media
mattersResearch & Process Documentation Community Interventions
Naseeb Ke Paren,
Kya Karen Kya Na Karen
A board game on child rights
Sakhi Sajni
An exhibition to facilitate discussions around life skills for/with
adolescent girls
Mulichya Jatila
He Shobhat Nahi
A video docu-fiction on rights of adolescent girls
Chuppi Todein,
Khulkar Bolein
An interactive exhibition on youth and HIV&AIDS
Whose Dream Counts?
A documentation of a participatory learning and action (PLA) process facilitated with children's groups
Participatory Communication & Action
Report of the annual workshop - 2008
Mukt Manch
An open-to-all platform for screenings, performances, exhibitions... The idea is to come together and dialogue
| Research & Process Documentation |
| Listening to People's Voices |
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Most of our work is participatory. We explore various tools and methods to engage groups in reflection, review and analysis. Studies have then focused on working with groups and communities to understand their views and opinion on issues of concern. The R&PD initiative is also involved in the documentation of processes to capture learning and achievements of social development interventions. At media matters, documentation is viewed as a tool to bring about a dialogue on issues and concerns as addressed by development interventions. Moving towards involving the rights-holders and duty-bearers in the documentation process, the scope is wide – an ongoing dialogue can help integrate learnings into the existing and future project activities. It enables ownership of the process by the stakeholders, throws new questions and challenges for the project team to consider, equips and builds the documentation team towards a better understanding of issues and concerns addressed by their projects and processes. Our research work includes a study of Media, Methods and Audiences in three districts of Maharashtra, study to understand the status of children in domestic work in Thane city, study carried out to assess the Listenership of All India Radio in three districts of Maharashtra, PLA (Participatory Learning & Action) with women SHGs to understand reproductive health, rights, their information and access to different contraceptive methods and their contraceptive preferences. Some of our Process Documentation includes Chhi! - the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a socially relevant play, Daring to Dream - documentation of best practices adopted by 13 Rural Hospitals in three districts of Maharashtra, In Other Words... non-fiction story documentation of the real life struggles, achievements and dreams of 12 working children in the State of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan, Whose Dream Counts? - Documentation of Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) processes facilitated with children’s groups at the community level, Suno Sunate Hein! - Photo-documentation of a city level campaign to promote rights of the child, audio documentation of Yuvashakti – a radio programme on the role of youth village volunteers in village planning, in three districts of Maharashtra. |
Theatre for Development
as Cultural Action
February 26 - March 3, 2009
Six-day Residential Workshop
Workshop brochure
Registration form
Learning Calendar
Trainings & Workshops in 2009
kataar!
A play on right to information
Main, Asha...
A play on sex selection
Andher Nagri,
Chaupat Raja
A play by Bhartendu Harishchandra
Chhi!
A play on solid waste management -
the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a socially meaningful play
Learning Centre
A space for collective sharing
and learning
Watch this space for forthcoming activities, events, campaigns
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