Audio Recording, Photography, And The Ethics Of Cross Cultural Storytelling.
A four-day workshop to learn interview skills, audio recording, and photography techniques. Participants will create audio slideshows – combining audio and still photography – and learn about an ethical approach to telling the stories of others. The first two days participants will work at the Kigali Center of Photography Ned Castle – an ethnographic documentarian based in the Northeast U.S. For the second two days, the workshop will be joined by a group of secondary school students traveling from the Northeast U.S.
Day 1: Introduction to ethnographic techniques for interviewing and media documentation – including the ethics of storytelling. Participants will be introduced to pro audio recording tools, as well as concepts of photography for use in creating short audio slideshows.
Day 2: Participants will create a mini-project with the support of workshop leaders.
Day 3: 12:00-5:00PM - Workshop will be joined by a group of 30 secondary students – participants will be put in small groups to design and create short audio slideshows together on subjects to be determined.
Day 4: 12:00 – 5:00PM - Projects completed and media shared.
Kigali Center of Photography and the traveling student group will be offering an internship/training opportunity for up to three of the workshop participants to travel with the student group for 3-4 days to continue working on media projects. A modest stipend of $250 USD will be provided – travel , lodging, and food costs will also be covered by Kigali Center of Photography.
Instructor Biography
Ned Castle coordinates the Vermont Folklife Center Vision & Voice Gallery and Workspace program in Middlebury, Vermont, U.S. His photographic work focuses on documentary and ethnographic subject matter and including, In Their Own Words, a collection of stories from refugees resettled in Vermont, Indigenous Expressions, comprising portraits of Native Peoples from the Lake Champlain Basin, and most recently the HIGHLOW Project, photographs and audio portraits from at-risk youth living across Vermont.
Ned is also a film-maker and has produced numerous short films including Life is the School, a collaborative documentary produced in partnership with the students, teachers, and staff of the North Branch School.
Ned attended photography school in Florence, Italy and New York City, and is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in Biology and Psychology. He studied digital photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Application Proccess
Interested participants are required to submit the following information before Wednesday 14th Febuary 2018 to [email protected] a completed entry form (download), a profile/short biography (max. 800 words) with recent picture(s) that will be used for publicity. Download the Application here
Kwanda will confirm receipt of your entry form. A professional team will assess the submissions received and decide which individuals will participate in this Photography Workshop.
A four-day workshop to learn interview skills, audio recording, and photography techniques. Participants will create audio slideshows – combining audio and still photography – and learn about an ethical approach to telling the stories of others. The first two days participants will work at the Kigali Center of Photography Ned Castle – an ethnographic documentarian based in the Northeast U.S. For the second two days, the workshop will be joined by a group of secondary school students traveling from the Northeast U.S.
Day 1: Introduction to ethnographic techniques for interviewing and media documentation – including the ethics of storytelling. Participants will be introduced to pro audio recording tools, as well as concepts of photography for use in creating short audio slideshows.
Day 2: Participants will create a mini-project with the support of workshop leaders.
Day 3: 12:00-5:00PM - Workshop will be joined by a group of 30 secondary students – participants will be put in small groups to design and create short audio slideshows together on subjects to be determined.
Day 4: 12:00 – 5:00PM - Projects completed and media shared.
Kigali Center of Photography and the traveling student group will be offering an internship/training opportunity for up to three of the workshop participants to travel with the student group for 3-4 days to continue working on media projects. A modest stipend of $250 USD will be provided – travel , lodging, and food costs will also be covered by Kigali Center of Photography.
Instructor Biography
Ned Castle coordinates the Vermont Folklife Center Vision & Voice Gallery and Workspace program in Middlebury, Vermont, U.S. His photographic work focuses on documentary and ethnographic subject matter and including, In Their Own Words, a collection of stories from refugees resettled in Vermont, Indigenous Expressions, comprising portraits of Native Peoples from the Lake Champlain Basin, and most recently the HIGHLOW Project, photographs and audio portraits from at-risk youth living across Vermont.
Ned is also a film-maker and has produced numerous short films including Life is the School, a collaborative documentary produced in partnership with the students, teachers, and staff of the North Branch School.
Ned attended photography school in Florence, Italy and New York City, and is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in Biology and Psychology. He studied digital photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Application Proccess
Interested participants are required to submit the following information before Wednesday 14th Febuary 2018 to [email protected] a completed entry form (download), a profile/short biography (max. 800 words) with recent picture(s) that will be used for publicity. Download the Application here
Kwanda will confirm receipt of your entry form. A professional team will assess the submissions received and decide which individuals will participate in this Photography Workshop.