I continue my journey in search of my Great Great Gandfather who set out from Orford in the U.K. bound for Australia. My journey takes me to my home place and beyond as I search for the final resting place of this adventurous man.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Monday, May 02, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Back to my Roots - Orford, U.K., April 2011
This is a movie I made during a recent trip to the U.K. I follow my Great Great Grandfathers last steps before he set sail for Australia in the mid 1850's never to return home. I wonder what would make him take such a big step and if his decisions have formed who I am today.
Friday, March 25, 2011
This is a piece of spoken word and music from my Didj that I put together for a friend of mine Juliet Omolo, one of Kenya's finest contemporary dancers. She developed it into her own, performing it at the Solo and Duets Festival in Nairobi, Kenya. The piece is essentially about our common roots that we still feel today and link us to our ancestors. We are one.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
This is my first real attempt at movie making. I wanted to see if I could make a simple movie with my digital camera with 2GB memory card during a recent field visit. I believe that film amateurs like myself can utilise the experiences and knowledge we gain from our field work to communicate to a variety of audiences. This film was taken during a recent field visit to Northern Kenya. I edited and recorded narrative on my Mac (iMovie) once I got home. Didn't come up too bad. Enjoy!
The Space Between
Engaging in development work attracts a variety of metaphors. Development workers, together with community and partners, the architects of community change. We build foundations, frameworks and structures out of our human successes and failures. And as development professionals and institutions we commonly engage through the medium of projects and programs. In other words there’s often a complex dance of joint interventions that aim at both saving lives whilst working to build and strengthen robust systems and structures. As co-contributors or architects for change we must therefore be continually mindful of the role we play in building a collective community future. My role and the role explored in this article is that of a Country Program Coordinator (CPC) for World Vision Australia. This article explores the implications for my role of a three-month secondment to World Vision Kenya, as opposed to the regular fleeting monitoring visit normally undertaken by CPCs.
Read the full article: http://www.worldvision.com.au/Libraries/Annual_Program_Review_2011/The_space_between.sflb.ashx
Engaging in development work attracts a variety of metaphors. Development workers, together with community and partners, the architects of community change. We build foundations, frameworks and structures out of our human successes and failures. And as development professionals and institutions we commonly engage through the medium of projects and programs. In other words there’s often a complex dance of joint interventions that aim at both saving lives whilst working to build and strengthen robust systems and structures. As co-contributors or architects for change we must therefore be continually mindful of the role we play in building a collective community future. My role and the role explored in this article is that of a Country Program Coordinator (CPC) for World Vision Australia. This article explores the implications for my role of a three-month secondment to World Vision Kenya, as opposed to the regular fleeting monitoring visit normally undertaken by CPCs.
Read the full article: http://www.worldvision.com.au/Libraries/Annual_Program_Review_2011/The_space_between.sflb.ashx
Ghetto Paparazzi
This article proposes an innovative approach to engaging youth in an urban ghetto environment in Nairobi, Kenya to assist in gathering information useful for community development purposes. Meaningful information, both at the initial assessment stage and during project implementation, is essential to a better understanding of the community impacts of a development initiative. One of the core principles of community development is community ownership of development initiatives. Another core principle is that the most vulnerable and marginalised benefit through the effort. This project proposes the creative use of mobile phones for information gathering, with the additional benefit of positive outcomes for the individuals and communities involved, including income generation, improved social cohesion and creative expression.
Read the full article at: http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/assets/ccp_student_assignments/Thomson_Ghetto_Paparazzi.pdf
This article proposes an innovative approach to engaging youth in an urban ghetto environment in Nairobi, Kenya to assist in gathering information useful for community development purposes. Meaningful information, both at the initial assessment stage and during project implementation, is essential to a better understanding of the community impacts of a development initiative. One of the core principles of community development is community ownership of development initiatives. Another core principle is that the most vulnerable and marginalised benefit through the effort. This project proposes the creative use of mobile phones for information gathering, with the additional benefit of positive outcomes for the individuals and communities involved, including income generation, improved social cohesion and creative expression.
Read the full article at: http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/assets/ccp_student_assignments/Thomson_Ghetto_Paparazzi.pdf
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