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When you think about the times you have travelled in your lifetime… would you have considered yourself a tourist<\/em> or a traveller<\/em>?<\/p>\n Were you wearing the classic “I\u00a0\u2665 [insert destination here]” T-shirt, a disposable camera around your neck, a bucket hat, sandals and socks?<\/p>\n Okay… maybe a lil’ stereotyped.<\/p>\n But how do\u00a0you\u00a0<\/em>travel?<\/p>\n Do\u00a0you spend the most of your time observing<\/em><\/strong> or do you prefer to experience<\/em><\/strong> things for yourself?<\/p>\n Do you stick out? Blend in?<\/p>\n Do\u00a0you pay attention to the people and your surroundings? Are\u00a0you aware and respectful of cultural norms?<\/p>\n Do\u00a0you complain about the food, the weather conditions or the hassles that come with your\u00a0journey? Or instead of comparing your\u00a0new destination to the comforts of your\u00a0home… are\u00a0you curious? Do you have an open mind?<\/p>\n Do\u00a0you come home with a thinner wallet, a dark tan and souvenirs or do\u00a0you come home with new scrapes and bruises, new friends and countless stories to share\u00a0when you return home?<\/p>\n In the graphic narrative ‘Safe Area Gorazde’, Joe Sacco depicts himself as being different from other journalists during the Bosnian war in the approach he took with his journalistic technique. On the first image on page five\u00a0of the graphic narrative, Joe Sacco first arrives in Gorazde surrounded\u00a0by a dozen of other journalists and a buzz of excitement circulating amongst\u00a0the locals of the village.<\/p>\n On page six, we see two different journalistic techniques and the distinct contrast between them. In the first image, we see\u00a0an extremely busy scene: outside<\/em><\/strong>, journalists, cameras, microphones and dozens of local citizens observing the action. In the second image, we are taken inside<\/em><\/strong> one of the locals’ living rooms. Sacco draws himself on the edge of the couch and displays\u00a0his openness with a huge grin plastered on\u00a0his face and a posture displaying his attentiveness. He was full of curiosity and keen to listen to all of the\u00a0personal stories that were being shared from those around him.<\/p>\n Sacco was a perfect example of a true\u00a0traveller<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as opposed to a tourist.<\/p>\n Throughout his time in Bosnia, Sacco immerses\u00a0himself in the culture, the history and the reality of the war-torn town of Gorazde. Rather than observing from afar or through the lens of a camera, Sacco directly places\u00a0himself in the shoes of the locals. After\u00a0returning to Gorazde through the ‘blue road’, Sacco states that “It’d been [his] turn to understand how much more than a few kilometres of road separated [him] from [the citizens of Gorazde]”\u00a0(Sacco, 2000, p. 67).<\/p>\n As a journalist, it is often required to do a significant amount of observing<\/em><\/strong>. Joe Sacco accomplished not only this but was also able to do\u00a0some of his own\u00a0experiencing<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by immersing himself in the culture of the village and getting to know the local citizens as dear friends. Sacco certainly\u00a0wasn’t wearing an “I \u2665 Gorazde” T-shirt but instead, he took home with him his \u2665 of the people of Gorazde along with his memories, connections and various stories in order to create this graphic narrative that readers such as you and I are reading today.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you think about the times you have travelled in your lifetime… would you have considered yourself a tourist or a traveller? Were you wearing the classic “I\u00a0\u2665 [insert destination here]” T-shirt, a disposable camera around your neck, a bucket hat, sandals and socks? Okay… maybe a lil’ stereotyped. But how do\u00a0you\u00a0travel? Do\u00a0you spend the … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jenwithapen\/files\/2017\/01\/tumblr_m9iqxyYX9A1r5c7wk.jpg\")
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In order to immerse\u00a0himself even more, Sacco attends many get-togethers, parties and even “The Piramida”-Gorazde’s own discotheque. At one of these parties, Sacco meets a man named Edin who turns out to be Sacco’s “main man, [his] main man”\u00a0(Sacco, 2000, p. 8). Edin serves as Sacco’s personal tour guide and sense of insight into the harsh reality of the town of Gorazde. Sacco returns to Gorazde three different times and each time, he said, “[he] sought out Edin to help [him] put the pieces of the story together” (Sacco, 2000, p. 16).<\/p>\n
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