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BLOG ASSIGMENT 3

2011-12-16T14:01:00.000-08:00

SWEDEN DOES NOT SHINE YET IN DECEMBER

Time to go back home has come, and it has done so much faster than I could have imagined when I was still in the Basque Country, with my head continuously thinking about how the year I was about to face would be like, in that small city called Karlstad, in the faraway country of Sweden. In fact, in no longer than two days I will find myself sitting in the plain that will land in Hondarribia, bringing me back together with those who have shared a whole lifetime with me and are now expectantly waiting for all the stories and impressions I experienced here, without them on this time. So now that the first semester is almost over, considering all the expectations, hopes, and fears I had before coming to Karlstad and comparing them to the reality I actually came across leads me into this one undeniable conclusion: it is not that cold in Sweden! Not at least this year…

One of the factors which initially made my enthusiasm about moving so to the north decrease was indeed the cold temperatures I would inevitably have to face here. Paradoxically and contradicting my predictions, it has not been that unbearable at all. Regardless of the calendar stating today it is actually 13^th of December, snow has managed to slightly cover the streets only for a couple of days. At any rate, despite of the fact that thermometers have not shown too scary digits yet, it is not the case that I was mistaken when making up my own weather forecasts. This season has not shown its characteristics as it normally does and even when having escaped from my frostbiting fears relieves me, I am hesitant about whether if I should be glad or not.

Only a bit of attention is needed to be aware of how day by day climate change makes itself visible, even if timidly. Unfortunately, we only worry when big uncommon disasters happen, which momentarily make us realize that something alarming is going on. We have the great ability to rapidly leave these worries aside, though. But we should also pay attention to all the signs we are constantly sent, which silently shout out how big this issue is. For example, it only took today for all this information to reach me: fist my parents tell me yesterday they could once again enjoy lunch in the terrace we have outside, as December´s weather this year in my place is still permitting it. Then they tell me about the apple tree we have in the garden, which every September gives us red tasty fruits and now that winter is approaching is surprisingly again in bloom. Next I receive the first news from some friends who were back from their trip to Lapland, explaining that not finding enough snow made some of the activities they had arranged not result as enjoyable as they initially promised to be. Then the Basque news program I am watching announces the loss of shops this season due to the low selling rates of winter clothes, the devastating consequences of a terrible flooding in my area, and the successfulness of mushroom picking this season thanks to continuity of the ideal climatic conditions. Finally, when I go out I realize that the little snow we had is melting, as clouds have preferred to bring rain once again.

Maybe this is just coincidence, or maybe it is only me making linkages that truly have no meaning. Anyhow, climate change happening is still a fact which definitely needs major consciousness-raising and reaction. Nowadays ignoring the impact of global warming can result simple, but not taking urgent action to stop it can lead to irreversible damage. Once for all we need to treat this matter with the seriousness it deserves. As Greenpeace states, “Never before has humanity been forced to grapple with such an immense environmental crisis”.

BLOG ASSIGMENT 2

2011-11-24T04:56:00.000-08:00

QUESTION C: You have now stayed in Sweden for at least two months. Are there any aspects of Swedish culture and society you find strange or surprising so far?

It was august when I arrived to Sweden together with my family. Thinking now about the first impressions this far-off country generated on me, I can perfectly remember that feeling I had on our way to Karlstad, when sitting next to my brother on the back seat of the rented car: it was not that different. It is true that we could only pretend to be listening to that radio program which was never really addressed to us. And it is true that never reaching the speed we would consider reasonable in our country did not make the road signs more readable, as they remained showing those endless tongue twisters. Maybe it was only because I was still surrounded by those who I know the most, or because I guess that not understanding the words of the radio presenter is not a big issue when the song that comes next is that so many times listened before, but the truth is that I did not tell the difference. Admittedly, in those initial moments, it required an effort to make myself believe I actually was 3.000 kilometers away from home.

