TASK 1: URBAN TRIBES ( 1 SESSION)

Do you know anyone who is a member of an urban tribe or some other social group?
What are, in your opinion, the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of such groups?
Your appearance shows your personality. Do you agree?

​​An urban tribe is a group of people who behave according to the ideologies of a subculture that originates and develops in the atmosphere of a city.

Term coined by French sociologist Michel Maffesoli in his book "Le Temps des Tribus" (1988). In its original meaning, Urban Tribes are young city people that gather in relatively small, fluid groups. These groups share common interests that are, in general, different from the interests of mainstream culture.

Some critics and analysts say that the phenomenon of urban tribes is nothing more than a group of young people with a distinct common identity: the same aesthetic codes, the same identity symbols, the same rules, the same language, the same music. A whole ideology! They are a reflection of what they love or what they hate and of their own instincts.

​The identity of each of these tribes vary according to their ideology and the individual, for example, while the skinheads have violent tendencies, the hippies do not compete against any group, they are pacifists.

ACTIVITY 1.1 - Becoming a member of an urban tribe (GROUP) 
Go to this link TEEN TRIBES and watch the presentation and the VIDEO about some urban tribes. ​​ Then, choose TWO urban tribes from  this list.  

​                   EMOS     FLOGGERS    SKATERS   ROLLINGAS   HIP-HOPPERS   HIPPIES   PUNKS   ROCKERS   DARKS   
                      POKEMONES   HIPSTERS    GEEKS   OTAKUS   RAPPERS   SWAGGERS   GRUNGES  RAVERS

Now, find information about the two tribes your group has chosen and create a Google Presentation with two slides of each urban tribe (4 slides total). Upload your presentation to Google Classroom.
Include, at least, the following data:
  • looks 
  • music they like
  • origin
  • beliefs