The transnational training session for Project Welcome is underway in Athens. The European project is implemented as part of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Programme (AMIF).
Today, Wednesday, March 7, Anna Uttaro, a professor at the Rome CPIA 7, and Matteo Viscogliosi, a coach at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym, will hold a two-hour workshop entitled "Digital Storytelling: Digital Tools to Build Cultural Bridges."
Anna and Matteo will show coaches from other partner countries how to use digital tools to facilitate story-telling by migrants. In most cases, in fact, people who have fled their countries have faced many issues and their story is never linear. Upon arriving in Europe, they need to settle down and begin a new life, above all, however, they have to tell their stories. How should they narrate them?
“They are often asked to describe their story without emotions, so that authorities may register the necessary information and get them started. However, by using digital tools to tell a story, we can also include the migrant’s emotional and practical aspects, and help them reflect on their story,” explains Anna, who teaches technology and digital skills at a Provincial Adult Education Centre (CPIA). “Digital technology is a language and it can be used to create a bridge between cultures, experiences, native languages and different levels of education.”
"Migrants also have to develop a new story for their future in their new country and digital narration can be a powerful tool for this,” adds Matteo, designer, maker and coordinator at the Fondazione Mondo Digitale’s digital manufacturing lab.
During the workshop, Anna and Matteo will present the digital tools necessary to create laser books and a story in stop motion: on-line software Tinkercad to design the book and Android Picpac App to develop stop motion technique stories.
The workshop is BYOD. All participants are invited to bring their own personal devices (laptops and or smartphone/tablet for Picapac).
