Importance of humour

Humour and International Challenges (Part #5)

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Humour appears to be intimately related to deprived or stressed social circumstances (as are documented in the Encyclopedia) and often seems to arise from them. The vital role of humour has been recognized for people in oppressive regimes, conditions of social deprivation, prisons, ill-health and monotonous occupations, namely diminished quality of life. By introducing humour as a dimension this may therefore provide insights otherwise unobtainable.

The press release for a website on political cartoons makes the following points under the heading Learning through Political Cartoons: For students, it's a wonderful introduction to the use of symbolism, satire, metaphor and irony, and to the importance of humour in political and social debate. Adults who like cartoons and cartooning may find it hard to tear themselves away from the website, and they are funny and fun to read. (http://www.newhorizons.org/announce cartoon.html)

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