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Are flags still a benefiting national symbol in a world of global conflicts and tensions?
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Are flags still a Positive national symbol in a world of global conflicts and tensions?
Ansley Hiebert IRP Project
#1
#1
What does a country's flag represent for the respective country?
What do you think of when you see a country’s flag?
Flag Representation
- Colors, emblem, patterns
- Land, people, government, culture, and history.
“Flags and Their Meanings.” KidsDiscover. https://online.kidsdiscover.com/unit/nationalism/topic/flags-and-their-meanings#:~:text=Because%20it%20stands%20for%20a,features%20of%20its%20flag%20represent.
Meaning
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These 3 Flags!
Portrayal
To the World
- Unity, freedom, and self-governance.
- Countries' pay money to print
- Flags show the good side
- Current Sudanese civil war
Portrayal
“Flags.” DIPLO. https://www.diplomacy.edu/topics/flags/
Through A Person's Eye (Erlanger).
Athletic Compettititions (Vishnu)
PICTURES
Photo 1
On A Global Stage (Heinlein).
TOPIC 2
#2
What is the significance of a flag to the country's citizens?
Nationalism
Nationalism
- How do you feel looking at the US flag, or possibly your family's/ancestor's flag?
(Boothe)
- Pride and Freedom
- Democracy vs. Dictatorship
- Your history, culture, land
- Where it stands on a global stage
#1
“Flags and Their Importance?” United States Flag Store. https://www.united-states-flag.com/flags-and-their-importance.html
Achievement
#2
- Feeling of achievement
- Present vs past
- Reminder of a more humane place
- Universal language
Conway, Kristy. "A Farewell to Flags." LSE. June 21st,2019. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2019/06/21/a-farewell-to-flags/
Unity
Unity
- Variety of cultures, backrounds, lives, and people united under.
- United during troubling times
- Feeling connections
- Moroccan earthquakes and Libyan floods.
Conway, Kristy. "A Farewell to Flags." LSE. June 21st,2019. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2019/06/21/a-farewell-to-flags/
What is stands for
Topic 3
#3
What is a flag’s symbol in global conflicts?
Figurative Symbol
Flag symbolization in Conflicts
- Can symbolize conquering new territory
- + presence, control, and sovereignty
- Power by spreading your flag
- Historically used to resemble sides
“Flags.” DIPLO. https://www.diplomacy.edu/topics/flags/
Flag symbolization in Conflicts Figuratively
- For citizens:
- What it represents
- Vaulable to the country's movement forward
- Flags can be targeted for representation
- One of the first things to be replaced
Divided
TOPIC 4
Are flags a part of major conflicts around the world?
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Role in conflicts
Role in Conflicts
- Humans go to war and kill each other for their flags.
- used in extremeist propaganda
- War flags
“Flags.” DIPLO. https://www.diplomacy.edu/topics/flags/
Fighting For Their Flag
Fighting For the Flag
- Sense of pride and duty
- Attacks, tensions, civil wars, invasions and international conflicts
- Want to help your motherland succeeed even in fault
Naim, Moises. “Flags as Banners of Nationalism.” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Washington Post. August 14th, 2017. https://carnegieendowment.org/2017/08/04/flags-as-banners-of-nationalism-pub-72737
Causing Division
Part 2
- Flags can divide similar to how they unify
- Symbols, colors, and meaning
- Usually in religious, ethnic, historic, and government aspects
VOA News Contributors. "Around The World, Flags and Anthems Can Divide Nations." VOA News. September 26th, 2017. https://www.voanews.com/a/around-the-world-flags-and-anthems-can-divide-nations/4045264.html
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Part 2 Division
- Examples are the China vs Taiwan flag(Taiwan), Japan flag, and Israeli flag.
- Historic USA example includes Union flag, Union jack flag
- Sometimes not literally but through the nationalism it brings.
- Burn the flag, and create movements against them
- Examples, the Balkans' conflicts in the 90s, World wars
VOA News Contributers. "Around The World, Flags and Anthems Can Divide Nations." VOA News. Septermber 26th, 2017. https://www.voanews.com/a/around-the-world-flags-and-anthems-can-divide-nations/4045264.html
Conway, Kristy. "A Farewell to Flags." LSE. June, 21st,2019. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2019/06/21/a-farewell-to-flags/
Conclusion
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...Are flags still a benefiting national symbol in a world of global conflicts and tensions?
What Do You think?
What do you think?
- Opinion Question
- No direct answer
- Share your thoughts!