Using digital media to tell the stories of our research and evaluation Rosalind Dibley, Department...

Using digital media to tell the stories of our research and evaluation

Rosalind Dibley, Department of Internal Affairs

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The story• ‘Stories are a marvellous means of summarising

experiences, of capturing an event and the surrounding context that seems essential. Stories are important cognitive events, for they encapsulate into one compact package, information, knowledge, context and emotion.’ (Norman, 1993)

• ‘There is substantial evidence demonstrating the importance of stories as a tool for learning.’ (McLennan, 2006)


Fit with Kaupapa Māori

• Kaupapa Māori is the “conceptualisation of Māori knowledge” that has been developed through oral tradition. It is the process by which Māori mind receives, internalises, differentiates, and formulates ideas and knowledge exclusively through te reo Māori. Kaupapa Māori is esoteric and tuturu Māori. It is knowledge that validates a Māori world view and is not only Māori owned but also Māori controlled.

• For detailed information:http://www.kaupapamaori.com/

http://www.kaupapamaori.com/


How stories fit within research and evaluation


What are digital stories?• Digital storytelling is

understood as a form of short narrative told in the first person and enhanced by visual text and symbolic imagery . . . Considered an extension of oral storytelling by Aboriginal peoples (Cherubini, 2008)


Important stuff• Owning your emotions and insights • Working with others – the story circle• Using emotions• Telling a story• Connecting to the audience


Telling the story of refugees through Participatory Action Research


The diversity of experience of the refugee researchers


Telling a story of change in public service

First Māori staff hui at Maraeroa Marae, Waitangirua, 1988


“DIA was really taking an active role to promote the voice of young people, of disadvantaged people, or marginalised people, they were really at the cutting edge of a lot of the issues of the time. There was a lot of political support, then really trying to acknowledge that these are marginalised groups that really need to have a voice, need to be included, so that was very much the role of DIA.”


Excerpt from story


Telling the story of partnership

“As far as we are concerned, we are the Treaty partner.” Te Atamira representative


Excerpt from draft story


“We came out of the meeting house and there was this bloody tent set up on the lawn and I thought, Christ, this is like the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and when I said this to Chris (CE at time), he had exactly the same bloody feeling, it was amazing.” Former Senior Māori Manager


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