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Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal 6 2o20 (Travel) Anna Karina Sennefelder | Revival of the cultural stereotype? 101 is not mentioned or explained in the text. The next shots then show, in medium shots, more dancing, clap- ping children and Stirnat dancing with a child [see Fig. 6]. It is only after these clips have been shown that the VO explains them. The text-image relation is delayed, and this suggests that Wendt and Stirnat intended for the images to be seen ini- tially without any accompanying text. Conversely to the aforementioned sequence in Weit, the confirma- tio comes before the argumentatio: “Here, in the middle of the desert, we get to know one of the most impressive women of the whole journey: Mame Sy” (Wendt and Stirnat 2019a: 16:42). Mame Sy then explains in French (which is subtitled) that she teaches the children of divorced women and that she supports single women because they are often very poor and may not know how to feed their children after their divorce. While the soundtrack continues, there is a montage of close- ups and medium shots of Mame Sy’s students. One child is shown in a close-up, explaining in French that Mame Sy teaches all children to read and write. Wendt concludes by adding that all the children receive a meal at the end of the day, “often the only one”, which they would then often share “outside the door with their hungry siblings”. Over further medium shots of the children, which include Wendt in the picture, she comments in the VO: “I am completely speechless and thrilled to be able to meet such great children. When it’s time to say goodbye, everyone hugs me harder than I have ever been hugged in my life” (Wendt and Stirnat 2019a: 17:56–18:02). Over the final words of this VO, the camera cuts to the next shot, a long shot of the Land Rover driving away, thus highlighting the moment of farewell [see Fig. 7]. The mode of presentation in this sequence is comparable to the above discussed sequence of Weit, telling about the “great aura of the people living in this part of the world”. The shots Fig. 4: Reiss aus, dancing child, 16:09 Fig. 5: Reiss aus, Wendt playing with a child, 16:20 Fig. 6: Reiss aus, Stirnat dancing with a child, 16:34