A Collaborative Curriculum

While the activities in the curriculum will be built around works from other community-based and youth media projects, I want to leave this page as a working document that is responsive to the community. As interests in this project grows, I will be incorporating the feedback, concerns, and ideas it generates. Though the types of media we will be producing are videos, photography, and creative writing, I am open to including other forms that increase accessibility and participation.

Week 1

Prompt: Danger of a Single Story

  • What is a “single story” and why is it dangerous? What are some of the “single stories” you have been told of Africa? What are examples of single stories told about rural communities? What are “single stories” someone might have about you? What are those stories excluding?

Practice: Framing the Subject

  • What are some possible film or photography ideas to show what is missing in those stories?

  • Introduction to cameras, equipment, and software management.

  • Group Portrait Activity: framing and shooting our project.

Week 2

Prompt: Collective Storytelling

  • The Reel Injun

  • Single Story Narratives told of Indigenous People

Practice: How does your perspective shape the way you see your community?

  • Intro to Film and audio.

  • Interviewing Activity: In groups of two, describe your favorite place to each other. Afterward you will repeat, with as much detail, the story they told as well as the way they told it to the class. What did you notice of their mannerisms?