Digital storytelling track participant information

Digital storytelling is a way of using multimedia technology (words, pictures, sound and video) for women to tell heir own stories in their own words. This hands-on approach mixes together new digital media skills with the chance to tell your own stories. Digital stories are emerging as a very powerful medium for spreading advocacy messages that are grounded in women’s realities.

Trainers

• Janine Moolman South Africa
• Itandehui Reyes Mexico

• Lebo Marishane South Africa

Structure

What is the digital stories track about?

• Telling stories
• Developing a script
• Recording a script
• Finding and editing pictures to illustrate a story
• Representing ourselves and ‘others’
• Showing how stories illustrate that personal is political

• Story telling as a process that is about transformation

What topics will the track cover?

• Power and stories: who tells who’s stories? Why?
• Privacy; safety
• IP
• Copyleft
• Power of story telling
• Sharing to build solidarity

• Witnessing

By the end of the track, participants will know how to:

• Make a digital story

• Communicate ideas in a new way using audio and video and stories

What level is the track?

• All levels

How (what methodology) will the track use?

• Story circle
• Emphasis on personal / individual experiences

• Participatory – participants share their own skills