands “I don’t want a strong Europe, I want a soft world” Dana Savuica, Romania “Here comes the sun and I say it’s all right” Martina Pluda, Italy “cogito ergo sum” Marco Roncella, Italy “Homo sum. Nihil humani alienum a me puto” Petre Fluerasu, Romania “Power..unlimited power..” Holiday planning Patricia and Belen are planning their holiday to Paris, chatting on MSN. What they do not know is that their mothers have already been there, 25 years ago... Holidays n you ggestio ave u s e h t for all ould h ank you e library we w h t , s i r a th ere in P k from re was oliday h guide we too h r u use the was o a c e g e h n b t i y e t er nd are enjo o get h dvice a he stree Hi!! We ithout your a aid, 8) t d the hotel: t s!! s u o y n fin .w ike gave us n what to do! 2 hours (not l w problem to sk fro directio get all the 1 e a w f s t o o a u t y n ad , ok nc o ad not k ely, it to rain. We also h map and we h the travel age n was reliable t a n u t r o o t i t e t r a h g u t d Unfo n o i o in h ent go comm em wit d not find it at we sp us that the ac a probl l h t u o e c m e i t e red ll w so sma member all th fter they assu time!! e r A r. ? u e s t a great o a n y g o w i n t t i Do a v o a h m e are h s infor ith no holiday et two days w holiday and w g n we even liday is still a d Jenina o an h a i n v a l i t Bu es!! S s s i K !! See you Patricia wrote: Hey Belen! How are you? Well, I’ve found a great flight to Paris. Check it out www.ryanair.com Belen wrote: Wow Patricia!! That’s an amazing offer! Do you know exactly how long does it takes? Patricia wrote: Sure! 1:30 h and we will be there. Belen wrote: Wow... it’s perfect! By the way, I’ve been searching on www.couchsurfing.com and I found a couple of families who would be willing to give us a roof. I am still checking the comments but they seems a great choice!! Patricia wrote Yes!! A great idea 2 take this accommodation :) The best 4 us!! Authors: Belén Barrachina Pérez Patricia Pablos Martín Silvia Paolucci Photo: www.314th.org Layout: Joeri Oudshoorn Irene Sacchi 3 EU Stereotypes José (Spain): brown hair and brown eyes, thin, tall, athletic, sociable. Face your European manga! 4 Planning Author Stereotypes: Nadia Bocconcelli Illustrations Stereotypes: Nadia Bocconcelli Author Simpsons: Fabio Fanelli Illustrations Simpsons: Irene Sacch Here we are. In the next days we will vote our European representative in the European Union. But, if we would have to choose our European stereotype, how should he look like? Will he or she be blond or brown? With blue eyes or green? Fat or thin? Does exist a European Stereotype? Indigo asked some internationals if they could imagine a representative for the whole continent. How would he or she look like? Fabio (Italy): black hair and blue eyes, Mediterranean look, tall and sociable. Iwona (Poland): brown hair and brown eyes, tall, athletic and happy. Jemina (India): short and blond hair, blue eyes, tall, athletic, a little bit shiny. Martina (Austria): short blond hair, light coloured eyes, self conscience, diplomatic Create your own European stereotype at www.faceyourmanga.com and send it to us: [email protected] United Simpsons United Simpsons of America of Europe Two different worlds, two different way of life, two different stories united by a TV Family. You said good bye, I said Yellow... Homer Rich Texan Lenny Willie Bart Troy McClure Chief Wiggum Pedro Luigi Üter Zörker Fat Tony Jacques Collections Before Postcards from all over the world. The explosion of the email and the possibility to attach picture has signed the death of those cards and the imagination of their collectors. Stamps. Less and less people are collecting them. After the death of the postcards they are now just for specialist. Collections Telephone cards! This was one of the most famous collections during the late 90’s. No SMS? No life. Nobody buy anymore those cards, we just send small message all over the continent. Author: Nicola Ippolito Photos: Jemima Raman Anne-kathrin Ragusa "phoneboot" < youthmedia.eu < CC-en-EN < License(by-nc < Collections After Sugar bags. Of any kind and size... how many did you already collect from you last travel in europe? Sugar bags. Of any kind and size... how many did you already collect from you last travel in europe? Exception Money. Collectors didn’t gave up, they just evolved. Before was a question of an entire monetary difference, Lire, Pesetas, Mark; Now are the little coins to be different from country to country, Did you already get the Slovenian version? Movie posters. The fruition is made easier. Now you can do it yourself. Download one from the internet and print it on A£ or A$ and it’s done.. there you began your collection of movie posters. 5 Studying around the world Every year thousands of European university students travel to foreign countries in order to know different places. Student exchange programmes are one of the most covered experiences of most students. 