In the very beginning of my stay in Sweden, when it was still warm and the sun shone for at least half a day, this sense of familiarity lasted on me. In any case, it took no longer than a couple of weeks for this illusion to completely disappear and for me to notice that this place is far from that I am used to. Each time my parents called me, I would see them wearing only a quarter of the clothes I have to wear here, making me envy the uncommonly high temperatures this autumn has brought to my place. Undoubtedly, the weather is much colder and darker here. Every time I received news from my friends I would miss the comfort their company provides me, as well as that simplicity of merely speaking in Basque, being able to express everything crossing my mind. And each time I spoke to my grandmother, she would instinctively remind me I must eat properly unless I want to end up getting ill in this freezing environment, making me miss the delicious dishes she used to prepare for me, sometimes using the vegetables she would just collect from her garden only a few moments before putting them into the casserole, at times cooking the tuna my own uncle would fish and keep for us… Needless to say I miss eating at home, and not only because it is there where I can taste those ingredients nowadays not everyone is fortunate to get, but also because the relevance gastronomy and eating habits have for us is something I have been unable to find here.

Now that three months have passed I can perceive those special characteristics standing out among Swedish people, which build their culture, habits, and behavior, and significantly differ from ours. I have had the chance to get to know the food they like, the timetables they follow, and the sports such as ice-jockey or curling that are uncommon in my place but move masses here.

Even if I do not comprehend it, I am now familiar with their melodic language. Now I understand what the sun means to them, and I share their will to exploit every sunray available. I have also been witness of the curious transformation their personality suffers when they are not sober. But eventually, there is this one thing I would like to mention among my discoveries regarding Swedish people, which if not strange is at least curious and funny.

It happened when I was in my kitchen, talking to my Swedish neighbor about the goodbye dinner we are planning to do before everyone leaves back to their hometown, when the Christmas topic came out. Considering that this dinner will gather people from very different countries and that it will practically be Christmas by the time we manage to find the date when everyone is available, we thought it would be a great idea to turn it into a Christmas dinner, and by the way learn how these magical holidays are celebrated in other countries. Hence, we were just discussing the dishes each of us could contribute with in order to make the best Christmas dinner ever, when among words like meatballs, lamb, apple pie, and hot wine, the word “Donald Duck” pop out.

Strangely enough, it turns out to be that the Donald Duck, whose origins have nothing to do with Sweden, constitutes one of the Christmas symbols of this country. Indeed, it is since 1959 that in Christmas Eve around 3.5 million people (in a nine million inhabitant country!) watch the adventures of this Disney´s character trough the public television before starting their celebration.

Therefore, every 24^th of December at three o´clock in the afternoon the very same one hour length program is broadcasted by the SVT public television. Then, every kid in the whole country sits in front of the TV to watch “Donald Duck and his friends wish you all a Merry Christmas”. Of course, adults also watch it, pretending they are doing it just for the kids and it is only when it is over that the kids can proceed to open their presents.

Evidently, I found this Swedish Christmas tradition very surprising. The fact that every Swede watches this program year by year, ending up knowing almost every dialogue is something extremely curious to me. Now I am expectant to find out what other striking things Swedish culture hides!

ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2011-11-01T08:39:00.000-07:00

BLOG ASSIGMENT 1

If there is something uncertain that we may think about that is definitely the future. In our attempt to feel more secure when facing such a doubtful outlook we are constantly making predictions on what will happen sometimes based on scientific or empiric facts, or more commonly just on our own experience, knowledge, thoughts, or wishes. Moreover, when it is our personal life that we are considering, we all intend to make those predictions and our own expectations match, by making specific plans aimed to achieve what we desire. Indeed, not possessing the capacity to control the future does not necessarily mean we lack the determinacy needed to make our way in life, as we are at least in control of our actions, what makes us perfectly able to choose the path we would rather follow.

In my case, when thinking about the things that in my opinion will change in my life within a relatively short period of time, the leap from the student life to the working life is what first comes to my mind and what will probably constitute one of the most substantial changes ever happened to me. In fact, I am currently coursing the fourth and last year of my degree on Audiovisual Communication, meaning that even if I decided to further on my studies and consequently took a master, I will definitely be finished with my university studies by no longer than two years, and hopefully working on something related to them.

