Tag Archives: Folktales

How to automatically add subtitles in DaVinci Resolve – An easy 10 step guide

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Did you know that there is an easy way to automatically add subtitles in DaVinci Resolve? This is a simple tutorial that will save you a lot of time and energy when editing your videos. You will need: Step 1Open … Continue reading

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Some Insights into Konkomba Folktale

My learning experience This semester, I have had the incredible opportunity to be immersed in the captivating world of Konkomba folktales. For most of us in class it was also the first time being confronted with coding a text as … Continue reading

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Folktales and language. Why the Wasp Has a Tiny Waist

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After many hours spend working with Visual Studio Code, I was happy to return to learning more about the cultural aspects of folktales. In this blogpost, I want to highlight how folktales help convey cultural and linguistic attributes by working … Continue reading

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The Konkomba folktale’s performance aesthetics

The performance of the Konkomba folktale adheres to traditions and standards which may vary slightly from story teller to story teller but make the performances recognisable as belonging together. The Konkomba folktales are stories which blend the genres of prose, … Continue reading

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Let us tell stories. Konkomba folktale performance aesthetics

by Lara Wenisch In our second session of this seminar, we learned about the Konkomba people, their story telling and performance tradition. For me it was the first time to hear and see a Konkomba folktale performed and I was … Continue reading

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From Hungry Lions and The Betrayal of Friends 

 Demarginalizing a Konkomba Folktale Introduction In the summer term of 2023, I participated in the seminar `Demarginalizing Orature’ – a class unlike any other I had taken before. Not only did I learn new aspects about African culture and acquired … Continue reading

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Working on ‘Why the Broom’s Neck is Tied’

Introduction Going into my first session of the Demarginalising Orature class I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I knew it was going to be something quite different from what I’d done before, and I was excited to learn something … Continue reading

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Final Session (Summer Term 2023)

During our last session on July 13, 2023 each student group presented the final results of the projects we have done during the course of this semester. It was a great way of getting a better understanding of the individual … Continue reading

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Presenting our Videos

In this week’s class we had our group presentations on the videos we had to edit and subtitle at home. We looked at what we have done so far and the problems we have had during the process of subtitling … Continue reading

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On the Subtitling of Orature

As I was unable to join today’s session, I’m going to discuss the process of video editing and subtitling which we began last week instead on focusing on the topics discussed in class. The small amount of video editing experience … Continue reading

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