Ukrainian Canadiana & Blogging
When discussing the concept of my internship project with family, I was pushed to describe the relevance of technology in culture-sharing, more specifically, of blogging. If one is grappling with this question, I recommend the Introduction to this blog, accessible via the Blog Archives in the right hand sidebar, followed by visits to each of the following links.
These are links to blogs created by individuals interested in aspects of Ukrainian Canadian culture and Ukrainian Canadiana. These sites represent specific examples of how blogging allows information sharing on a large scale, with a global audience. The point to underline here is that Ukrainian Canadian culture is interesting for its own sake, but it is no longer necessary for the Ukrainian Canadian community in Winnipeg to speak only to itself. Blogging presents a unique and previously unimagined opportunity to share and listen, to find out who is interested, what they know, what they would be interested in learning, and where they come from. In the multicultural Canada in which we live, the value of this tool is immeasurable in building bridges within and outside the cultural realm of Ukrainian Canadiana.
- Worldwide Ukrainian Community
- Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, University of Manitoba
- Ukrainian Canadian Student's Union
There are strengths and weaknesses in blogs, as they are unregulated. It is important to keep in mind that a critical eye is useful when perusing personal blogs, especially. Another interesting point to consider is the potential benefit and consequence of individually-created blogs versus institutionally-sponsored blogs, which may or may not be monitored by the organization.
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