Digital CVE Storytelling in Karachi’s Universities
The purpose of this project was to build the capacity of university students in peacebuilding through digital storytelling techniques and social media advocacy. It was a 7months project starting from September 2021 till March 2022. A total of 80 students from University of Karachi, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University, Lyari and NED University of Engineering and Technology participated in this project. The students were given a 2 day workshop on peacebuilding and a 4 day workshop on digital storytelling by the IRC team and some well-known documentary filmmakers from Pakistan provided guest lectures.
The students came together and collaborated on documenting local efforts of peacebuilding, tolerance and acceptance within their university campuses and communities. Media kits were distributed among the students to help them in production of their films. The students developed 16 short digital films, 4-5 minutes each. The films were exhibited on Maati tv social media pages and a new social media platform “Karachi storytelling network for peace” was made for display of this project’s films. Moreover, the students will be encouraged to keep working on new ideas, produce films and run these platforms themselves as well.
The links to the films on the Karachi Storytelling Network social media pages are following:
The link to the playlist on Maati tv youtube channel is given below:
