Introduction
WE ARE BACK! Our most popular course is finally back this Autumn! Join the 31st edition of our Participatory Video Facilitation course in Oxford from the 12th to the 17th of September 2022.
- Have you been following our work for a while and want to gain skills to facilitate a participatory video project?
- Do you want to facilitate a participatory video process but don't know where to start?
- Do you use participatory methods in your research and want to incorporate visual methods like participatory video into your project?
- Are you looking for a participatory methodology to enable trust-building with your research participants?
- Do you work with communities from different age sets and cannot find a participatory tool that suits their specific needs?
- Do you want to learn how to create a safe space for alternative conversations that wouldn't happen otherwise?
We got you covered! Participatory Video is a fun, accessible and empowering tool that supports people from all walks of life to create a collective story through film. Participatory Video is not about mastering video production skills or becoming the next Steven Spielberg. Instead, our decolonial, bottom-up approach focuses on bringing people together to make collective films that address issues that truly matter to them - whether that is environmental conservation, women's rights, mental health, food sovereignty, land rights, access to education or human rights advocacy. Over the last 20 years, we have delivered more than 400 projects in over 60 countries. And that's just the beginning!
Given the current climate, where stories are tweaked to fit a predetermined narrative or political agenda, self-representation in media is fundamental. At InsightShare, we're a group of like-minded people who share the vision of working towards a more just, inclusive, dignified world. If you also believe that change begins by putting the last first and want to support people at the margins to raise their voices, we would love to help you get started on your journey as a PV facilitator.
About the course
This intensive and rigorous 6-day course will cover everything you need to know to design and facilitate your first participatory video projects. Our training is designed around principles of experiential learning: employing a wide range of techniques that enhance creativity, sharing, reflection and learning. During the course, you will have the opportunity to experience, explore and practice a wide range of games and group exercises. In addition, the course includes sessions that focus on developing basic technical editing skills and sessions that address the unique approaches to editing within the context of participatory video projects.
Methodology
Participatory Video is a set of techniques to involve a group or community in shaping and creating their own film. The idea behind this is that making a video is easy and accessible, and is a great way of bringing people together to explore issues, voice concerns or simply be creative and tell stories. Furthermore, this process can empower a group or community to see improvements and communicate their needs and ideas to decision-makers and/or other groups and communities. As such, PV can be a highly effective tool to engage and mobilise people helping them implement their own forms of sustainable development based on local needs.
Including Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and consensus-making processes in our approach helps foster a safe space for deep sharing between people. Our energisers and team-building games promote a fun and fully experiential learning environment. This course is designed for you to:
- Experience a complete participatory video process
- Develop technical and storytelling skills
- Learn methods for participatory video planning, shooting, editing and screening events
- Explore exercises for topic exploration, prioritisation and analysis
- Practice and enhance your facilitation skills
- Discuss the most common ethical challenges in participatory video projects
- Extend your toolbox of ice-breaker, energiser and evaluation exercises
- Gain valuable insights into the most common PV applications through case studies
- Receive guidance on key project management issues around equipment purchasing, participant selection, safety, consent, intellectual property and video dissemination
- Develop your first PV project design plan
- Receive advice from our experienced trainers during the course
Target audience
Our Participatory Video Facilitation course is ideal for:
- Project managers and other staff responsible for project delivery
- Community workers and development practitioners
- Volunteers and activists
- Researchers and academics working with participatory approaches
- Anyone who seeks ways of strengthening the capacity of groups to mobilise themselves or influence decision-making processes to achieve positive changes in their lives and environments
Although knowledge of digital editing will be helpful, the course is suitable for trainees with little or no prior experience in computer‐based editing!
How to register
We use video to make change where it matters. And so can you! Join our global community of changemakers this Autumn.
Book your place on the September 2022 course here.
Please note that places are not confirmed until full payment has been received.
Places are served on a first-come-first-served basis.
If you have any questions about this course, don't hesitate to reach out to us at trainings@insightshare.org.