From their media to our media

A guide to culturally sensitive media education

This guide provides practical tools for professionals who work with young people. This page offers you methods for organising workshops. The methods are part of the ‘From their media to our media’ guide, which includes not only methods but also background information on related topics. You can find the whole guide in Finnish here.

Culturally sensitive media education & Towards a safer space

Kuvituskuva: Piirros olohuoneesta, jossa on kyltti "syrjinnästä vapaa alue"

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY & SAFER SPACE

What is culturally sensitive media education? And what about a safer space? This section tells how you can work in a culturally sensitive way step by step.

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Method 1: Interpretation and production of images

Kuvituskuv: piirros, jossa on sommitelmassa kannettava tietokone, älypuhelin, valokuvia ja aikakausilehti.

REPRESENTATION

How do images in the media affect how we perceive the world? Can everyone find role models in the images in the media? Participatory and visual methods can be used to address the ways in which young people perceive the world.

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Cultural sensitivity means critically assessing how other people’s backgrounds and our assumptions about these affect the way we behave when we are with them. The assumptions are not always conscious, and for that reason it is important to take time to reflect on them.