Stories From Within -

Workshop on Research / Ethics and the Art of Writing - Vol 1
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Why do we tell stories? How do we tell stories and more importantly whose stories do we choose to tell? This workshop is designed to introduce participants to writing both as an art and a powerful tool of storytelling. As communities whose histories have always been written for, writing also becomes an act of Resistance – where we take our power back in writing our own stories. How does our history define our location/positionality as subjects and storytellers? And how does this history have a bearing on our perception of who we are? This workshop is particularly designed for storytellers from the region to engage with larger questions of Colonialism, Representation and Belonging. Bringing together different aspects of research and writing, participants will be encouraged to critically engage with these questions to develop their own unique writing methods. The workshop is designed to introduce participants to the importance of methodology, questions of ethics and research as key components of storytelling. Using mixed methodologies, this workshop allows participants to develop mindful, ethical methods in producing stories. By the end of the workshop the participants will be equipped with using these tools and techniques in mindfully and consciously producing stories in an ethical and responsible manner.

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