To what my living place for the next years concerns, it is also something I assume that far from being static will be actually in constant change, just the way it has been since I started university. My studies have led me into experiencing how independent life is like firstly in Bilbao, and now in here, in Karlstad. Therefore, the choices I will now be making regarding my studies as well as the job opportunities I will hopefully soon come across will definitely determine the place I will be living at, even if only temporally.

Considering the changes that will emerge in my life within a longer period of time, my speculations are no longer clear. Right now, any guess I could make on what my life will turn into in 30 or 40 years results completely imaginative. I can for instance expect a wide sort of technological and medical advances taking place and inevitably shaping our way of living, only by considering the manner in which they have done so during the last decades. I can also assume the formation of a more multicultural community and a more globalized environment. But when focusing specifically on myself and on what my life will be in what right now seems such a distant reality, only wished based speculations can be made. I guess that just like anybody else I have nothing to lose in desiring a bright future, with a comfortable situation and surrounded by the loved ones.

3. ataza: euskal ondarea

2010-01-06T11:58:00.000-08:00

Maider Lizarriturrik, Maddi Ruizek eta hirurok egindako bideolan honetan euskal kulturaren gainbehera islatzen da. Euskal gastronomiak azken urteotan eduki duen bilakaera negatiboa erakutsi nahi izan dugu bertan, hau betidanik gure kulturaren pisu handiko atala izan delarik.

telebistarako moldatutako albistea

2009-12-22T14:45:00.000-08:00

Telebista: 101 telebista
Albistea: Twitterren informazio agentzia
Albistegia: Palazioren Berriak
Berriemailea: Anne Unzueta
Atala: Komunikazioa
Iraupena: 36 segundu

Honako hau telebistarako moldatutako albiste bat da. Testu originala idatzizkoa da, Berria egunkarian argitaratutakoa hain zuzen ere. "Twitterren BNOk nazioarteko albiste agentzia bat sortuko du" da albistearen titularra.

2. ikaslana: Audio-Presentazioa

2009-12-16T11:18:00.000-08:00

Bigarren ataza den hau Iratxe Garitagoitiarekin batera egin dut. Audio, argazki eta hitz idatziak dauzkan presentazioa da, Nabarralde edo Nafarzaletasunaren gaiaren ingurukoa. Guk konkretuki Nafarroan dagoen Xabierko Gazteluaren argazki erreportaia egitea erabaki dugu.

Interneten garapena: bi direkzioko komunikazioa

2009-12-02T09:20:00.000-08:00

Hasiera batean, Sarea komunikazio direkzio bakarreko bidea zen, non erabiltzaileak informazioa irakur zezakeen, baina ez idatzi; datu eta iritzi kontsumitzaile soila zen. 2005 urteaz geroztik, baliabide informatiko berriak agertzearekin batera (blogak, wikiak…), direkzio-biko komunikazio bidea bilakatu da, non erabiltzaileak bere ordenagailutik parte har dezakeen.

Horrela, Internet ideia trukaketarako bide aproposa bihurtu da, eta honekin batera, informazioaren demokratizatze prozesu bat eman da, herritarrek edukiak sortzeko aukera duten heinean. Honek, bitartekorik gabe informazioa eskuratzea ahalbidetzen du, eta era berean, erakundeek ezarritako zentsura gainditzea dakar, edukiak jada ez daudelako elite profesional baten eta bere interesen menpe. Eduki informatiboak jada ez daude erredakzio kontseilu baten irizpidepean edo arlo juridiko zein moralaren murrizketapean, edozein internautak sor ditzakeelako. Informazioaren gaineko boterea herriak dauka, iraultza elektroniko baten bidez autoritatearen inposizioak gaindituz.

