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a sound and media artist who’s practice combines radio productions, on-line publications, teaching and training and public audio-media projects under the umbrella of radio continental drift; she established a mobile skills training and audio media literacy programme “I & EAR” based on a methodology of listening, and has been developing and facilitating collaborative audio radio projects which join skills-training, oral history methods and the creative use of ICTs through collective productions, such as the NO-GO ZONES project in South London (2007/08) and the DURBAN SINGS audio media & oral history project (2009/10).
Academic affiliations include, Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Civil Society UKZN (2008-2010); Associate member of Transnational Arts Identity and Nation (TrAIN) Research at the University of the Arts London (UAL); multi-media advisor & trainer at Market Photo Workshop Johannesburg.
Audio radio work includes productions for WDR Studio for Acoustic Arts, ORF/ Kunstradio, Resonance fm and Radia; publications with gruenrekorder, Vibro/ Double Entendre, Audio Arts, MU Collective European Sound Delta.
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productions:
"Kolonialwarenladen" (ORF, 2011)
LONG WALK clips (WDR, 2009); re-broadcast (ORF 2010)
DURBAN SINGS rough radio mix (gruenrekorder, 2010)
AV channel:
An Ear on the Ground
skills-training:
"I & EAR" audio media literacy
radio interviews
DURBAN SINGS (SAfm, 2009)
LONG WALK (SAfm, 2005)
audio playlists:
Sauti Nairobi; Emboozi ya Kampala; Gulu Songs of Wisdom; DURBAN SINGS
a picture archive
soundscapes:
African cities
European cities
links
Waves of Change
Global Voices
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"radio bag" -
What could be a minimum set of tools & skills to become an "active listener"?
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Looks after
Speaking of Art,
Autumn Leaves,
Lost in the archives,
The virtual embodied,
Untitled (experience of place),
Wireless Imagination,
Theater of the oppressed,
Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol,
The People of the Abyss,
Freedom, rhythm & sound
Countries or regions of engagement
Africa Remix,
Pan African Space Station,
BATSIRAI E CHIGAMA,
Black skin, white masks,
ArtBakery, Artist's initiative, Bonendale, Douala, Cameroon,
Linda Gabriel,
Nairobi Arts Trust / Centre for Contemporary Art of East Africa (CCAEA),
NBEEP6,
Calvin Dondo,
Shepard Ndudzo,
The quiet violence of dreams,
Jimmy Ogonga
Contact information
Involved in
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a contribution to Joburg Radio Days 2011
Questioning a genre in the face of media convergence and mobility across local and global environments or networks, the article is…
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Poetry from Zambia and Zimbabwe
Report by Claudia Wegener aka radio continental drift on an on-air encounter of poetry from Zambia and Zimbabwe and the journey of…
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Mavis Moyo is an 85-year-old veteran broadcaster of Radio Zimbabwe (ZBC Radio 4) and a founding member of the Federation of African…
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Event: British Library, London
15 Feb 2013
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16 Feb 2013
Exploring the art and craft of field recording
A two day symposium to open up and explore the practice, art and craft of field recording through a series of panel presentations,…
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A Dramaturgy of Listening, or Audio-Play-Writing "LONG WALK"
If editing consists to more than ninety percent of listening; could a listener, by “just listening” become an editor? How can an…
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audio media literacy, acoustic education & production
A skills training programme for web-based multi-media
tailor-made to local requirements and organizational focus of the…
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A “REMIX TREE” of the DURBAN SINGS rough radio mix: re-tracing an…
Audio compositions or radio programmes are often the result of conversations & collaborative processes between many people. As…
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http://www.radiocontinentaldrift.wordpress.com
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on-line publications of successive edits
DURBAN SINGS rough radio mix : soundtrack of on-line AV publication (13:45); Jan.…
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National Library of Uganda in Kampala
Director, Gertrude Mulindwa;
contact: Stella Bossa Nekuusa: snekusa [at] nlu.go.ug
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NO-GO-ZONES (NGZ) is a pioneering audio radio project developed & produced through the collaborative initiative of London…
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DURBAN SINGS audio media & oral history, producer network of 9 editorial collectives of community activist organisations;…
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The subtitle “Babylon” for the LONG WALK radio play entered the stage with the inclusion of recordings from Brixton U.K., from…
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Petronella Kalimbwe and Chipego at Joy FM Lusaka, the DOSE "Poetic-Tuesday"
click to listen to the first 30’…
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click here to listen to the sound of the 2005 tournament (remixed for radio 2009, "picture 7" of the LONG WALK)
LONG WALK…
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LONG WALK (a.k.a. "Babylon")
ein Hoerspiel
a Radio Play by radio continental drift
broadcasts
9 October 2009,…
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Blackheat DeShanti performing at The Book Cafe Harare in Sistaz Open Mic run by the FLAME project of Pamberi Trust .
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