tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61610173559137564122024-03-14T09:24:32.252-03:00Shine a LightNovedades e innovaciones de trabajo con la infancia excluidaKurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-8194188103726472102013-06-24T18:09:00.001-03:002013-06-24T18:09:05.555-03:00GOOD 100GOOD Magazine just named Shine a Light one of the 100 most interesting projects working for social change in the world.<br />
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Thirty Baniwa kids sat on rough wooden benches in the great-house of Itacoatiara, far up the headwaters of the Amazon River. They normally came into the huge, thatched building only for ceremonies and rituals, but that day their eyes turned to a computer screen, to a series of movies we made with Kuna Indian children last year. They shuttered in fear at the jaguar, laughed at the wedding feast, cheered when the Kuna people won fire from their enemies: though Kuna and Baniwa cultures are immensely different, it seemed that the films had found their perfect audience.</div>
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"We tell stories about jaguars, too," a five year old girl said. "Could we make a film about that?"</div>
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"I remember one my Daddy told me about the jaguar and a turtle," suggested a boy. The conversation dipped and turned for quite some time, until two groups had invented the plot for two different movies about their own stories and myths.</div>
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For the last decade, Shine a Light has done a great job in producing films with children on the margins of society, with amazing results for the apprentice filmmakers; last year, for instance, we fond out that almost 40% of them go on to higher education, as compared to less than one percent of their peers. This year, though, we decided to think carefully about the <i>marketing</i> side of films: not so that everyone in the world could see them, but so that the <i>right</i> people could.</div>
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Five years ago, for instance, we helped Sáliva Indian children from Colombia to make a beautiful little documentary, where their great-grandfather taught them the traditional way to make an arrow. This year, the film caught fire on YouTube: over 60,000 people -- and from their comments, most of them South American Indians -- saw the clip. We also sponsored a mobile film festival on the islands of Kuna Yala in Panamá, where almost 8000 Kunas saw movies made by the tribe's children, projected on thatched roofs and school walls. We also showed many films in the Amazon and organized half a dozen showings in the favelas of Recife, where hundreds of people came each night.</div>
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While getting a viewer in Paris or Tokyo might make me feel good, when a Mapuche Indian sees the film in rural Chile, she may start to think about what she can do to teach her culture to her grandchildren. Rural kids whose families have moved to Lima might ask their parents to teach them things forgotten when they came to the city. Or, as was the case in the Amazon, a film by Kuna kids can inspire Baniwa and Tukano children to make their own movies.</div>
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Whether working with indigenous kids, pre-schoolers in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, or gang members in Recife, Shine a Light has long taught children to express themselves through art. Today, I'm writing to ask for your donation, so that we can also help them to inspire other kids and adults around the world.</div>
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Checks should be made out to Shine a Light. We have also installed a system for on-line donations: just go to <a href="http://www.shinealight.org/"><span style="color: #1738f5; text-decoration: underline;">www.shinealight.org</span></a> and click on the button at the lower right of the page, where it says, “Donate now through Network for Good.” Note that you can make a one time donation or arrange to have a sum donated automatically each month. </div>
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Your donation is 100% tax deductible, and if you'd care to donate on behalf of someone else, we'll be glad to write that person a thank you note as well (and get it to them before Christmas). And if you have any friends who might be interested in supporting this work, please feel free to send this letter on to them.</div>
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Return to a City of Rhyme has just been named an official selection to the "A Film for Peace" festival, with showings in Italy and England. You can see the film <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I1rU8Ifdgw" target="_blank">here</a>.Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-78476010838103979972012-05-30T18:37:00.001-03:002012-05-30T18:37:04.878-03:00Return to a City of Rhyme<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2I1rU8Ifdgw?rel=0" width="853"></iframe>Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-64968206499187749132012-04-23T07:54:00.001-03:002012-04-23T07:54:12.596-03:00União<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2mKFzCUQDvA?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-54064323553079387322012-04-17T15:38:00.001-03:002012-04-17T15:38:11.631-03:00Minha Favela: Xié<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wgIQbyOo9eE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-64879808702163539502012-04-04T15:43:00.001-03:002012-04-04T15:43:54.608-03:00Return to a City of Rhyme<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2I1rU8Ifdgw?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-11114310331520398712012-03-19T11:06:00.002-03:002012-03-19T11:06:47.788-03:00The nele who rescued a women from the mermaidsFrom the 1925 project with the Kuna indians of Panama:<br />
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En Kuna, con subtítulos en español.Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-12139246874263993212012-03-06T18:21:00.002-03:002012-03-06T18:21:56.752-03:00Morar na Favela não é FácilA new music video from MC Okado, from Recife.
