Creative tools for anonymous participatory video making
April 18, 2013
How children make videos and NOT appear in the video itself
Often children express themselves about sensitive topics through video, and often it is not in the best interest of a child to appear in the video itself. Here is a set of creative tools for enabling children to make videos, without any child appearing in the video itself.
Please note: these tools are not mine; I’ve identified and described them trying to build a toolkit. Suggestions are very welcome, work in progress!
Here’s the link to the toolkit 20130418 Creative video techniques for making anonymous videos Ivet Pieper.
Teacher training videos Aflatoun online
March 15, 2013
Last year I was invited by Aflatoun, child social and financial education, to coordinate the production of 13 training videos, covering their 3 day standardized Regional Master Training. We had 5 local filmmakers in 5 different countries film according to a script we drafted at the secretariat. The countries included Ecuador, Zambia, Togo, The Philippines and Moldova.
The local filmmakers edited a 20 minute rough cut, from which I edited 13 coherent training sessions (3 to 10 minutes each). 2 sessions were lost in the process, and we re-filmed those at the ISS in The Hague. The videos have been subtitled in English and French and are available on the Aflatoun channel.
Take a look, and learn how to train teachers to move towards child centered teaching techniques.
Say no to Vertical Video Syndrome
March 12, 2013
Remixing Digital Natives with a Cause
February 28, 2013
For the videos DNI-IV, visual artist Renée Ridgway and filmmaker Rick van Amersfoort interviewed digital natives from all over the world around four issues, juxtapositioning images with spoken content. Being part of the 2011/2012 research endeavour/adventure ’Digital Natives With a Cause’ I was interviewed, and can be spotted in video II (at 3.28) and IV (at 0.24). But do watch them all, they’re great!
The first video, DNI addresses the construction of the digital native (DN) with comments, critiques and opinions from the interviewees, visualizing a shift in how digital natives are imaged and perceived.
The second video DNII focuses on the real vs. the digital whereby the division between physical reality and virtual reality is dismissed to build more comprehensive accounts of digital native practices.
The third clip DNIII explores the processes that produce possibilities and potentials for social change through political participation and the role that technologies play in defining civic action and social movements. What are the relationships that these technology-based identities and practices have with existing political legacies?
The last video DNIV combines connectivity, collaboration, inspiration and transformation but also reflects upon the limits of cyberspace, its borders and the eventual co-optation of technology by users.
The videos are presented at VIDEO VORTEX #9 Re:assemblies of Video.
Explaining the basics of #participatoryvideo
January 23, 2013
In this video I explain basic elements of participatory video (PV). The interview is filmed against the backdrop of a lively PV training of 25 talented football girls.
It’s in Dutch, and subtitled in English.
The video was produced for the Dutch National Youth Participation Day, which consisted of a plenary television show, and 10 practical online workshops. My video was one of these workshops.
What does a working group on NewComTech do, actually?
January 10, 2013
Wanna learn what a Working Group on New Communication Technologies does? Then check this video:
In November I had the pleasure of spending a day or two in Dublin with the ‘Working Group on New Communication Technologies’ of the international network of Child Helplines. It was their sixth meeting, and I was invited to facilitate a workshop on the use of video in their work. With a specific lens on DIY and participatory video.
Participants had been asked to search for and share two or three inspirational examples of ways video has contributed to e.g. marketing/fundraising, M&E and reporting, child education or e.g. communicating among colleagues. During the first part of the workshop we watched a selection of these videos, discussed them (e.g. purpose, audience, process, impact) and positioned them in a theoretical framework. Here’s the playlist:
And then the participants underwent some hands on videomaking themselves. In three groups they created a storyboard (one on use of video, one on texting services for youth and one on the working group itself) and went out to shoot. After watch & feedback and celebrating the footage, I was left with the responsibility to edit a short video report out of the material, which you have just seen [top video].
Learnt a lot.
Perfect little #storytelling tool useful for #participatoryvideo
December 18, 2012
In Dutch culture, storytelling is not a strong feature. At the dinner table we sit, and eat our potatoes in silence. Well, near silence.
I stumbled upon a smart, playful little tool to enhance storytelling capacities: it’s called Rory’s Story Cubes. I bought the action set, and my kids have been making up stories all afternoon. There are several sets (action, voyage), which can be combined and size wise fit nicely in my facilitation case. I can’t wait to start integrating this in my participatory video workshops, not only with kids!
Sneak preview #2013 #participatoryvideo project with #deaf children.
December 17, 2012
In a collaboration with NSDSK and University of Leiden, during the first half of 2013 I will develop participatory video methods for professionals (teachers, mentors) working with deaf and hard hearing children. I’ll train and coach teachers and collaboratively we’ll develop a manual/toolkit.
During the process University of Leiden will monitor the effect of making participatory video on social and emotional development of participating deaf and hard hearing children.
* project website under construction *
The KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) has initiated an international exchange program, linking Dutch sport clubs to clubs in developing countries called Clublinking. In the upcoming 3 years, 16 youth teams will visit youth teams in developing countries, contributing to a wider understanding of international development issues, creating long lasting links through sports and friendship. Check the site.
During this project, I advise KNVB on how participatory video can contribute to the objectives of the program, and train and coach participating youth in making videos. For this project I collaborate with co-facilitator Tessa Steenbergen and receive great assistance of Sophie Conin.
The last couple of weeks I have trained he Dutch National Ladies Soccer Team under 23 in making videos, combining PV with exploring issues of global citizenship and intercultural communication. Here’s a ‘Day in our lives’ video one of the girls made a year ago.
Wanna know more about the project and do you understand Dutch? Then join in on a workshop on participatory video I’m facilitating December 11, 2012 – as part of the Dutch National Youth Participation Day. This 20 minute workshop can be viewed online from 12.30 – 17.00 and I will be available on chat for questions, discussions etc. Check the site.
It’s a lively introductory workshop, combining an interview on origin, uses, practical application, risks and constraints of PV with footage of a hands on PV training with the Dutch National Ladies Soccer Team under 23.
Op dinsdag 11 december geef ik een online workshop over participatory video & jongeren tijdens de Landelijke Dag van de Jongerenparticipatie.
Het workshopprogramma duurt van 12.30 uur tot 17.00 uur. Onderstaat de info over mijn workshop.
Workshop: jongeren betrekken door participatory video
Organisatie: Ivet Pieper en KNVB
Workshopleider: Ivet Pieper
Jongeren gebruiken steeds vaker video om zich uit te drukken, om hun leefwereld te laten zien, om verhalen te vertellen. Niet alleen thuis en in hun buurt, maar ook op school. Jongeren kunnen best wat ondersteuning gebruiken om goede video’s te maken. Tijdens deze workshop laat trainer Ivet Pieper zien hoe de internationaal ontwikkelde methodieken van participatory video van toegevoegde waarde zijn bij het betrekken van jongeren bij jeugdbeleid en onderzoek, maar ook bij bijvoorbeeld een internationale jongerenuitwisseling van de KNVB. Participatory video is praktisch en inspirerend.