Teknologia honen bitartez ez-profesionalen emanak notiziak osatzen dituzte. Honek guztiak dakarren arazoa edukien kalitate eta fidagarritasunean datza, ordea. Datuen trataera profesionala informazio magma nahasi batek ordeztu du, eta bertan, edozein baieztapen baliagarria da. Bere irizpideak eta kalitatearen selekziorako prozedurak ez daude finkatuak. Edozeinek, ordenagailu baten jabe izatearekin soilik, egiazko gertaera bat barregarri utz dezake, edo kalumnia bat egi bezala aurkeztu. Internet era guztietako datuz gainezka dago gaur egun, informazio ugaritasuna dago, datu faltsutasuna eta manipulazio interesatuak presente daudelarik, eta horrek datuen kalitatea zalantzazkoa izatea dakar.

Giza-sareak web 2.0 mugimenduaren barruan sailkatzen dira, Internet ulertzeko forma berri bat osatzen dutelarik. Hauen ezaugarri nagusia giza parte-hartzean datza. Interneten erabiltzailea jada ez da konformatzen Saretik informazioa jasotzearekin; horren ordez, bere esperientzia eta jakintzak konpartitzea bilatzen du; adierazpen, influentzia eta independentziarako desioak dauzka. Hau dela eta, adituek behar hauei erantzungo dieten soluzio berriak diseinatzera behartuta sentitu dira, erabiltzaileek egiturak gehitzeko aukera izan dezaten.

Gaur egun, informazioa bilatzeko errekurtso ugari sare-sozialetan oinarritzen dira, non artikuluen edukiak erabiltzaileen parte-hartzearekin osatzen diren. Hemen garrantzitsuena ez litzateke edukia bera izango, testuingurua baizik. Horregatik, erabiltzailea informazioaren kalitatea baloratzera behartuta dago. Gune hauetan aurki daitekeen materiala ez da aurreprozesatua edo balioztatua izan. Egiteko hau erabiltzailearengan geratzen da, batzuetan, bazterketarako irizpide egokien jabe ez dena. Beraz, informazioa filtratzeko beharra dago; erredakzioaren kalitatea, iturrien fidagarritasuna, edukien aberastasuna… aztertu behar dira. Faktore hauek izango dira kalitatezko informazioa aurkitzeko erabiltzailea gidatuko dutenak.

Euskarazko irratia, hizkuntza komunitateak trinkotzeko tresna

2009-12-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

Jarraian agertzen den testua irratirako egindako moldaketa bat da. Jatorrizko idatzia, Berria egunkariko albiste bat da, irratian emititua izateko egokitu dudana. Horretarako, notiziaren laburpen bat egin dut. Datu eta ideia garrantzitsuenak hautatu, eta esaldi labur eta ulergarriagoak idatzi ditut notizia minutu batean azaldua eta erraz ulertua izan dadin:

Irratiaren izena: 101 Irratia
Albistegia: Infojarioa
Erredaktorea: Anne Unzueta
Hizlaria: Anne Unzueta
Atala: Komunikazioa
Iraupena: minutu bat

Euskarazko Komunikazio taldeak jaurdunaldi batzuk antolatu zituen atzo Arabako Foru Aldundiaren babesarekin. Bertan, euskarazko irratiek etorkizunera begira dituzten erronkak aztertu zituzten. Xabier Monasterio Bilbo Hiria Irratiko kideak azpimarratu zuenez, irratiek hizkuntza komunitateak trinkotzeko tresna izan behar dute. Horrekin batera, gizarte mailan duten garrantzia azpimarratu zuen. Azkenik, tokian-tokiko gaiak, zein gai globalagoak landu beharko lituzketela gehitu zuen.

Mahai inguruaren ostean, Irratigintza Internet aroan izeneko ekitaldia ospatu zen. Bertan, zenbait aditu bildu ziren irratigintzaren geroari buruzko eztabaidarekin jarraitzeko. Batik bat nabarmendu zutena, oraindik ere, uhinak errege direla izan zen. Gainera, ohiko irratien erosotasuna Sarean urrun dagoela aitortu zuten.

