SharingStories
SharingStories is a digital online project in which young people in remote indigenous communities are being taught how to produce and upload their own online content.. This process enables children to find a creative voice with which they can explore, tell and share their own stories as well as participate in the creation of cultural recordings with their own elders. The project is currently being set up in Jilkminggan and Wugularr schools in the Northern Territory and Jarlmadangah community in the Kimberley.
At the end of the first phase of the project these three communities will be linked online.
SharingStories will run over a three year period with a continuous refreshing and extending of skills. It will also involve the training of community facilliators and endeavour to link them with mainstream media producers such as National Indigenous Television (NITV) or ABC Online so that content produced can potentially move into the mainstream media. SharingStories is about supporting self representational creative processes and sharing as well as providing a broader platform for the voice of young indigenous people in remote areas.
Further funds are needed for the projects development , if you are interested in assisting either through financial, product or training support please contact project co-ordinator Liz Thompson on tigereye_liz@optusnet.com.au.
SharingStories is currently made possible through the kind support of The Australia Council for the Arts, The University of Technology Sydney , Adobe, Fujitsu, Katherine Group Schools, Jarlmadangah Burru Community, Budget Car and Truck Rentals and The Melbourne Community Foundation.
