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• • Photography

  

  Photo sequencing & framing workshop

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On July 26 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of exercises with trainers, young people and film crew to learn about photo sequencing and framing: both skills useful in film production. Young people learnt about how to think through ordering images in a film in relation to building a story and creating affect....

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• • Photography

  

  Onboarding workshop: getting to know each other

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On July 25 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of onboarding exercises with young people interested to be part of the films. The sessions included ice-breakers, an explanation of the project aims and methodology, as well as gaining consent. Young people learnt about the project aims, asked questions and were informed about what...

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• • Photography

  

  Production Day 1 for Film 2: Family Conflict

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On August 5 2023, the Visualising Peace project began shooting the video “Family Conflict”. This film is concerned with mental health issues and ways to address these within the family unit. Students and Kwetu film crew storyboarded and scripted the film in advance, and spent the day on location in the hills above Kigali. The...

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• • Photography

  

  Screening & Feedback Day 3 for Film 1: Mental Health in Schools

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On August 3 2023, the Visualising Peace project, held a screening and feedback session for all the actors, crew and students involved in scripting the video “Mental Health in Schools”. It was a moment to celebrate, share ideas for how to make the film more engaging and learn from each other. The images show participants...

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• • Photography

  

  Production Day 2 for Film 1: Mental Health in Schools

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On August 2 2023, the Visualising Peace project, began filming filming for the video “Mental Health in Schools”. MAP students as well as scripting the film also acted in it. Filming began on a quiet residential street in Kigali. The images show student actors and Kwetu film production crew on location at a residential street...

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• • Photography

  

  Production Day 1 for Film 1: Mental Health in Schools

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On August 1 2023, the Visualising Peace project, ran a one day production workshop to plan and undertake filming for the video “Mental Health in Schools”. MAP students cast the roles. This included a female student as the principle character (shown in the photo) performing her own story relating to mental health. Alongside her peers,...

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• Journal article

  

  Journal article: Sharing and listening to stories for peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda

  • Rwanda

  Cite this article: Breed, A., & Uwihoreye, C. (2023). Sharing and listening to stories for peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 28(1), 160–171. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2023.2185130 Abstract: This article explores how sharing and listening to stories linked children and young people, educators, artists, civil society workers, and policymakers as part...

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• Artistic output activities

  • Music

  

  “Mobile Arts for Peace” song by Umuduri Band

  • Rwanda

  This song tells the story of MAP’s impact in Rwanda, as reflected by Iteriteka Alexandre from Umuduri Band.It was performed during MAP Impact Week Rwanda, 17 July 2023. Song Lyrics: “Mobile Arts for Peace” by Umuduri Band, Rwanda Mobile Arts for Peace, has made change. It makes change, has made change. Mobile Arts for Peacemakes change. Mobile Arts for Peacethe...

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• Policy brief

  

  Policy brief: Brief in progress: Informing curricula through arts-based pedagogies

  • Nepal

  • Advocating for progressive education

  Take a look at this this collaborative brief in progress co-created by the MAP research project team, stakeholders, and YAARs in Nepal. It includes a sample of community curriculum and was presented during the UNESCO-MAP Roundtable in Kathmandu on 21 September 2023...

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• Artistic output activities

  • Film

  

  Short Film – Writing an essay “Whom I want to be”

  • Kyrgyzstan

  This short film was created by School Club in Batken (Kyrgyzstan) as part of MAP Small Grant project (2022). The aim of this short film is to build a relationship between young people, their parents, and teachers, in order to motivate young individuals to pursue a quality education. In the film, the students write an...

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