In this three-minute podcast recorded with Cristina Quisbert while she was in Miami for the annual We Media conference, we discover the importance of Voces Bolivianas and citizen media in general for the residents of El Alto, Bolivia.
Cristina has recently started blogging in English as well.
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The NGO Associação Amigos das Crianças seeks to teach the youth of the neighborhoods of Bandim and Enterramento in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau how to use digital photography and video to document life in their surrounding community. The project will allow youth from the different neighborhoods to interact with and learn about youth in another part of the capital.
The New Women Foundation is working with women in the ElMinya Governorate, who work seasonal or temporary jobs, and is teaching them how to use citizen media to tell the stories of their lives.
The Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian language has been extinct for more than two centuries. A new project is attempting to teach a new generation to read, write, and speak this Native American language, and will explore how citizen media can play a large role in this process.
Awesome podcast! Cristina , you’re really professional and passionate about the Culture Aymara project. We’re reading your blog inconditionally and its purposes are reaching way beyond your expectations : Madagascar is reading you !