6 Exchange Author: Alba Poveda Camino Photo: Ana Mustar > youthmedia.eu > CC-License(by-nc-nd) The European Commission agrees that university studies are very essential to a society. Nearly 4000 universities teach professionals day by day, but unfortunely most of them choose to finish their formation abroad. So, for all those students who want to experience a different life and enjoy another point of view, this Commission proposes exchange programmes called Erasmus, Leonardo, Tempus, Atlantis… The Erasmus programme is a cultural exchange which offers the possibility to spend six months or a year in a different European country. In its twenty two years of existence, thousands of students have enjoyed it and all of them say the same: it is an amazing experience recommended for everyone. Leonardo programme gives a similar chance to the youth. It offers the possibility of hands-on training in the chosen field of studies. Studying in an other country for only a short period of time often diminishes the experience of a full university year. Luckily, from now on there is going to be a sort of solution. The Bologna programme is trying to build a common European University without differences of degrees in each country. Some participants from the programmes gave us their opinions about them. An Irish friend called Julie, student of International Communication Media travelled to Seville and Bilbao so that she could improve her Spanish and know the culture in a better way. It was possible for her thanks to the Erasmus programme. In her own words, “This has been an amazing experience for learning in a really international environment”. She says she didn’t have any problem, it has never been better for her marks, which have increased when she returned to Ireland. Marta, an Advertisement and Public Relations Spanish student, got an Erasmus programme, too, some years ago. She chose the Czech Republic, because she didn’t want to find herself in a city full of Spanish students, as she wanted to experience different cultures. It was a win-win situation, she says. Besides a gimpse into a different culture, she gets really well going with everyone there, she got to know an educational system completely different from the Spanish one. Where the locals tread Jemima was born in India. For three years, she has been living in Europe. Taking a detour from the tourists-led path, she says, has often led her to the real gems of the European cities. EUROPE has some pretty impressive architectural heritage. You don't need me to tell you that. But the thing is, after a while, it kind of goes over your head. Sometimes, it is easy to believe if you have seen one monument, you have seen them all. This, of course, is not true. But I am sure you know what I mean: sometimes all you have to do is squeeze your eyes tight and turn any which way and open them (so ok you might have to tilt your head and adjust the angle). You can see traces of Berlin in Budapest, Cottbus in Como... It took me a while, but now I am beginning to understand the art of traveling. Yeah sure, star attractions are star attractions. I mean, it doesn't make sense to go to Valencia and not see the architectural wonder, La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias. But what I really enjoy is "discovering" the spirit of the city. I stroll around, walk into shops that catch my fancy, sit in a corner and watch people, try and taste local delicacies, go to local markets, go to a club or a pub... While impressive buildings leave me impressed, these every day activities around me help me piece together the complex puzzle of life and its dynamics. Unexpected surprises, sometimes nasty, but mostly pleasant await me in every corner that I turn into. For instance, in Milano, I gave up exploring a medieval fortress just because it made so much sense to lie on the grass and soak up the spring sun like the locals. Three years ago, it would have bothered me to go to Milano and as a result I would not have seen the Last Supper. But now I am happy to explore the winding alleys, nooks and corners than stand in a queue that is as big as Europe. Oh yes, I do find it worthwhile. In Venice, I discovered this quaint little shop, away from the bustle of the touristy squares, where an old man let his imagination run wild: he was making exquisite leather Venetian masks. And in Florence, I was drawn to a shop that looked different from the chic facade of others. And lo behold, it was crammed to its last available space with most fantastic collection of shoes, handmade by this man, who was busy crafting another pair even when talking to me! If you ask me, traveling is all about finding little gems of moments that could be stored in our memory for as long as it lasts. For me Barcelona, for instance, 50 years hence will be a city of not only Gaudi but also of this girl who walked with me all the way to the police station to report the theft of my laptop. Perhaps, I will not be able to recollect her face as clearly as I can do now, but definitely my point of reference to Barcelona would be this wonderful person. The Outsider Author: Jemima Raman Photo: Jemima Raman 7 8 Photos: Irene Sacchi Joeri Oudshoorn Author: Marco Roncella Contrast Felicetta, 86 years old, born and and lived all her life in Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy). I knew all the people in my village, we were all like a big family, and we always helped each-other. As I was a child the grandparents were regarded as the centre of the family... my granddaughter live now in Germany and my grandson in Australia. I will never visit them, I will just wait them here, at home, to visit me. Klaus, 22 years old, born in Berlin and Erasmus student in Madrid. I am in Madrid since two months already and I feel really at home. The Erasmus is just a wonderful experience, there are no barriers. Most of the day I am surrounded by international people and I am fascinated by all the not understandable languages they speak. We've lost what we had! What a joy! Probably a good patriot would say “come and visit my country”. I am talking about Romania. But, was it possible 20 years ago? You probably will remain astonished. 