What happens when a community stops being the subject of a film and starts being the creator? Since 2015, North East Network (NEN) and InsightShare have been exploring this question across the hills of Nagaland. For a long time, I understood the concept of participatory video (PV) through the work of my former colleagues at…
When Senior Associate Josiah began supporting young people to evaluate the Sport for Education and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (SESLA) programme, his journey spanned eight countries, each with its own sport, culture and context. In Benin, DRC and Uganda, the work centred on football as a pathway to confidence and teamwork, while Uganda’s programme focused…
When Soledad Muñiz, InsightShare’s Director of Programmes, first heard the proposal for a women-only participatory video project in Afghanistan, her initial reaction was one of hesitation. “Under the circumstances that the country is going through, the first feeling was fear… would this be possible?” she remembers. The Taliban’s takeover had ushered in strict limitations on…
When I joined the participatory video (PV) training course in London in April 2025, I wanted to explore new artistic mediums and creative ways of empowering the learning process and delivering projects collaboratively. As someone who studied traditional art and specialised in the heritage sector, I have always wondered how to make arts and culture…
