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- Title
Building peace through social change communication: participatory video in conflict-affected communities.
- Authors
Baú, Valentina
- Abstract
This paper draws on the experience of conducting participatory video in the Rift Valley of Kenya after the 2007–2008 post-election crisis, when the country underwent a period of intense ethnic violence. By linking development communication to conflict transformation theory, this article offers a framework that highlights the impact that communication for social change can have in post-conflict settings through the use of participatory media. It shows how this type of media productions can contribute to re-establishing relationships and creating a shared understanding of the conflict, while building the view of an interconnected future among opposing groups. In this case study, I illustrate how a collection of participatory videos became a peacebuilding tool for the youth in the Rift Valley. Through the information gathered from the interviews with young victims and perpetrators of the Kenya Post-election Violence, I discuss how both the filming and the screening of these films have opened a dialogue between different groups and contributed to processes of social change.
- Subjects
KENYA; PEACEBUILDING -- Social aspects; KENYAN politics &; government; CONFLICT transformation; CONFLICT management; SOCIAL conflict; TWENTY-first century; PREVENTION; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Community Development Journal, 2015, Vol 50, Issue 1, p121
- ISSN
0010-3802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cdj/bsu025