10 Happy losses Author: Carmen Valeanu Photo: Joeri Oudshoorn Imagine you are able to fly. Not too high, just floating a bit. It is 3:00 in the morning, cold air around you. Suddenly you can find yourself wondering what is this queue made by pieces of textiles. today I cry remembering it - She will tell you, with tears on her eyes. - I was among that children who didn’t have enough milk and today I have calcium problem... Unbelievable but real. - Probably the old lady you see now sitting in the park is the one who could help you: After a small pauze and a deep breath the woman would go on - One Sunday a week your Dacia, the one and only car Romanian people could buy, would have stayed parked on the street waiting for it’s turn to be on the roads. Now in Romania, you can find the same things you find in other countries. 20 Years ago it would have been totally different. You would have wondered at television programms. Two hours. That's all. And of course we would have seen only what the authorities would have allowed us to see. For the children? Ten minutes of cartoons. A friend of mine was terrorised because a character on that cartoon had the same name as she. At 10 to 8 sharp in the evening all the mothers were calling their children from the window to go home and see the cartoon. One of the most common names for girls was Michaela at that time. My name is also Michaela. All other children in the rest of the world would have looked at Mickey Mouse, but not Romania, Romania had to look at Michaela.” “I usually got up at 2 o clock in the night - she begin her tale - I took my bag, two bottles, and I went straight to the stare, every morning. To a milk stare. I would have left my bag there and everybody else who have children would have done the same as me. One after the other we would have created this long line of textile bags. And all this just to go back to bed. Hundreds of bags waiting for the opening time of the stare. And this would have happened around six o’clock. The owners of the bags would have come back to the correspondent bags, just to begin the daily fight. Milk was never enough. Half of the queue would have gone back home with empty bottles. No milk for the children that day. Even With a sad smile on her face, she would go on - I would have loved to see those Europeans having to deal with one of our old stores. Nothing else than fish, biscuits and Vodka. Just sometimes you could find sugar, rise or meet, always rationed of course. Not more than one kilo of the main product a month. Now you probably discovered it. All the European coming to Romania are wondering how it is possible, all those beautiful girls in one country.” Diet, of course! Lost waiting times The A.S.A.P generation, our generation, is redefining the word fast. If an extraterrestrial entity had to depict or describe an image of our present society, he/she would probably say we are nervous and impatient robots travelling at the speed of light. Our lifestyle goes beyond his/her otherworldly understanding. Although it may seem like a “fantascientific” image, taken from the movies of George Lukas, this is the reality of our times: we are a fast society. People are always running, always connected by technology and always doing many things at once, not willing to waste too much time. The daily routine is full, but for every task there is only a circumscribed amount of minutes, perhaps even seconds. Were we always that fast and furious or did we simply forget how things used to work? We once used to wait for a music CD to come out, now we can download it even before it hits the stand. We once had to wait to see our holiday pictures after developing them, now we plug in the cable and have them digitally on our computer. We once had to wait for the postman, now we check our email. These are just a few and most simple examples of the fast lifestyle, but these easy actions are those that have radically changed our lives. We have really forgotten what it means to be patient. We are always impatient and want to gain the maximum from the time at our disposal. But no one is to blame: it is just a consequence of the evolution of our technologic society, whose roots are deeply anchored in the World Wide Web. Queues at post offices, banks and ticket counters are archaic in our minds because internet lets us pay the bills, check our bank account, buy train, airplane or concert tickets, attend office conferences, keep all our social contacts, book holidays and restaurants, download music, and so much more. We do not personally buy, nor physically attend to our tasks. We are not willing to wait or see things for ourselves, we want to know everything in advance and make sure everything works out as planned. Such is the immediacy of our plans that eating and sleeping have become secondary. Fast food and snack machines are everywhere and in some usually crowded restaurants, waiters do not work anymore because the menu is on a touch screen, from which you can order and pay the bill, without any real human contact. When