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  Youth in Action Project: Voice of Women in Europe

  26/07/2013 at 9:53 am / Projects, Women, Young Women in Media

  Youth in Action is the Programme the European Union has set up for young people. It aims to inspire a sense of active European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union’s future.  Four organisations have developed a partnership called Voice of Women in Europe to facilitate access of young women to media. The partners are Antxeta Irratia, (Basque Country), Radio Oloron (France), West Dublin Access Radio WDAR (Ireland) and nearfm (Ireland) and we have [...]

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  Inter.Media -Media training from a Trans-cultural perspective

  14/07/2013 at 8:41 pm / Inter.Media, Intercultural Dialogue Through Community Media, What is Interculturalism

  Intercultural Media Training in Europe is the result of the two year Socrates Grundtvig project Inter.Media, Oct. 2004 – Sept. 2006. The main outcomes of the project are three training modules. These modules were developed by international work groups and tested in pilot seminars. The module concepts and the pilot seminars were evaluated, revised and finalised for publication in this handbook. Each module has a different focus on intercultural media work in alternative community media. The modules are co-ordinated, but they [...]

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• Meet the Team

  13/07/2013 at 8:08 pm / Intercultural Dialogue Through Community Media, Meet the Team

  34 Individuals make up the team that produces, presents, edits and podcasts Culture Shots.   Anne I grew up in a small village in North Cork. After leaving school, with no real career plan and anxious to leave the restrictions of living in a small community I moved to Dublin. I spent a few years working for The Revenue Commissioners which was immensely dissatisfying. However, good luck brought me in contact with somebody who told me that she worked with young [...]

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  Intercultural Dialogue Through Community Media

  13/07/2013 at 7:58 pm / Intercultural Dialogue Through Community Media

  The Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media project sought to increase integration and intercultural understanding in society at local and community levels. We wanted to achieve this by: Offering FETAC level 4 accredited training courses in Community Radio alongside a certified training course in Intercultural Media Literacy; further specialised training in digital editing and podcasting were also available Facilitating the creation of four intercultural production teams that produced 13 weeks of intercultural  programming each, for the duration of the project. Encouraging [...]

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• Culture Shots #59

  12/03/2013 at 9:47 am / Culture Shots

  In this show, Culture Shots addresses the cultural and social stigma surrounding psychotherapy. The programme features interviews with Krystian Fikert, founder of MyMind, a community-based mental health service and Glenn Gannon, actor and playwright, who shares his own journey to seek therapy. Also featuring music from Nass El Ghiwane.

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• Intercultural Policy Development Workshop

  08/03/2013 at 3:29 pm / Uncategorized

  Check out the visual hearvest emerging from our Intercultural Policy Development Workshop here: http://www.near.ie/NearMediaPolicyDayVirtualHarvest.pdf

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• Culture Shots #58

  05/03/2013 at 10:18 am / Culture Shots

  In this show, Silvia Bernal and Olajoke Ajikolu explore the experiences of domestic workers in Ireland. Through interviews with Hilda Regaspi, Chairperson of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and Tungi, a domestic worker, they shed light on the importance of improving rights and working conditions in this sector. Also featuring music from Aimee Mann.

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• Culture Shots #57

  05/03/2013 at 10:16 am / Culture Shots

  In this programme, “Culture Shots” marks the 16 Days of Action Opposing Violence Against Women. Linking the local to the global, we interview Nuala Kane from the Blanchardstown Area Partnership about efforts of the local community to establish a local refuge, and Tendai Modondo, Green Party Candidate, to get a global picture of how gender-based violence impacts women in a development context.

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• Culture Shots #56

  05/03/2013 at 10:13 am / Culture Shots

  In this programme, “Culture Shots” celebrates Valentine’s Day by interviewing intercultural couples. Also featuring music from Enrico Pieranunzi .

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• Culture Shots #55

  12/02/2013 at 10:00 am / Uncategorized

  In this programme, Hang Nguyen and Celine Quinn say ‘Hello Vietnam’ by speaking to Antonio Rosciano, an Italian who moved to Vietnam, and Nhan Nguyen, a Vietnamese student living in Dublin. Also feeaturing music by Pham Quynh Anh.

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