Culture Shots #59

Culture Shots #59 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud 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…

Culture Shots #57

Culture Shots #57 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud 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…

Culture Shots #50

Culture Shots #50 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This week celebrates Indian and Hindu culture with coverage of the 2012 Diwali Festival. David O’Brien talks to Bharath Kumar Arekapudi and Sudhir Srinivasan of UNITAS Isac, organizers of…

Culture Shots #49

Culture Shots #49 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This programme marks International Migrants Day. Eoin Drinan interviews Declan Hayden of Dublin City Council’s Office for Integration. Later, we feature clips from recent workshop “Dublin Today – Listening…

Culture Shots #48

Culture Shots #48 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This programme celebrates the launch of the ACTIVE: All Can Take Part in Volunteering Equally. With music from Lord Huron. This series is a part of the Intercultural Dialogue…

Culture Shots #47

Culture Shots #47 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This programme celebrates the launch of the film “Stepping Stones,” which focuses on the experiences of separated children starting second-level school in Ireland. The film and accompanying resources were…

Culture Shots #44

Culture Shots #44 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This programme takes a look back at the first Dublin Mela, a festival of Indian Culture organized by UNITAS ISAC http://www.unitasisac.ie/ Deirdre Miller speaks to Bindu Nair of UNITAS…

Culture Shots #43

Culture Shots #43 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This programme takes a look back at the Culture Shots Launch Event and features excerpts from: http://neartv.ie/what-is-interculturalism/ With music from Bela Fleck and Two Door Cinema Club. This series…

Culture Shots #42

Culture Shots #42 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud In this programme Culture Shots finds out more about Opening Power to Diversity, Crosscare migrant project’s groundbreaking migrant political integration scheme. With music from Cat Power. This series is…

Culture Shots #41

Culture Shots #41 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud On the programme we’ll be marking the International Day of Peace by speaking to the Dublin City Interfaith Forum and the Universal Peace Foundation. With music from Shawn Galloway…

Culture Shots #40

Culture Shots #40 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud In this programme Culture Shots celebrates World Poetry Day with poems in multiple languages including Irish, Marathi, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, Romanian and Russian. With music from Patti…