you are in a rush, human contacts slow you down, stopping and greeting acquaintances costs precious minutes. Waiting times must be clear such as in metro stations or at crossing lights because the daily business is, at best, planned to the second, if not done in multi-tasking. Living the fast way means connectivity and immediacy. It means having the ability to plan and live the future because today is already the past. The past where we had to wait. Author: Martina Pluda Photo: Irene Sacchi Berlin Wall Fall Every time a wall falls down, it certainly changes our world. “America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better.” Anthony Walton 12 Turning point Author: Petre Fluerasu Picture: Max Strohmeier > youthmedia.eu > CC-en-EN > License(by-nc-nd When you think about mankind, you first observe the turning points, the moments when everything turns around. We learn from our mistakes, and that makes us better in our every day life. There are the turning points that move a generation, the moments that shape the world visibly. That first man who climbed the Berlin wall helped to bring down a system and brought together two completely different realities. People adapted, people worked together, and if you ask now a 20-year old who grew up in this period of reunification, his life experience is shaped by two different ways of life. Two worlds that come together. Moments like the Berlin Wall Fall happen more often than we can imagine. The first moment we exit our country could be the moment our wall collapses. Or maybe the first day spent in a multicultural environment can be that breaking point. European identity is in the end just the melting of the walls that block us. This period of crisis proved once more that when faced with a realistic problem, Europeans come together and are able to produce viable solutions. A lesson in breaking imaginary walls and surpassing turning points. History is in fact a string of turning points, the way the negotiating goes is the real key… Every aspect of our world is about turning points, about bringing down the walls that split us apart. Some of the moments are more visible, like the bringing down of Ceausescu or the Voting of the Lisbon Treaty… But there are so many other moments, of different magnitude, moments when people come together and just start drawing nice pictures on what were once monuments of intolerance. Europe has a habit of learning from it’s own mistakes. The Berlin Wall Fall taught us not to separate things, but to bring them together: to use our experience in order to transform and to progress. In the end, if you think about it more, you understand that each and every one of us have our own Berlin wall. And if we get rid of that, we can truly be free… The BioLogic Bio-maniacs are here! Whatever you call it, it is a fact now. The organic revolution has started and Europe has become one of the major players in the organic game. According to the 2003 statistics of the European Commission, Europe is at the third place after Oceania and Latin America in possession of organic land. Does it mean that Europeans are more aware of what they eat or are they are just bored with their lifestyles? Great Britain and Germany are examples of two countries which became very serious about offering their citizens the opportunity to choose between ‘ordinary food’ and the organic one. Scottish supermarket chain Scotmid offers their clients a great selection of organic products and locates such products in a separate section in their stores. It seems that being organic is a conscious decision that people make. Iwona Wilk, who has been living in Scotland for three years said: “It influences everybody. Organic products are advertised as healthier and safer to eat. After the awareness campaigns teaching people about the amount of unhealthy additives in food, people started going crazy about what they eat. You really do not want to be different. So you join it!” Healthiness and lifestyle are certainly important issues. The only concern is the price. European Commission’s report states that organic products are, on average, 20 per cent more expensive. Why? Does it suggest that European governments only consider the wealthy part of their country’s population? It seems that Europeans have to choose between being healthy and going for a holiday. What would you choose? However, if you are one of those bio maniacs, you should know that: • The organic food is available at a number of places like local food stores, farmer’s market, farms, even online stores. That’s right, online stores! • Don’t forget to search for the logo of the item, because it’s the only thing, which guarantees that the item produced is organic! • Make sure you know which organisations are authorised to sell organic food in your region! • Keep a watch on the price- it could be really high! • Besides the food, by the way, there are also organic clothing, cosmetics and lifestyle products! Bon Appétit! Organics Author: Alexandra Obretenova Iwona Wilk Photo: Max Strohmeier youthmedia.eu < CC-en-EN < License(by-nc-nd < 13 EU is good for you 14 Health Author: Pierre Fagnart Pictures: Dominique Houcmant Michael T. > youthmedia.eu > CC-License(by-nc) European Union has initiated a variety of measures aimed at improving public health and preventing human illnesses and diseases. Even if European legislation exists, there are