Friday, October 17, 2008

Learn How to Communicate! - MediR Classes Start in October in Full Scale



MediR, citizens’ media center, provisionally started in Takadanobaba, central Tokyo in June 2008 as a “new place to learn and transmit”. There have been five classes, such as a “You can also produce a short video” one, for three months since last June. MediR will start in full scale after October with the considerably larger number of classes. Those of the second half of financial year 2008 include a “class to think about society through films” hosted by Kinoshita Masaaki, film critic, and a “caricature workshop“. On September 27, the opening event was held with the slogan “Learn How to Communicate”. Images of the candle-lit demonstration joined by a million people were shown and a memorial symposium joined by Kim Myeong-jun, president of the Media Center in South Korea, was held during the event. All the classes are now available. MediR WEB site


伝える力 つかもう!~メディアールが10月より本格開校

 「新しい学びと発信の場」として市民メディアセンターMediR(メディアール)が、08年6月に東京・高田馬場で産声をあげた。6~9月には「あなたも作れる短編ビデオ講座」(写真)など5つの講座が行われてきたが、この10月からは、講座数を大幅に拡充させて本格開校する。08年後期は、木下昌明さんの「映画を通して社会を考える講座」や「風刺漫画ワークショップ」などもある。また9月27日には、本格開校記念イベント「伝える力、つかもう」が開催される。100万人キャンドルデモの映像上映や韓国メディアセンター所長のキム・ミョンジュンさんを交えてシンポジウムが行われる。現在、受講生を大募集中だ。