Topic of Research Seminar: Digital Storytelling: A Participatory Action Research Method

Abstract: Using a variety of cases in Participatory Action Research (PAR)- the topic explores the methodological potential of Digital Storytelling (DST) under the Freirean epistemology of Conscientization. In doing so, the levels of conscientization- i.e. Cultural, Dialogic, and Power Structure Awareness- will be systematically studied. The first set of cases illustrates the symbolic and pedagogical potential of DST in constructing agentive identities among adults and youth in one Bay Area community. These cases unpack the role of new learning spaces and symbolic tools in fostering reflection about concepts of self and agency. The second set of cases deals with a Trauma Narrative Intervention for Children. These cases reveal how dialogic awareness, which manifests itself in Freire’s liberating pedagogy, is central to the trauma narrative intervention. While co-authoring their narratives with the help of trusted healthcare providers, trauma patients exercise power through discourse, and thereby develop a better understanding of the existing power structures around them. 

Subject Field of Topic: Participatory Action Research

Name of Speaker: Joveria Hassan

Professorial Rank of Speaker: Assistant Professor

University Email of Speaker: [email protected]

Research Group Weblink or University Profile weblink: https://s3h.nust.edu.pk/faculty/joveria-hassan/

Affiliation of Speaker: Department of Mass Communication, NUST School of Social Sciences and Humanities (S3H), Islamabad

Date of Seminar: May 20, 2022, 1100 hrs

Venue: S3H Conference Room