Participatory Media

Megaphone.net

February 17, 2014
Internet
Digital megaphones amplify the voices of marginalized communities

Since 2004, megafone.net has been inviting groups of people marginalized within society to express their experiences and opinions. Using mobile phones they create audio recordings, videos, text and images that are immediately published on the Web. Participants transform these devices into digital megaphones, amplifying the voices of individuals and groups who are often overlooked or misrepresented in the mainstream media.

Clemencia Rodriguez and CINEP's First Video Project

June 21, 2009
Clemencia Rodriguez takes a portapak video camera to a remote village in Colombia.
The next day, sure enough, at sun up they were there with five mules to pick us up-- us and our very shiny, new video camera and so we got on the mules, Claudia on one mule and myself on another and we put the equipment on another one and up we went on an Andean trail until we found this community of small farmers (Samana Caldas) which was about two hours away. The plan for that day and the following days...