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The Taipei Frog Conservation Project Part II

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In this podcast, I introduce the Taipei Frog Conservation Project in Taiwan and share my reflections on the case study. #Conservation #Ecology #Environment #MingYehRawnsley #NetworkTheory #podcast #ScienceCommunication #ScienceEducation #TaipeiFrog #Taiwan #TDE #TransDisciplinarity
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12 months ago
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Ming-Yeh

Comment from Mr Andrew Thorpe:

HI Ming-Yeh,

I’ve just had a quick listen to both these podcasts. The first thing that strikes me is I think you need to use a microphone that is external to the recorder, rather than the in-built mic- the sound of your voice is very “thin” in tonal terms. This is especially evident when you cut back to some pre recorded material.

I don’t think you’d need anything fancy- maybe a tie clip mic would be the most effective in giving you a fuller sound ( I don’t think it’s the recorder itself that’s at fault).

Other observations are that some of the junctions are a little “harsh” in terms of levels. I don’t know if you know the “rubber banding” technique- a process of fading the sound in more gently? Also, just leaving a short pause would ease things a little.

One final observation is that if you have a translation, it’s always better to hear the natural native language person speaking for a few seconds at full volume, then fade that into the background (but keep it going) whilst you bring in the English translation over the top. It seems that you started this technique but then you lose the sound of the native language and have some ambient sound in the background of the English translation.

So- I reckon all that’s needed is to brush up on your rubber banding and perhaps get a separate mic.

Ming-Yeh 11 months ago

Ming-Yeh

A related article can be accessed from two website:

(1) My Blog: http://blog.chinatimes.com/mingyeh/archive/2012/07/05/2228840.html

(2) SHS Website: http://case.ntu.edu.tw/shs/?p=13297

Ming-Yeh 12 months ago

Ming-Yeh

Comment from Mr Yiben Ma:


‎2). I really love the dubbing in the audio which has made the programme even more attractive. In the second part of the programme when you are explaining the definition of network theory, you say 'The notion of network will help us to reconcile the two contradictory aspects of technoscience and to understand how so few people may seem to cover the world'. I feel a bit confused about 'the two contradictory aspects', and it may as I think require a little more clarification.

Ming-Yeh 12 months ago

Ming-Yeh

This podcast is made possible by two grants: (1) Taiwan Fellowship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2011 which allowed me to conduct interviews regarding science communications in Taiwan; and (2) HEIF grant of the University of Leeds in 2012 which allowed me to conduct interviews in the UK to gain further understanding on the practice of science communications.

Ming-Yeh 12 months ago

Ming-Yeh

References for the Podcast:

Robin Brown’s (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds) interview with the author, Leeds, 6 June 2012.

Latour, Bruno (1987), Science in Action (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press).

Uncle Stone’s Lotus Farm (DVD), dir. Wang, Ching-ling, 2004, Public Television Service, Taiwan, http://web.pts.org.tw/php/html/island/list_view.php?ITSET=268&KIND=A.

Ming-Yeh 12 months ago