FRAMING KNOWLEDGE: MAKING VISUAL DOCUMENTATION ----------------------------------------------
Would you like to know how to make adocumentary film? Or know the various processes of film production? What is a "frame" in cinema and how do you"frame" what you see with your eyes? How is knowledge produced? How do you produce your own knowledge? Is knowledge only available through textbooks? How do films or comic books or billboards create knowledge? How do people use images to influence and manipulate you? What is the relationship between images and text, films and words? How do you use a videocam? What is a "rush"? How do you edit films and create new realities? For students, art buffs, journalists, theatre people, artists, thinkers, activists, even lay persons retired, employed or unemployed, educated or uneducated, literate or illiterate but keen to know the answers to these questions in practical experience-based workshops, Multiversity and Prajnya have designed a noncertificate course over a period of seven months commencing March this year. FramingKnowledge: Making Visual Documentation Facilitators for the course are Gauri Patwardhan, a professionally trained film editor who has created films and documentaries, and Rahul Shrivastava, a sociologist and media critique who runs PUKAR, a center for urban studies in Mumbai. The objective of the course is to enable interested individuals to develop a certain professionalism and competence in their lives, something that is never taught either in school or college or university. After completing the course, the participantwill be more confident in designing independent projects, handling visual knowledge, exercise a permanently critical bend of mind to visual stimulation ofvarious kinds thrown at her/him by various motivated actors including advertisers. Multiversity is a virtual institution (www.multiworld.org) committed to the idea of non-certified, apprenticeship based, hands-on learning. Prajnya is a programme that works to create microenvironments in which education is self-driven, learner-based and collaborative (not competitive). Experience gained from Multiversity courses may enhance employment opportunities for participants, but that is never the ultimate objective of the course. Course duration is for seven months, commencing March 2004 and will he held on alternate weekends. Method of learning will be interactive: participants will be encouraged to organize their own presentations. While participants will learn to handle digital video, power point presentations, generate photoessays and manufacture cartoon books, they will also participate in critical discussions on methods of research, writing, visualizing, including researching through the use of visual media. Each participant will be encouraged to work on a product -- such as a short digital commentary -- to be completed by the end of the workshop. The participants and organizers together will try to display these outputs at an appropriate forum. Participants will be enabled to use equipment such as still cameras, VHS, digital cameras and sound recorders. They are welcome to attend the workshop with their own equipment and be trained in the art of using it competently. Any person above the age of 17 may apply. Organisers are looking for as diverse backgrounds as possible. Language is no bar, since learning will be conducted in multiple languages. We learn best when we work with persons who are very different from us. Number of persons per course is restricted to 15 only, so that collaborative, cooperative andparticipatory learning is possible. Costs of the course are set @Rs.2500 per individual. The costs at the moment are low since course faculty have waived their professional fees. Should the organizers come across extremely committed individuals, however, who cannot afford even the low fee, they may grant discounts in those cases. But these would be rare. For detail brochure, schedule and application form visit our website at www.multiworld.org/m_versity/brochure/content.htm Brochure and application forms are also available for Rs 5/- at Varsha Book Depot, Panjim and at the address given below. Vishram Gupte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> c/o The Multiworld Network, G-8 St. Britto's Apartment, Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403507. Phone: 2250533 (between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm) Your completed application form should reach Vishram Gupte on or before March 5, 2004. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
