Thesis Introduction working

INTRODUCTION

“We are sure that what is going on now in Libya is crimes against human­ity and crimes of war” (Dabbashi, 2011)

How did you arrive towards your project?

I inspired myself towards my project by seeing all this discrimination on the television, news and newspaper I always ask questions to myself. Nibda nsaqsi lili nnifsi mistoqsijiet bhal, “ima dawn in nies jafu li adda iz zmien ta discriminazzjoni u razzizmu, u li issa ahma kbirna u mmaturajna bhala pajjizi uniti”. Kif ad aw pajjizi fejn ad em dal kummidji/diskriminazzjoni kola. Nsaqsi lili nnifsi ukol meta nara xi campaigns ax nibda najd lie m certa nies li jahdmu hafna al kontra daw lingustizji, imam generalment daw dejjem jigu injurati jew jaqaw fuq widejn torox. L iktar haga li inspiratni u li qabditni ix xewqa li nahdem fuq dan is sugget kient l ingustizzja li rajna dan l ahhar fl egittu u fil Libya. All this abuse of power is leading to; conflict, violence and suffering, I decided to emphasis my studies on discrimination and stereotype. Ghax nahseb li kul tip ta diskriminazzjoni dejjem tigi min sterotype li tinsab awtomatika gon nies anke min ta eta zajra, u nahseb li hija difficli hafna jek mux impossibli bix tnehhija. From all the types of discrimination I chose to work on geographic location discrimination. This type of discrimination is not known as much as racism etc, but it’s the most that people suffer from and it’s found almost everywhere. Sometimes people discriminate and prejudge even without knowing that they are discriminating others, because of the default stereotypes (li jhadnu). Mottiv ihor alfejn azilt location discrimination and stereotype ax din it tip ta diskriminazzjoni tinsab hafna f malta u ahna bhala pajjiz ana hafna stereotypes kwazi al kull pajjiz. Din it tip ta diskriminazzjoni f malta anda liktar effet bejn nies tan north u tas south, u bejn in nies puliti (pepe) u dawk iktar tas south (hamalli). Alkem din id diskriminazzjoni tinsab bl essagerazjjoni f malta u aw min ibati hafna minna, hafna nies juzawa bhala cajta jew inkejja u nies maltin jafu jihdu cajta fuq pajjizom.
 
What are you expecting to have at the end – project + write-up

What are you going to do? What will the final project be? How will you answer your research question?
At the end of my project I’m expecting to have, fl ahhar ta din it tezi jina ha niprova nimira al zewg affarijiet importanti biss. 1 li jina bhala individuwu inkkabbar in knowledge tijaj u nittallem izjed fuq din il problema ta diskriminazzjoni u stereotyping. Ax din il problema ma tantx tista tevitata allura forsi iktar tista tigi mnqasa, bix niprova nejx hajja ahjar u anke jekk ikolli l opportunita nkun nista nati ezempju tajjeb. U it tini haga bix namel naqa iktar emphassy fuq din il problema. Alkem naf li kullhadd jaf li qed ikun aw diskriminazjjoniet il hinkollu u anke f pajjizna, ma jfissirx li kluhadd jejx sew. Jina minix se noqod nidhol f jek il haga hijix tajba jew le, jew jek andekx tamel ek jew tamel ek jek jigri ek. Xoli f din ir rickerka ha jkun newtrali just ha nuri il pubbliku ingenerali il fatti kif qedin, plus li ha nati ic cans lil udjenza li tista tihu l interpretazzjoni personali taha tax xol tijaj. 

Bhala project kelli f mohhi li ntella installation b kuncett ben preciso, fejn f din l installation nuri sett ta ritratti imanipolati b uzu ta programmi bhal (photoshop). Ovjament ir ritratti ha jkunu mehudin minni u ha jkunu kola jittrataw il Malta. Bhala tema ha nahdem fuq geographical location discrimination u stereotype, u bhala kuncett ir ritratti ha jkunu naqa tricky u li jqarbu bik ma lewwel daqqa tajn. Din il haga ha tkun mamula apposta bix inkisser l ideja ta stereotype, u ngijjel aktar in nies jirrifletu u jahsbu meta jaraw post minflok jaqbdu u jiggudikaw. Linstallation titargetja nies ta eta min 13 il sena il fuq, pero nahseb li tkun naqa difficli al nies over 60s biex jifmu jew aktar jaccetaw din il haga. L installion ha tkun still modern, clean u pulit imma xorta ha jkolla karatru kifukol, element ta 3D bix tkun xi haga iktar playful, interattiva u li tihu gost thares leja. (Aktar milli xi haga print cassa mal hajt)
 
How will you be doing it? (social aspect of project)

(how you tackled and started your project) For this project I researched several stereotypes worldwide, from which I could easily identify different types of discrimination and I chose one which interested me most. azilt li nkompli nahdem fuq geographical location discrimination ax nahseb li tinsab f’hafna pajjizi u aldaqstant mijix tigi ikkosidrata bhala haga gravissima, u ad aw hafna nies li jbatu a kawzi t hekk. Barra li ir ricerka fuq stereotypes, amilt ukol ricerka fuq location discriminazzjoni, din jin ikkunsidrajta bhala l problema ewlenija tijaj. Sibt hafna informazjjoni, kotba u anke artikli li ejnuni nigbor u naqqad largumenti tijaj.
 
(technical aspect = others’ work – Key figures (names of photographers)

I also researched different artist’s and graphic designer’s work to see how they tackled the problem of geographical location discrimination and how they tend to break the stereotype. I found some good information with interesting designs and thoughts. Sibt ukol l opportunita li nuza xi xolijjiet ta fotografu li xolu lili personalment vera jogobni. Bruce Gilden huwa wihed mil Magnum photographers hu huwa wihed mil kbar net fejn jidhol street photography. Peress li jin kelli nkun hinkolllu fit triq u sacertu punt kelli kuntat dirett man nies, ma stajtx ma nigix inspirit min dan il photographer. Fix xol tijaw huwa hinkollu jinvolvi is socjeta u gili ha xi ritratti ta diskriminazzjoni f Detroit l Amerika. Alluwra xolu kin ta ajnuna kbira alija.
 
Local research + Conclusion

I adopted the findings for Malta and also researched what type of stereotypes we have and how they came to us. I also researched how we discriminate one another, and where jisabu lizjed postijiet kkomuni fejn xi had jista jiddiskrimina l xi had jew inkella jigi iddiskriminat u aliex. Al dak li involva l progett, barra ir ricerka bdejt nohrog spiss bil camera u nara x nista insib interessanti bix nibni l installation. L idejat kinu svillupati sforz ta process li addejt minnu tul iz zmin li kont qed nihu ritratti u nitallem iktar stereotypes maltin.