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Why would a person travel halfway around the world to pick up trash? Independent producer Dacia Herbulock sends us a sound-rich first person report from an International Voluntary Workcamp on the coast of Turkey. The camp is one of a worldwide network of thousands of camps overseen by UNESCO. Though relatively little known in the US, these short-term projects involve over 100,000 youth every year in exchanges between more than 90 countries. Participants pay little or no fee to participate; their responsibilities range from repairing buildings to performing in festivals. Herbulock was the only American in a group that included British, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Korean and German volunteers. Her piece is full of the sounds of the work and the voices of the volunteers.
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Why would a person travel halfway around the world to pick up trash? Independent producer Dacia Herbulock sends us a sound-rich first person report from an International Voluntary Workcamp on the coast of Turkey. The camp is one of a worldwide network of thousands of camps overseen by UNESCO. Though relatively little known in the US, these short-term projects involve over 100,000 youth every year in exchanges between more than 90 countries. Participants pay little or no fee to participate; their responsibilities range from repairing buildings to performing in festivals. Herbulock was the only American in a group that included British, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Korean and German volunteers. Her piece is full of the sounds of the work and the voices of the volunteers.
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Review of Turkish Work ExchangeThis piece focuses on a work camp -- travelling long distances to do volunteer work -- but features more about the social interaction between the diverse flock of strangers gathered together to do the work. This social interaction is likely an important theme in getting people out to help, else they'd probably just clean up their local park. Focusing on the social aspects is okay, environmentalists should be friendly with the other environmentalists they meet. And, what brings them together pushes this piece fits into the Green Theme. The quality of this piece really stands out. The reporter's warm style draws you in, from the opening description to the linked wrapup at the end. This piece is 10 times as good as it might have been because of the things she chooses to describe and how she describes them. |
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Every year more than 100,000 young people spend their vacations at U.N.-sponsored voluntary workcamps around the world. The camps operate in 90 countries and cost little or nothing beyond the expense of getting there. As producer Dacia [DAY-sha] Herbulock [HER-byu-lock] found out, two weeks of hard labor in a remote village can be a great way to connect with the world. Her report is part of THINK GLOBAL, Public Radio's week of special coverage.
TAPE [waves 0:02]
IC: "What you're hearing right now..."
OC: "...now drifting apart on the warm, salty current of the sea."
TAPE [music, waves 0:15 fade]
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Posted on June 30, 2005 at 05:33 PM | Permalink
Review of Turkish Work Exchange
There is nothing better than learning about something while being drawn to lean forward, to not miss a thing. This was an incredibly refreshing moment for me to stop and listen. DOzens of people converging at some place on the globe, almost like in Close Encounters, with a mission - to be useful, together as disparate parts. I WANT TO DO THIS is all I can think. I want people to hear this, that there is something micro-small that one can do to feel a macro-huge participation.
Clever production but not heavy handed, lots of good tape and good writing.
Very inspiring - beautiful work !
"We were like empty bottles that the waves had gathered together, now drifting apart again on the warm salty current of the sea."