Unheardwords of Writers of Colour
Unheardwords of Writers of Colour
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Media Diversified is a young and growing non-profit organisation which seeks to cultivate and promote skilled writers of colour by providing advice and contacts and by promoting content online through its own platform.
On a global note, its'also worth checking out The Media Diversity Institute (MDI); which works internationally to encourage and facilitate responsible media coverage of diversity. It aims to prevent the media from intentionally or unintentionally spreading prejudice, intolerance and hatred which can lead to social tensions, disputes and violent conflict.
It’s been a while since I posted any original content to unheardwords, not that I haven’t considered doing so many times. But wait. I thought. Don’t commit unless you have something to say.
Unheard is sometimes a good thing.It’s been Crystal Mahey-Morgan (ownit.london) who has brought me back.
When I first heard her talking on the Hay Festival Debate “Are we publishing too many books?” (BBC Radio 4, May 2015) my ears detected the refreshing sound of someone young-ish who seemed to talking in twenty-first century language about “publishing” and “books”. It got me to thinking, where are we at now?
Well, the old media and digital media make strange bedfellows.
When people talk about “books” and “publishing” - the ancient art of getting them made and onto shelves - it somehow sounds at odds, not only with digital means, Content and Platforms, but with lifestyles.
Is there a distinction between the different strands of inform, educate and most prized, entertain, that stream through our lives now?
And, even someone of my age – an analogue native - is asking this, so I can only imagine how it looks, feels and sounds to someone half my age or half their age.
The thing is, despite the speed at which the revolution has occurred, we adult humans take our own sweet time to change. So we might be talking about how to transform publications to appeal to the young, whilst the world has already transformed all sense of content and its distribution, for everyone.
Believe me, I know it’s hard to keep up but then I also realise that no one’s explicitly asking me to keep up. This is a time for ‘meeting the world as you find it.’ For, being mindful of contexts past, whilst being ready to roll with the disruption present or even, to be prepared to create a disruptive future.Khome, © unheardwords.com, 2016 (all rights reserved)
courtesy of the Podcast Movement.
Okay, so it's in London again but a library of moderm and contemporary poetry has got to be worth a visit, right! The Poetry Library