Transcript Raya Ribbius Programme Officer Youth and Media European

Raya Ribbius
Programme Officer
Youth and Media
European Cultural Foundation
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The Video Republic
European Cultural Foundation
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Independent non-profit organisation
Stimulates cultural cooperation in Europe
Focus on diversity
Supports and advocates
Arts, mobility and MEDIA
Youth and Media programme
Express, Create, Share!
Two strands:
 Theoneminutesjr (www.theoneminutesjr.org)
Media access to young people
 StrangerFestival (www.strangerfestival.com):
A platform for young creatives
Theoneminutesjr
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Partners
UNICEF and Sandberg Institute
Target group
Underprivileged young people
Outcome
Artistic one minute videos
Goal
Teach life skills, give a voice
StrangerFestival
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Target group
Creative prosumers
Focus
Online platform
Outcome
Videos on their identities
Goal
Understand the video republic
The Video Republic
What is the video republic?
A new virtual public space;
a video community which is
becoming THE place for
debating, active citizenship
and changing society.
The Video Republic an inclusive democracy?
NO!
Mainly because of two reasons
• Digital gap: 20% in the EU has broadband internet
• Inequalities in media education
Role of media education
Young people grow up in a digital culture with online identities, the
education system does not only needs see the value of viewing
and interpreting films but make a leap into seeing children as
producers of film!
Recommendations:
• Enable young people to manage their online reputation
• Help young people to become fluent in audiovisual forms of
communication from an early age
• Formal education systems should draw expertise from the
informal sphere to unlock the potential of video making