{"id":2850,"date":"2023-05-09T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwydro.com\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2023-05-09T10:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:22:19","slug":"protecting-welsh-place-names-one-gif-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwydro.com\/cy\/2023\/05\/09\/protecting-welsh-place-names-one-gif-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Welsh Place-Names \u2026 one GIF at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s Sioned Young from Caernarfon\u2019s aim with her new #HacYGymraeg<\/strong> (Welsh Language Hack) project. Within her project, run through her digital illustration business Mwydro<\/a><\/strong>, Sioned will be working with primary and secondary school pupils to design and promote a series of Welsh Language Place-Name GIF Stickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIF Stickers are animated images that can be used on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. Where Sioned is responsible for designing over 400 Welsh Language GIFs within her business, a gap still remains in the number of Welsh Language Place-Name GIFs available for all to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve created a few Welsh Language Place-Name GIFs of places I visit regularly such as Caernarfon and Llanberis, but I thought it\u2019d be great to work with school children and give them the opportunity to design their own place-name GIFs based on places in their area,\u201d said Sioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the recent news of Eryri and Bannau Brycheiniog choosing to move away from using their English Language Place-Name, this discussion on the importance of Welsh Language Place-Names is more important than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is funded by the Welsh Government, via #HacYGymraeg, held by M-SParc<\/a>, who have also offered support to all the hackathon winners. Last year, Sioned won the grant after she pitched her idea of a project that hit the brief of using technology to increase the use of the Welsh Language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the 400 GIFs she\u2019s already created having been viewed over 120 million times, she recognised an opportunity to build on their popularity and develop this new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sioned said, \u201cThe workshops also give the chance to educate the pupils on the importance of using and protecting Welsh Language Place-Names and the history of specific place-names in their area. The information is then used in the second workshop where the young people have the opportunity to create videos for social media promoting Welsh-Language Place-Names including their meaning, pronunciation, and the importance of using them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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