Janks & Blood Diamond

Janks&Blood DiamondAmelia Marroccoli, Drew Stenton, Katlyn Young, Brain Hogervorst

JanksLanguage and literacyForegrounding:Domination - _________Access - ____________Diversity - _____________Design - _________________These orientations are crucially interdependent

(Janks 2011)Janks said these four orientations influence ones ability to interpret critical literacy, can we instill these skills in children at a young age?

Blood Diamond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPX2kXhu7I

Question .How do you interpret this films trailer?What assumptions can you make about the plot resolution?

What do you think the film makers intentions were?Could these intentions be different compared to one viewing it through a different cultural, gender, and age lense?

Blood Diamond AMELIA

We chose to deconstruct this movie due to the .

Race

Racial themes evidently emerge through out the progression of the film .As the main characters of the film are of opposing races, indifferences unanimously surface with the plots progression.

Without me you're just another black man in Africa, all right?

Examples of Race Access Janks (2009) emulates how ones access and availability to knowledge and resources determines an individuals place in society. The access Danny has to resources and other power sources is far more substantial to Solomans accessDomination Domination is an abundantly clear reproduction of power throughout various parts in the film. However, it is apparent there are several diverse hierarchies influencing this domination, where the American race dominates the African race.

Examples of RaceDesign Janks (2009) states this orientation centers around the concept of productive power through the use of multi modal forms to reflect these structures.Diversity There is great diversity between the main as well as supporting characters in the film, specifically the African and American races. This diversity brings both positive and negative influences dependant upon the diverse race of the individual.

Language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmnyUmeGhE8

Language With the use of tone, word selection, and body language, the commanders manipulate the boys into aggressive, inhuman RUF soldiers.

Language

Domination- Through manipulation the RUF leaders will reproduce the dominant forms (RUF), as they transform the minds of these captured boys.

Access-Accents, choice of words, and expressions are used creatively by characters to gain access through language.

Language

Diversity

Design

Globalization

DeconstructionDeconstruct our interpretations

--Understanding of not participating in blood diamond industryTough because going against dominating forms--This situation showing third world country with blood diamonds- this is happening in other countries with oil and other raw materials--Even of the blood diamond pr0trayed through film maker how did he get his information? Would the story be told be someone else change the movie? Different definitions of truth

Deconstructing our DeconstructionWe presented our deconstruction of the film, Blood Diamond to represent the atmosphere of the filmWe strategically incorporated images of each group member as we spoke. Or did we?As a group we believed the medium is the message, and the message is the medium. As there is a multimodality of communication forms presented in movie, we wanted to equally depicted this through our presentation as well.

ReconstructionReconstruct to convey a meaning, how it creates out reality Could be reconstructed within a classroom where students have to find within their own community similar power struggles. It could be as simple as buying local produce rather than imported foods. These contribute to dominant forms.

Education

Through our reconstruction it is apparent that Janks (2009) four orientations work interdependently.As Janks (2009) stated, educators can foster the critical analysis of these orientations in the classroom

How can you as a future educator instill these meaning making skills in your students?

Conclusion Through our deconstruction and reconstruction of the text, Blood Diamond, it is apparent Janks (2009) four orientations for critical literacy work interpedently as each continue to influence one another.Our role as educators is to show our students how to understand that popularized discourses are not the only truth.