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MEDIA LITERACY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Strategies, Debates and Good Practices social associations in the municipality of Pamplona, the authors registered four main areas of improvement, namely: • Changes in their self-concept • Improvement in their Computer Skills • The recovery of historical memory and • Empowerment Changes in their self-concept In the initial stages of the project the participating women exhibited insecurity in skills related to computer use and low self-esteem. Throughout the process interesting dynamics were created and as a result a change in the attitudes of women who participated in the workshops was registered. For such change to occur a great deal of encouragement was given by the trainers and the group. Thanks to the support and the dialogic nature of the workshops, women gained a new awareness of the value that society places on their role and contribution outside the private sphere. Another important aspect is that of cooperation. In the field of group dynamics, women rediscover their willingness to help and cooperate with other members of the team, which in this particular context, is accepted and recognized and makes learning much faster and more pleasant. Throughout the learning process, especially in the development of focus groups a significant increase in the value attributed to each participant’s status, as citizen, mother and wife was observed. An important feature observed during the workshops was the renewed value and importance given to the tradition of women, their cultural heritage and experience, social skills and cultural traditions. The incidence in the latter has been crucial in learning how to use ICT to treat the various topics discussed during the workshops. 6.1. Improvement in their Computer Skills The initial impetus of the digital literacy workshops has been the general lack of knowledge of computer use and Internet surfing. At the end of the training process each woman has acquired skills to use word processing, create folders to store documents, scan photos, surf the net, write and send an email. The basic knowledge gained by all participants in the workshops has served not only to eliminate the barriers between these women and ICT, but also to stimulate the desire to continue learning in this area. 6.2. Recovery of Historical Memory At the end of the five sessions participants had to create a single document on paper, documenting the work done throughout the workshops, particularly the selected photos scanned and discussed by each participant. This exercise documented the life history of the participants. 29
MEDIA LITERACY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Strategies, Debates and Good Practices They also produced a paper dossier of the geographical descriptions and the outstanding features of the municipality and the town of Pamplona. This was supported with photos and comments that have been developed during the workshop sessions. This was later distributed among all workshop participants as a dossier entitled "Life history of women members of women's associations in Pamplona". This file contained all the images that have been scanned, with a caption that explains each photo. During the final integration of the documents and the proofreading of texts we have encountered messages of love, fun trivia, happy and painful moments of their life. We were very appreciative to the participants for having had the courage to share them and to enrich us with this reality. All workshop sessions have been recorded, to record how the participants performed the activities and collected oral testimony of the history of each participant. Oral sources are slowly being reclaimed as an essential tool for the study of contemporary history (Bertaux, 1993). In this project oral sources have been central to the reconstruction of a past, a history of the municipality of Pamplona’s female. This has been reconstructed through the stories and experiences that have emerged over the debates and discussion groups, workshops and further developed by the interviews we had with women in their municipality. These represented a benchmark on the traditions and work of women in this part of the world. The recording of specific sessions that show the initiation, development and outcomes of the workshops has been taken. They have also recorded displays that women have in the classroom of traditional crafts made in the municipality. They have also recorded images of people. The collection of materials has been assembled in order to create an audio-visual document witnessing the work of women throughout the development of the workshops, a testimony and impressions of each participant of the experience of working with new technologies. To complete the training process we organized a final meeting, based at the University of Pamplona, were the leadership of the University and representatives of the mayor were invited. This gave the participants visibility while disseminating the results of the project and the work of these women. It opened a public space where workshop participants had the opportunity to have and bear witness to the experience they have lived. It was very important for all participants in the workshops, seeing their work reflected in a public act, to feel valued and appreciated for their efforts. Through this digital historical documentation in the context of recovery of historical memory these participants have produced a product of great value for the whole population. 6.3. Empowerment The empowerment of women has been observed in the change of discourse. These participating women started from a situation of general mistrust and limited participation to intensive discussions, airing opinion, sharing their stories 30
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