Fictionalised Reality – new works by Urban Theatre Projects
Urban Theatre Projects (UTP), originally founded as Death Defying Theatre (way back in the ‘80’s) is a professional theatre company based in Bankstown (Sydney, NSW). Their tag line is ‘Stories of...
View ArticleChallenge for Change and NFB Filmmaker in Residence Program
One of the projects that broke new ground for movements in participatory & social-change film-making was the Challenge for Change program. Created by the Canadian National Film Board in 1967, it...
View ArticleBlogging and critical discussion about Participatory Photography
Two websites/blogs that folks with a specific interest in participatory photography might want to take a look at… The Institute for Photographic Empowerment aims to support the study and practice of...
View Articlesearching for eldorado
In the growing tradition of using participatory photography as a tool in the empowerment of marginalised young people, the searching for eldorado project (procurando eldorado in Portugues), which...
View ArticlePhotoVoice Charity turns 10 years old
Interested in global movements in participatory inflatable horse photography? Check out the newsletter from PhotoVoice marking their 10 year anniversary…
View ArticleMarie-Eve Leduc – Participatory Video Practitioner (Part 1)
This is the first in what I hope will be a series about artists and practitioners who bring together collaborative ethnography and art. This first feature is about Participatory Video practitioner...
View ArticleMarie-Eve Leduc – Participatory Video Practitioner (Part 2)
In Part 2 on Marie-Eve Leduc’s work with Participatory Video and her 2007 work running a PV project with 6 Palestinian youths in Bethlehem, Marie-Eve talks about her motivations and approach to PV and...
View ArticleUrban / Desert exchange – powered by video
Check out a cool project that is using participatory video making to link communities in the western desert and the western suburbs of Sydney. The Stories Project – hosted by Curious Works in...
View ArticleStories of refugee experiences in Australia
Have a look at the latest posting from the Stories Project – “Villawood Mums” is a powerful film telling the stories of the mothers of two young refugee film makers living in Sydney that contrasts the...
View ArticleHighrise – 360 Documentary
Following on from the National Film Board of Canada’s desire to continue participatory film making into the digital age they have produced an ambitious participatory digital ethnography project called...
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