Beskoitzeko heskuarari buruzko liburuaren aurkezpena

2009-11-18T10:11:00.000-08:00

Henri Duhau Iparraldeko idazlearen "Hasian hasi" liburua argitaratu da. Hamar urtez gauzatutako ikerlanaren fruitua da eta Beskoitzeko euskara eta bizimoduari buruz hitz egiten du. Urriaren 16an, goizeko hamaiketan aurkeztuko du idazleak bere lana Beskoitzeko herriko etxean.

Berri hau idatzizko euskarri batetik hartutakoa da. Gorka Palaziok eskatu bezala, idatzizkoaren ezaugarriak baztertuz ahozko testua izateko egokitu dut, esaldiak laburtuz eta ideia nagusietara mugatuz, horrela argiagoa eginez. Honen helburua entzuleak notizia behin entzunda, modu erraz batean uler dezala da.

Argazkia helbide honetatik lortutakoa da: http://desarrollos.chicos.net.ar/nuevositio/sites/default/files/images/microfono.gif

Komunikatzaileak telebistan edo irratian

2009-11-17T06:19:00.000-08:00

Komunikabideen munduan lan egitea ez da gauza erraza, izan ere, publiko batentzat jarduteak erantzunkizun batzuk dakartza, etengabeko presioa jasan behar izatearekin batera. Momentuoro egoki jokatu beharra dago, ahalik eta akats gutxien izaten saiatuz eta audientziak eskatzen duena eskainiz, gero eta zabalagoa den konpetentzia atzean uzteko.

Telebistako edota irratiko aurkezle izateko ezaugarri jakin batzuren jabe izatea ezinbestekoa da, lan horrek eskatzen dituen baldintzak behar bezala betetzeko. Garrantzi handikoak dira alde batetik publikoari zuzenean erakusten zaizkion karakteristikak, hala nola, itsura fisikoa, jarrera, ahotsaren tonua, hitz jarioa... Horrelako faktoreak oso dira zaindu beharrekoak, norberaren inguruan eraikitzen den inpresioa ahalik eta onena izan dadin. Era berean, izaerak ere bere garrantzia dauka, pertsona sendo, azkar eta seguru batek erraztasun handiagoz jokatuko duelako kamera edo mikrofono baten aurrean. Aurkezle batek ezagutza zabala eduki behar du gainera, edozer gauzaren aurrean bizkor erantzun ahal izateko.

Nire ustez, ezaugarri hauek modu egoki batean betetzen dituen pertsonetako bat Africa Baeta da, Etb2-ko Teleberriko aurkezlea. Emakume dotorea dela uste dut, bere itsura atseginaz gain, ahots eta hitz egiteko era egokiak dituenak bereziki bere lanean jarduteko, berriak aurkeztuz. Gainera, informatibo aurkezle izateko beharrezkoa iruditzen zaidan seriotasuna eta sineskortasuna transmititzeko gai da, era berean modu atsegin batean agertuz.

Azkenik, eta niri erreferentzia eginez, oraingoz zail egiten zait nire burua komunikabide jakin batean kokatzea. Telebistan zein irratian lan egitea oso gustuko izango nukeen arren, oraindik ezin jakin dezaket zein arlotan edo euskarritan jardungo nukeen hobe. Hala ere, hau denborarekin argituko den auzia dela uste dut; horretarako, bide ezberdinetan zehar saiakerak egin behar ditudala deritzot, gustukoen dudana zer den jakiteko.

2009-11-15T05:03:00.000-08:00

Audio-fitxategiak

2009-11-03T04:36:00.000-08:00

Komunikazioaren munduan dabilen edonork oso beharrezkoa dauka audio-fitxategiak eskuragarri izatea bere produkzioetan erabili ahal izateko. Ikus-entzunezko produktuak ekoizteko momentuan beharrezkoak edo osagarriak izan daitezkeen soinuak topatzeko internetek doako bideak zabaltzen dizkigu.