obviously a lot of differences between several countries. Speaking of public health, we can make a distinction between three seperate topics: alcohol, tobacco and drugs. Europa has the highest rate of alcohol consumption per inhabitant and a high level of alcoholrelated harm. Alcohol laws vary between different countries. In most of them, you must be 18 to be allowed to buy spirits, but only 16 to buy and consume beer or wine. There are exceptions. For instance, you can be 16 and purchase spirits in Italy, but you have to be 18 if you want to drink beer in United Kingdom. Alcohol is also related to road accidents. In most EU countries the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) is set at 0,05%. But, once again, exceptions exist. There is no limit in Czech Republic and a limit of 0,08% in Ireland. Tobacco is the largest cause of avoidable death in the EU. The number of smokers includes approximately a third of the European population. Once again, laws are different depending on the country. Although in the most EU countries it is not permitted to smoke in public places, there are countries like Latvia or Lithuania that allow people to smoke, for example, in trains. Drugs are another huge problem for EU officials. Many anti-drugs organisations have been set up to prevent the spread of drug addictions. One of them is the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Most countries seem to agree on a total ban of producing, selling and using drugs. However, the Netherlands have an unusual legislation which allows selling of so-called « soft drugs ». Belgium has a strange law too. In this country, you can possess cannabis but you can not buy or grow it! In conclusion, European countries are in support of an agreement and follow more or less the same rules. However, some governments just follow their minds! These specific aspects are what makes Europe unique and lovable! Hugging Europe "Tell all the haters that they should just shut and smile." Bowling for Soup - Shut up and smile Juan Mann’s guide talks about the meaning and the importance of a free hug and much more: a free hugs campaign. He lived in Landon for a period and when he arrived back in Sydney, he was just with a bag in his hometown. So, he got some cardboard and a marker and made a sign. At first people didn’t take them seriously, but he still received some hugs. He was banned. But later on, he managed to get a lot of signatures and continue his campaign, which now has become a trademark all across the continent. More and more countries adopted his idea and made their own Free Hugs Campaign. Countries like France, Spain, Germany, Romania, Scotland, Greece, Finland and so many others came together to promote and support this idea. As in Juan Mann’s case, the natives were skeptical and looked weird at the initiative. But some really believed in the concept and dared to hug unknown people from the street with ‘free hugs’ signs. In Romania, it started with a small campaign on the 23 December 2006. It happened to be so cold that people were actually hugging in order to keep warm. Against all odds, the event really turned out great, showing once more the power of real feelings and the love for life that comes out in every one of us given the right circumstances. The Free Hugs has already swept Europe, and people from different cultures and traditions came together to show that yes they can! J The only real problem the organizers had was a language problem, because many of the people didn’t understand the concept of “free hugs” in English. But this problem was solved when the local associations decided to translate the name in every single language. So people hugged, and had a great time, united in difference… Author: Daniela Savuica Photos: Jemima Raman Irene Sacchi The european adverts have just suffered a huge change. Not only when speaking about desing, but also thinking in the target audience. To ejemplify this-fact, we show you to different adverts from two important events for european citizens; one of them is 1996 elections campaing in contrast with the 2009 elections, which take place in 9th May. Authors: Adriana Ortiz Galbe Marta Ibañez Illustrations: European Union 1996 Colours: This advert uses differents colors, like dark blue, light blue, white, orange, red and black. Tipography: Without sherif, with numbers and letters, capital letter is bigest than the other. The slogan is italic. Composition: It has four different parts dividing the advert. Each of them tries to represent the European culture. In the middle there is the European flag. Text: There is not text. However there is one slogan at the botton. 2009 Colours: Dark blue, white and yellow are the main different colours. Tipography: Without sherif, bold letters and the first sentence it’s bigger than the second one. Composition: Two different photos of chiken food in the middle of the add. At the left botton there is the slogan, and in the opposite side we can see the logo of the 2009 elections. Text: As the other one there is no text but 2009 advert has two longer sentences than the older add. The most importan one says: “How much lebelling do we need?”. In conclusion, in these last 25 years the advertisement have changed in colours, tipography, composition and text. We can see that in 1996 add is composed by graphic design, but nowadays the new advert looks more realistic.