UV Culture uploads all its open-access content to the Network
Culture in the Universitat de València does not stop. In the light of the spread of the coronavirus and the establishment of the alert state, the Universitat has been obligated to cancel all its cultural programme and to close spaces such as the Cultural Centre La Nau or the Botanical Garden. However, the Universitat de València reminds people that university culture is not in quarantine and offers all its contents for free in the Culture Channel in MediaUni.
24 de march de 2020
MediaUni, the TV platform of the Universitat, allows people to watch more than 170 videos of conferences, 206 recordings of debates, 48 interviews, 38 videos of expositions, 49 of presentations or 24 of performing arts, among many otheraudio-visualcontents. Most of these digital pills correspond to the programme developed by the Universitat deValènciain the Cultural Centre La Nau. Moreover, the institution makes available to the public the free online access to the catalogues that are edited on the occasion of the exhibition programme on the platform of the UniversitatRoderic.
Among the conferences, interviews and debates to which people can access, stand out those featured by first-rate scientists as the biochemist MarianoBarbacidor the full university professor of Neurology Álvaro Pascual Leone; who bring us the point of view of university professors such as Adela Cortina, José Luis Barona or José LuisCanet; in addition to the presentations and lectures of writers and journalists, among which we can find ManuelJabois, IgnacioRamonet, SantiagoPosteguillo, EsmeraldaBerbel,JosepRamoneda... Without forgetting referents of Sociology such as MaríaÁngelesDurán, MichelWierviorkaand DanielInnerarity; nor intellectuals and politicians of the standing of Manuel Castells, Miguel Sebastián, Inmaculada Rodríguez-PiñeroorJosepPiqué. The conference of the British filmmaker Ken Loach deserves special mention, since it crowded the Cultural Centre La Nau of to the Universitat deValèncialast November for the 25th anniversary of his acclaimed film 'Land and Freedom.'
The public accessing the platform will also be able to virtually visit the current exhibitions at the Cultural Centre La Nau, such as 'Let's bring blacks home.Imaginacióncolonial yformasdeaproximacióngráficade los negros deÁfrica(1880-1968)', that analyses the racist stereotypes of African black populations created by Europe in the colonial period. In the same way, interested people can also visit collections like 'Gentillocs.GabrilCuadallóen lacol·lecciódel'IVAM' or ‘Creadorsvalencianspelsdretshumans.Setantaanysde laDeclaracióUniversaldelsDretsHumans’, which are at present no longer exhibited. And so up to almost fifty videos of exhibitions to bring to the public, now that we are confined and cannot go for a walk, the photographs of the city ofValènciaby José García Poveda, popularly known as 'ElFlaco'; the sustainable designs of the exhibition 'Rehogar' or the first exhibition of the Valencian satirical magazine 'LaTraca', which gathered covers, complete issues and unpublished material of this controversial magazine.
On the other hand,MediaUnioffers plays performed in the Matilde Salvador Hall of La Nau over the last years, as well as shows created and produced by the group ASSAIG-Grup deTeatreof the Universitat deValènciaand by the projectEscenaErasmus of the Universitat deValència. All these contents are within any user's reach in a complete way with just a click.
All news, programmes, podcasts, documentaries or series, as well as educational conferences of many different kinds and informative scientific videos among other contents produced or edited by the Tallerd'Audiovisualsof the Universitat deValènciaare also available on the platform.
#LaNauVirtual
Culture of the Universitat will remain constantly in a virtual mode. Likewise, the social networks of the Cultural Centre La Nau of the Universitat (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) are added to theMediaUniplatform and will daily share all this contents. All materials, which areproprietary, online accessible and free downloadable, are published under the hashtags #LaNauVirtual, #YoMeQuedoEnCasa#CulturaEnCasa. Other accounts linked to Culture, such as the Cinema Club, the General Foundation and Cultural Heritage UV, among others, also intensify their activity in their profiles.