Adibide bezala ondorengo helbideak luzatzen dizkizuet:

http://bancoimagenes.isftic.mepsyd.es/
http://www.sonidos-gratis.com/

Teleprompterra

2009-11-03T04:21:00.000-08:00

Teleprompterra (Autocue edo cue ere deitutakoa, hauetako gehien produzitzen dituen enpresaren eraginez) albistearen testua islatzen duen aparailu elektronikoa da. Albistea aurretik konputagailu batean kargatzen da, kamara baten aurreko aldean kokatzen dena. Batzuetan, aurkezleak oinetan daukan pedal baten bidez maneiatzen da, hau zapaltzerakoan, testua aurreratzen duena eta zapaltzeari uztean, hau gelditzea eragiten duena. Honi esker, aurkezleak albistea erosotasunez irakurri dezake, bere erritmoan. Beste kasu batzuetan, operadore batek kontrolatzen du, narratzailearen erritmoa zaintzeaz arduratu behar dena, irakurketa naturala eta ulergarria izan dadin.

Teleprompterra ezinbestekoa da albistegietarako, non aurkezlea eserita dagoen. Hala ere, gidoia jarraitzen duen edozein programarentzako ere erabilgarria izan daiteke.

Teleprompterrak oso garestiak direnez, internetek beste aukera bat eskaintzen dio hauetako baten beharra daukan edozeini; izan ere, aparailu hauen funtzioa betetzen duten programak existitzen dira, online eta doainik erabil daitezkeenak. Jarraian datozen linkak datorrena da dira aukeretako batzuk:

http://www.easyprompter.com/
http://www.cueprompter.com/
http://digg.com/software/Free_Online_Teleprompter

Argazkia helbide honetatik lortu dut:

www.videouniversity.com/files/JPromp1.gif

www.videouniversity.com/shop/jony-prompter-th...

AUDIOLANA

2009-11-03T00:25:00.000-08:00

Hemen daukazue nere lehen audiolana entzun ahal izateko linka. Klaserako lehen praktika da hau eta hezkuntzaren inguruko irrati albiste batean oinarritzen da.

http://www.goear.com/listen/c11ac19/irrati-albistea-anne

Vertige pelikularen trailerra

2009-11-03T00:13:00.000-08:00

Hemen daukazue Vertige pelikula frantsesaren trailerra. Hau izan zen Donostiako Beldurrezko eta Fantasiazko Zinemaren Astean eskainitako lehen obra, beldurra, akzioa eta suspentsea nahasten dituena.

Pelikularen argumentua eskalada praktikatzeko mendira joatea erabakitzen duten lagun talde baten bizipenetan oinarritzen da. Hala ere, bakarrik ez daudela ohartuko dira eta hasiera batean abentura izatea espero zutena amesgaizto bihurtuko da.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA8Euckaj9s

Fantasiazko eta Beldurrezko Zinemaren Astea

2009-11-01T02:20:00.000-08:00

Fantasia eta Beldurrezko Zinemaren astea dagoeneko hasi da Donostian. XX. edizioa den honetan, urriaren 31tik azaroaren 6ra bitartean, film labur eta luze berrienak aurkeztuko dira jaialdiko sail ezberdinetan.

Abel Ferryk zuzendutako Vertige pelikulak eman dio hasiera ekitaldiari, eta zazpi egunetan zehar ondorengo pelikulak aurkeztuko dira: Vertige, RoboGeisha, The Box, Dead Snow, Dread, Evangelion 2.0 You Can (not) Advance, Grace, The House of the Devil, Infestation, Lesbian Vampire Killers, Mutants, Número 9, Pandorum, Paranormal Activity, Sword of the Stranger, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, Triangle, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, Viva la Muerte! Autopsie du cinéma fantastique espagnol.

Gainera aurten, bosgarren urtez, Komiki Jardunaldiak egingo dituzte jaialdiarekin batera, horrela, haurrei ere beren txokoa eskainiz. "Euskadi Fantastikoa" deitzen den atal honetan, Manu Ortega eta Alex Orbe marrazkilariak izango dira aipagarrienak.