Digital Storytelling

In preparation for the final capstone project, two workshops on digital storytelling were held at Ntaria. These workshops produced two sets of digital stories: Individual biographies made by the students about themselves and their surroundings (Workshop 1) and (Workshop 2) three short digital documentaries about the comparative experiences of Aboriginal (Aranda) people in terms of past and future in relation to education, community life and times when the Hermannsburg Mission was the focus of the community.

The main significance impact of the project’s outcomes was to demonstrate an approach to the creation of knowledge that can arise from the archival record but then be incorporated into the cultural contexts and frames of cultural understanding under the guidance of elders. Further the impact on advancing skills for middle school participants allowed for assessment for English and increased skills in media production practice.