Scholarships for the creation of videos in Catalan
The Department of Culture of the Generalitat has promoted a line of grants to promote the creation of videos in Catalan or Occitan (Aranese) to spread on social networks. This call was open until June 6 and a total of 24 scholarships will be awarded.
Strengthen the community of content creators
Mercè Prat, known as @la_semproniana on social networks, highlights the importance of having a network of creators in Catalan. This makes it possible to share experiences and work in a group with the same goals. Interesting actions have been taken to encourage this community, such as the initiative to ask the CapCut application to activate the Catalan option for subtitling content.
Embrace all thematic areas, even the ‘controversial’ ones
There is a debate about whether it is necessary to occupy all areas of content in Catalan, including the most controversial areas. Genís Vives, from the Guillem Agulló Training School of Òmnium Cultural, defends that everything must be done in Catalan, from socially correct content to more opinionated content.
Doing linguistic activism in the virtual sphere
Eloi Planas, member of the Plataforma per la Llengua executive, highlights the importance of language activism to promote the use of Catalan on the Internet. It proposes various actions such as configuring devices in Catalan, following profiles that promote Catalan and pressuring large multinational companies to include Catalan in their digital devices.
Coordinated action of the public administration and civil society
The speakers emphasize the importance of the joint action of the public administration and civil society to achieve results. The Alliance for the Digital Presence of the Catalan Language has been created, made up of several entities that work to defend the language. This entity has achieved results such as changing the Google algorithm to favor Catalan content.
