About a month ago, Globels announced the first five citizen media outreach projects to receive Rising s microgrants. So, I'm keeping an eye on the progress reports for inspiration. This video blogging workshop in Columbia caught my eye:
Álvaro Ramirez, Jorge Montoya, and Juliana Rincón originally submitted two separate project proposals both focused on working class neighborhoods in Medellín and both with the same objectives. They are now all working together and have formed an organization called HiperBarrio with the tagline Historias Locales, audiencia global, or “Local Stories, global audience.” They have already registered a domain and the website is under currently construction.
Just one week after receiving confirmation of their Rising s outreach grant, Álvaro Ramirez and Mauricio Múnera organized a video blogging workshop at the public library of the poor and often violent neighborhood of La Loma San Javier. Álvaro documented the first three workshops with a series of photographs taken by the young participants themselves.
The text reads:
Colombia, land of images.
There is a lot of talk about war in Colombia
Life and scenery
Dance, joy, and entertainment
… culture, faith, and hope
… We are also
Beth,
I was excited to see this post this morning. I am beginning my thesis research in a couple of weeks. My research, International Collaboration with Elementary Students, will connect my classroom with a classroom in Bucaramanga, Colombia. I was suppose to fly down the last week in august to train staff and students, but the trip is postponed due to travel advisories. I am still training but will do so via web conferencing and screencasts. I am excited at this prospect of connecting these students in two very different cultures. I look forward to breaking down barriers and biases that I am sure are there.
Posted by: Cheryl Lykowski | August 05, 2007 at 09:09 AM