Hi there fellow bloggers and readers!
As you can probably tell, this is my first post here and seeing as it is, I’ll let you get to know me a little better before we start. I am from Surrey, BC and I recently just started my first year here at UBC in the faculty of arts. As an arts student we had many choices when choosing our courses. We could make our own timetables, be in ArtsONE, or many of the different CAP programs. Although we had all of these choices, for me personally, I knew that I wanted to be in the Global Citizens stream of CAP.
So I said I knew I wanted to be in the Global Citizens stream, but what exactly is a global citizen? To me, a global citizen is a person who looks to make sense of ideas and problems through different viewpoints. By doing so, they are able to form an understand concepts from a global perspective.
Last week, students in the Global Citizens stream came together along with their professors in a joint lecture. In the lecture we discussed what a global citizen is from a political, sociological, and literary point of view.
From a political point of view, it focuses on cosmopolitanism meaning that we all belong to a single community. Paticularily about how societies are organized and how it can create conflict.
Sociologically, it is about seeing the bigger picture. It is about seeing the relationship between your own personal troubles and public issues. By being able to see this relationship, you can see it from a different perspective and possibly find an explanation for not only yourself, but others and to take action.
Finally, from a literary view, it is more about how you analyze the different issues and possibly find solutions. With literature, you are able to express things not only from a literary point of view, but also a political and sociological.
Anyway, hopefully this made some sense to you and that I’m not just talking to myself.
Until next time!
Elizabeth