IFP Final Media Projects

Many IFP students completed final videos, photo essays, blogs, and published op-ed pieces in local papers.  Below are some of these from the 2010 IFP. 

 

Nepal 

Many of the students working in Nepal had op-ed pieces published.  The links are provided below. 


 
Aya Tasaki in the Kathmandu Post, August 2010 
 
 
 
Argentina
 
Amanda Goodgoll and Liz Glatfelter took part in the Argentina IFP in the summer of 2010. They spent their summer working with the national water company of Buenos Aires, Aguas y Sanaemiento de Argentina (AySA). There, they were placed in the Department of the Environment and the Department of Community Development, where they learned about the complicated nature of managing access to water and sanitation to the underserved, as well as the impact of urban growth on the environment. The following photo essay is a compilation of their field experiences, and the application of theory to practice.
 

 
 
Las Voces del Docke is a short documentary film by Alejandra Otero, who worked alongside Rob Shepherd and Sarah Gilbert, researching the issues facing the Dock Sud Towers, a community south of Buenos Aires. Insecurity, infrastructure deterioration and pollution are the main problems the residents cited.  

 
 
Uganda 
 
This short video by Achilles Kallergis describes the activities of Slum Dwellers Federation in Mbale, Uganda.
 
 
 

 
Brazil 
 The IFP in Brazil is largely media focused, and resulted in a variety of new media projects.  Here are trailers for a few, and links to access others.
 
Cantagalo Video Letter: For eight weeks, Kelin Gaye, Dori Cohen, and Sofia Garcia worked to produce a Video Letter with 11 youth from Cantagalo, a hillside favela located in Rio de Janeiro.  This is a trailer for their final video.  For more information about the Cantagalo Video Letter Project, visit the blog, http://cantagalovideocarta.wordpress.com. 
 

Nossos Direitos na Cidade de Deus is a media project focusing on children's rights in Cidade de Deus, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Emma Saloranta, Mary Robbins, Roza Grigoryan, and Will Hodges spent the summer teaching children ages 7-14 how to use small hd cameras while using a curriculum with a human rights based framework centered on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).  The children spent weekends and week nights with the cameras recording footage of their community while focusing on different rights, such as: health, education, family, identity, culture, right to play, etc.  Classes and lesson plans were held twice a week and revolved around these ideas while the children simultaneously recorded their surroundings, thus becoming active participants in their community.  The New School student team was responsible for editing the footage and all the media was recorded by the children of Cidade de Deus.  Below you can see a short trailer for the final 30 minute documentary and learn more about Cidade de Deus'a community and children at http://nossosdireitos.org/.

 
Percu’Som is a music project facilitated by a local NGO Ponto BR and run by Paulinho Sérgio Cardoso.  The participating youth in this multi-media project were all members of this local percussion group, located in Vila Aliança, a favela community two hours from downtown Rio de Janeiro.

During the two-month project, New School students taught the participating youth how to approach their community through sound exploration and sound mapping. Students learned technical skills necessary for music production and explored their community by recording sounds they hear each day in their neighborhood. The project’s aim was to encourage youth to express their thoughts and passions through music, paying attention to the positive sounds of their community.
 
The Vila Aliança Sound Project incorporated human rights concepts, music appreciation, and technical sound recording and editing skills. At the end of the project, students produced an audio and video piece that was screened for friends, family and community members.