Berlin: A playground to explore podcasting
Set against the backdrop of the Rirkrit Tiravanija exhibition at Gropius Bau, the Podcast Playground invited visitors to explore, learn, experiment, create, and connect in a fun and hands-on environment.
This initiative was sponsored by the Swedish embassy in Berlin and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). DW Akademie is the journalism training and media development division of Deutsche Welle, Germany's International Broadcaster, while MethodKit is a Swedish training organization that offers creative tools for collaboration and idea development.
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With MethodKit for Podcasts, DW Akademie supports podcasts worldwide from development to production.
Together with the Swedish organization MethodKit and 20 global podcast experts, DW Akademie developed a set of 63 cards, each highlighting a crucial aspect of podcast development. The kit stimulates discussion and helps with concept development as well as considering production details. As a training tool, it helps trainers working with media professionals on new audio formats but it can also be used independently.
DW Akademie has also developed various training modules that have been implemented in various African countries, Cambodia and Ukraine. The podcast kit can be used online and offline and is available in English, Kiswahili, Amharic, Burmese, Oromo, Arabic, Chichewa, French, Mooré, Spanish, Ukrainian, Khmer and German, among others. Digital kits are available for free here.
