Introductory presentation for a workshop about Using Digital Storytelling to Combat Violence Against Women. If you want to use this file, please contact me.
3. Why are you here?
Discuss and learn how digital stories can help to
combat violence against women
Watch how others have used digital stories
Learn the basics of telling an effective story
Learn the basics of how to use the tools
Tell your own story in digital format
Use your learning to teach other women how to
harness technology
6. ―First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out
how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we
thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics,
and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide
Web, we've realized it's a brochure.‖
~ Douglas Adams
10. ―Social media
spark a
revelation that
we, the people,
have a voice,
and through the
democratization
of content and
ideas we can
once again unite
around common
passions, inspire
movements, and
ignite change.‖ ~
Brian Solis
By Essam Sharaf (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
11. How can technology help
women?
Digital Sisters http://www.digitalsistas.
org/home.shtml
Women Who Tech http://womenwhotech.com/
Fem 2.0 http://www.fem2pt0.com/
Women Action and the Media
http://www.womenactionmedia.org/
Take Back the Tech
http://www.takebackthetech.net/
UNIFEM
http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/sayno/
14. /Burhan Ozbilici / AP Photo
―The question
isn’t who’s
going to let me;
it’s who is going
to stop me.‖
~Ayn Rand
15. How is Digital Storytelling
Useful?
Personal
Reflection
& Growth
Education & Awareness
Movement
Building
Policy &
Advocacy
Research &
Evaluation
Digital
Storytelling
This slide is based on a digital storytelling outcomes matrix developed by staff at the Center for Digital Storytelling, www.storycenter.or
which pioneered the practice of digital storytelling in the early 1990s and continues to offer training and technical assistance globally
16. How is Digital Storytelling
Useful?
Personal
Reflection
& Growth
Education & Awareness
Movement
Building
Policy &
Advocacy
Research &
Evaluation
17. ―Our deepest wishes are whispers of our
authentic selves. We must learn to respect
them. We must learn to listen.‖ ~Sarah
Ban Breathnach
By Rennett Stowe from USA (Meditation Uploaded by russavia) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
18. What is Digital Storytelling?
Digital stories are stories produced, stored
and disseminated using digital media
29. The Focus
Your
Control over the medium
Choice of words (narration)
Choice of Pictures
Choice of Music
The process is as powerful for the story teller
as the end product is to the viewer.
31. By Bryan Hong (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
―When we speak we
are afraid our words
will not be heard or
welcomed. But when
we are silent, we are
still afraid. So it is
better to speak.‖
~Audre Lorde
32. To use your talents
to tell stories of your
own.
33. To learn to tell your
stories using words,
visuals, and multi-
media.
37. The Result
Create a 1– 4 minute digital video clip
First person narrative [begins with a written script
~ 400 words]
Told in your own voice [record script]
Illustrated (mostly) by still images
Music track to add emotional tone
38. When a digital
story is finished it
should be
remembered for
its soul, not the
bells and whistles
of the technology
tools.
Bernajean Porter
39. Credits:
•Images from Wikimedia Commons and Stock Xchng
•Outcomes of Digital Storytelling Matrix developed by
The Center
For Digital Storytelling (http://www.storycenter.org) in
conjunction with Silence Speaks
(http://www.silencespeaks.org) collaboration with
Sonke Gender Justice in South Africa
(http://genderjustice.org.za)
Editor's Notes
Today’s world is a connected world. It is easier to reach other people with your message than it was before
Ubiquitous and inexpensive videocameras, via cellphones or lightweight portable units like the Flip, are powering social movements and political change. From the horrific images of systematic rape in Guinea last fall to the death of female protesters during the political upheaval in Iran this year, cheap and easily shareable video is changing the way we perceive conflict and human rights around the world. When every activist is also a video journalist connected to a worldwide network, the power equation changes—and we see that women are truly on the frontlines.
Ubiquitous and inexpensive videocameras, via cellphones or lightweight portable units like the Flip, are powering social movements and political change. From the horrific images of systematic rape in Guinea last fall to the death of female protesters during the political upheaval in Iran this year, cheap and easily shareable video is changing the way we perceive conflict and human rights around the world. When every activist is also a video journalist connected to a worldwide network, the power equation changes—and we see that women are truly on the frontlines.