TASKs for democracy

Activity 46
Displacement and
digital storytelling
DESCRIPTION
Original activity contributed by Ana Boa Ventura
Focus: individuals are often confronted with relocation and feel the need to develop a sense of belonging. This
activity helps to learn how to document a place through digital storytelling to stimulate one’s identification
with a new location and to create an opportunity to claim shared ownership and responsibility for it. Working
on documents about Roma communities, among others, will be particularly relevant to the reflection on new
media and human rights to counterbalance phenomena of social exclusion and discrimination. This activity
can be adapted to classroom use.
Target group: pre-/in-service teachers of age groups 10-14/14-18/adult learners
Expected learning outcomes:
A_DIV_2 Disposition to be empathetic to enhance living and acting together in society
S_DIV_2 Ability to discover facts about other people’s beliefs and practices
K_DIV_1 Understanding of the main concepts related to diversity (e.g. culture, identity, equality, empathy,
prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, racism, citizenship, global interdependence, sustainability)
K_DIV_2 Understanding of the changing nature of identities and cultures
Type of activity: Core/main activity
PROCEDURE
Introduction
Present the session, its aims, processes and expected learning outcomes and show participants the online
platform that they will be working on.
Step 1 (individual and pair work – 30 minutes)
1. Participants read the pre-reading individually (Task sheets/slides 1 and 2) on storytelling, story mapping,
Internally Displaced People (IDP), mobility and locative media.
2. Participants form pairs and extract the gist of the argument of these sources.
Step 2 (group work and plenary – 60 minutes)
1. In micro-groups, based on Documents 1 and 2 (Task sheet/slide 2), as well as on-site self-guided online
research, participants identify cases of IDPs in Europe.
2. Participants should link this to their own experience and add information accordingly.
3. The micro-groups present their findings in plenary.
4. In the whole group, overview the possible causes of internal displacement and human rights that are
under threat for IDPs.
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