Focusing on digital storytelling: how the stories are told, why the stories are told, and what the impact of the story is on the viewer/audience.

Focusing on digital storytelling: how the stories are told, why the stories are told, and what the impact of the story is on the viewer/audience. In the lecture notes, you were asked to watch the following Indigenous digital stories:

Amanda Poitras – Sakihew (She is Loved) (7:34min)

TRC Residential School Resistance Narratives Project

Shayli Robinson – Qwam Qwam (5:19min)

TRC Residential School Resistance Narratives Project

Lindsay Delaronde – Healing Heros (5:34min)

A project about resistance in residential schools (in this case, maintaining your indigenous language through 8 years of residential school) made for the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada.

Richard Spearman – Remembering the Children (7:14min)

TRC Residential School Resistance Narratives Project

Alexandra Kent – Sts’ailes Community (10:02min)

Youth, Environment, & Activism (6:27min)

A digital story created by Kayla Gould. This digital story talks about the youth’s role in environmental activism.

Women Stories – Women’s Connection to Water (6:50min)

A digital story created by Makasa Looking Horse, Community Youth Leader from Six Nations of the Grand River (2019).

You are going to choice ONE (1) of these digital stories for this module five assignment.

Read the following article so that you can understand the significance of Indigenous Storytelling:

Indigenous Storytelling as Research – Judy Iseke (2013)

(in PDF tab and included in this assignment)

Your responses to the following reflection questions is what forms the content of your submission. You do not need to include these questions in your assignment (and shouldn’t due to word count).

Reflection Questions:

How do they share their story? What methods do they use (visual, audio, sensory, etc)?
What story are they telling? Why are they sharing their digital story?
What did you learn about them from this digital storytelling video?
What impact did the digital story have or leave on you? If it had no impact, why do you feel it did not?
Why is Digital Storytelling important for Indigenous Peoples?

This module assignment allows you a bit more flexibility in how you structure the response and submission. However, your submission must be in essay style and have an introduction, body/discussion section, and a conclusion. You’re offering your own personal reflection and analysis of your experience of the digital story. The only required source for this assignment is Judy Iseke’s (2013) article. You can absolutely include additional sources if you feel it enhances your personal reflection & analysis.

Framework of your Submission (this is also the Grading Rubric)

Does the Introduction:

provide enough background and context to successfully set up the reflection & analysis?
offer clear direction of what will be discussed in the reflection & analysis?

Does the Reflection & Analysis:

effectively incorporate the question responses; is there sufficient reflection and analysis of the digital story?
effectively reflect upon the personal impact of the digital story?

Does the Conclusion:

recap effectively?
offer any ‘so-what?’ or wider implications