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CAPACITY BUILDING
Objective: … Introduction to main studio operations. … Introduction to community activism. … Introduction to the dynamism of teamwork. The entire thrust of Participatory Learning is to provide a capacity building dynamic to media studies. All of the exercises in these Modules are designed to create a capacity in community members to become analysts, self-directed, and agents of personal and social change. Most of the training should be based on real community problems, identified by the participants. This particular Session asks the group to put what they have learned into practice by making an actual programme. You may need to start your group off with some suggested headings, e.g. illiteracy, drugs, lone parents, refugees, unemployment, or whatever social problems are dominant in your community. Each exercise should place strong emphasis on problem-solving and collective decision-making. Suggest that they make a one-hour programme, to include perhaps, four-quarter hour segments researched, recorded and presented by members of the group. If you have access to a community radio station, arrange that it be broadcast when ready. This will give extra spice to the groups efforts. Significant time should be devoted to sharing experiences, good and bad, amongst the group. This will help individual members to develop confidence in analysing and finding solutions to local problems. Sharing information, opinions and experiences with others with different viewpoints is a powerful opportunity to gain new perspectives, confidence in expressing oneself and experience of the value of collective problem solving. This particular exercise will require more time than most of the other Sessions. You should introduce it early in the learning process, perhaps as early as the second or third Module. This will allow the group to do research, conduct interviews and edit the necessary pieces. It will also allow you to introduce such topics as 'Editing Reality' (Session C.3.) and 'Making data informational' (Session B.2.(d)) in a more meaningful way. To be effective, this Session needs to be accompanied by appropriate access to an actual broadcast studio, so that real hands-on experience can be gained.
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