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the spanish civil war through cartoons GERNIKAKO BAKEAREN MUSEOA FUNDAZIOA FUNDACIÓN MUSEO DE LA PAZ DE GERNIKA Foru plaza, 1, Gernika-Lumo (Bizkaia) Tel. 94 627 0213 hezkuntza.museoa@gernika-lumo.net www.museodelapaz.org
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR THROUGH CARTOONS We will approach the subject of the Spanish Civil War through the graphic vignettes in the exhibition Cartoons to Remember. Humorous vignettes in the press are a very attractive tool, summarising a lot of information in a single image and using humour. In our case, they will help us to deal with the art of the early 20th century and to understand humour as a political and opinion-making strategy. Through the drawings, the illustrators refer to events, give an opinion on a subject, satirise a character or a situation, as these cartoonists are experiencing the war at first hand.
The Gernika Peace Museum offered an interesting exhibition in 2020-2021 entitled Cartoons to remember: Cartoons published in Bilbao newspapers during the war in Euskadi (1936-37) curated by historians Aline Soberon and Txema Uriarte. It is the result of an in-depth research work into the cartoons that appeared in the Bilbao press during the 11 months of the war in the Basque Country.
The contents to be covered are as follows: The Spanish Civil War in the Basque Country. Art in the first half of the 20th century. Understanding humour as a political and opinion strategy 2
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR THROUGH CARTOONS
This resource is divided into several sections: introduction of the workshop and the historical period artistic aspects documents for historical knowledge critique of the present day The use of humour is a resource that is used on a daily basis in our lives. There are different types of humour: satirical, dark humour, clean humour... Humour can become a great tool to ridicule the enemy and to rally the people. It can act as a catalyst for social cohesion as well as for socialising collective emotions and feelings such as fear, anguish, uncertainty, anger, which are so often experienced during a period of war. https://www.museunacional.cat/sites/default/files/art-i-compromis_28gener.pdf
Euskara This material is available in the following languages:
Castellano English Français 2
RESOURCES Teacher's guide https://view.genial.ly/61c8396bbc535c0dd49c459a/guide-spanish-civil-warcartoons-teachers-guide Teacher's guide in pdf https://issuu.com/museodelapazdegernika/docs/cartoons_to_remember_teache rs_guide_4c9359d15ba4f3
Artistic styles of cartoonists https://view.genial.ly/619e02f2cef6440dea16b17f/game-breakout-cartoonistsartistic-styles-game Cartoon characters https://view.genial.ly/619e0242316d240de3d4729c/game-breakout-cartoonists-thecharacters-game
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GENERAL OBJECTIVE Educate the student to be able to historically contextualise an event. Secondary objectives To know and work on the function of the cartoon in its different aspects. To encourage historical thinking among students. Understand the international context and the role played by major foreign powers in the Civil War. To understand the immediate consequences and legacy of the Civil War, mainly from a social and political point of view. To identify, analyse and explain, situating them in time and space, the most relevant events, processes and protagonists throughout the history of Spain and the Basque Country. The aim is to appreciate their influence and repercussions on the current configuration of both historical.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS This material has Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDGs) as its main objective, but it is also closely related to:
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