Pakorpa Susangho is a short participatory video in which ten widows from the small settlement of Kulbia in Ghana document and report land issues affecting them. It is a traditional practice in their communities that, following their husband´s death, widows lose the rights to the land they previously owned. One of the ten women collaborating…
As researchers, we never expected the outcomes of our research on participatory video with young people in central Scotland. We initially wanted to find out from them what they thought about their local greenspaces using their own voices. And, yes, we did indeed learn about their views and experiences of greenspaces, which were unfortunately largely…
As we move into the third phase of the Living Cultures Indigenous Fellowship, we interviewed mentors of three different hubs to share their journey over the last couple of months. Sinegugu, Samwel and Magella share personal experiences as mentors of the Amadiba (South Africa), OLM-T (Tanzania) and Gurapau (Kenya) hubs, respectively. The local mentors are…
I’m Christopher Outlaw from Devon in the UK. I’m currently pursuing a MA in Intercultural Communication and International Development (MAICID) at the University of Sheffield. ‘ID’ is the search for solutions to the world’s most pressing human problems, and my course aims to enhance this with the cultural sensitivity of ‘IC’. I’m a part time…