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Shine a Light teaches digital arts to marginalized children around Latin America, so that they can be agents of change in their world. Inspired by this video,full of clips from movies made by kids from favelas, street kids, and ex-child soldiers, we hope that you will support our work. To donate, please click <a href="https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=912059835&vlrStratCode=3PXRUSF8IYaI8lgBlU69UnCknHoDcq1nwP%2f9%2fPghkKqrLg9ENSZoLxdhovZcNubt" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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La Revista <i>Regiones</i>, de México, acaba de publicar un número muy interesante sobre la infancia de calle, con una contribución excelente por Marcos Urcola sobre la historia del concepto, y un artículo mío sobre cómo y por qué hay menos niños y niñas que viven en la calle ahora, que hace 20 años.<br />
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I just got back from a week filming with children in Kuna Yala, the semi-autonomous state where the Kuna Indians have preserved their culture amazingly well for the last century. The kids made some extraordinary films, from documentaries about shamanism and Kuna history to a well acted interpretation of one of the Kunas' favorite myths, a kind of "Just-so story" about why the heron always calls out "ga, ga, ga" as it takes off. Watching one boy walk through the water on the beach immittating a heron was simply priceless.<br />
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It's going to take me months to digest what I learned on the islands, but here, at least, I can post a couple of photos, take by Agata Surma, the woman who has been essential in organizing the new work with art for Kuna kids in the city and on the islands.<br />
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Many years ago, when there wasn't as much of a difference between human beings and animals, and they could talk to one another, the humans were cold and hungry. The only being who had fire was the jaguar, who lived on the other side of the river and who would never give the warmth to anyone else. In the midst of the shivering people, a young woman had an idea: "The iskar can help us," she said, and ran to seek his help. [The English translation of iskar is the "Jesus Christ Lizard," because it can run over the surface of the water, but I'm calling it by its Kuna name so avoid the theological connotations of the "Jesus Christ Lizard].<br />
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The iskar didn't want to help: "I'm small and the jaguar is big," it said.<br />
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"But you are smarter," said the young woman.<br />
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Finally and fearfully, the iskar decided to go; he went to the river and tried to cross, but it was too wide; he caught a branch and rode it across the water, and the snuck slowly to where the jaguar was sleeping, by the side of the fire. The fire was too strong to get close, so the iskar urinated on it to make it weaker... but the lack of heat woke the jaguar.<br />
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"Who messed with my fire?" it roared, and lunged for the iskar.<br />
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"It's the rain, sir, the rain. But I can help you to make it strong again." And the iskar taught the jaguar how to blow on the fire to make it strong again. The jaguar blew and blew, and when the fire was strong again, he slept by its side again.<br />
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The iskar grabbed one of the brands from the fire, put it on his tail, and ran to escape the jaguar. It was so frightened that it ran and ran it wasn't even aware that it was running over the water. It threw the fire on the place where the humans had prepared, and they thanked him with applause. So the humans had food and warmth, and they always cheer when they see the iskar run across the water.Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-30561013872613224192011-10-13T13:15:00.000-03:002011-10-13T13:15:06.618-03:00PanamáThough the Kuna Indians have dealt with modernity better than most indigenous groups in Latin America, maintiaing their language and culture, and even creating a semi-sovereign country for themselves, there are now more than 40,000 Kunas living in Panamá City, facing poverty, discrimination, and the loss of their culture. Over the last several years, we have been working with a Kuna artist in Panamá City, José Colman, to develop an arts program for children from the slum of Koskuna, north of the city on what used to be the US Air Force base. Day before yesterday, I got to Panamá to help them make some movies about their lives.<br />
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It was amazing to walk through Koskuna yesterday, comparing it to the stories and photos I'd seen from two years ago, when the project started. The place is poor, as one might expect, but very clean and well cared for; men were even cleaning out the open sewers that the city government refuses to fix. There are murals all over, mixing graffiti with Kuna art. (You can see some of the art <a href="http://proyectokoskunaveracruz.blogspot.com/">here</a>) The leader of the community congress is an excited young man, and as we walked through the neighborhood, he saw issue after issue to fix, to work on, to change.<br />
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Rey, the community leader, told me that much of the change had to do with José and the young international volunteers he brought in. "We see that we can do things to change this place. We have more hope that we did before." He probably overstated the case: it's also important that young men now have lots of work in the booming construction industry, that there is now direct transport from Koskuna to the city... but it still makes me proud.<br />
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More posts on the project coming up...Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0Panama8.8537815818759888 -79.5577892062499937.5169815818759886 -82.50466570625 10.190581581875989 -76.610912706249991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-60328978900353926782011-10-06T14:27:00.001-03:002011-10-06T14:27:01.317-03:00Cartography of the Favela<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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The complete evaluation is available at <a href="http://www.shinealight.org/Texts/Evaluation2011.pdf">http://www.shinealight.org/Texts/Evaluation2011.pdf</a>Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161017355913756412.post-44439407161687515162011-04-06T10:58:00.001-03:002011-04-06T16:27:58.634-03:00Project 1925The Kuna Indians have one of the strongest indigenous communities in Latin America, but as they have moved to the Panamá City, they have lost many of the resources that made their culture strong. For the last two years, a Kuna artist, José Angel Colman, has been working with Shine a Light to create an arts program where urban Kuna kids re-create their culture in the city.<br />
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Several other committed people have been working in the same communities, and have developed a blog that shows the way that the arts can have an impact on the lives of truly marginalized children. The photos they have included of their work are inspirational.<br />
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http://proyectokoskunaveracruz.blogspot.com/</div>Kurt Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457525584587281850noreply@blogger.com0