Projects - Phase 1
These are Changing the Story's five original projects, each led by two of the core project's research team. The learning from these projects then informed the focus and direction of the Phase 2 projects.
Resource Archive
Search or browse the resource archive for films, reports, toolkits and other resources produced by the Changing the Story and its commissioned projects. Items relating to Phase 1 are listed below:
| Title | Summary | Author | Categories | Tags | doc_categories_hfilter | doc_tags_hfilter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Voice and Development | Youth, Voice and Development (Phase 1 Report) Youth, Voice and Development is a Leeds University-based programme that asks: ‘What works for putting young people at the heart of research that … | Dr Alyson Brody | Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, subject: youth | phase1 | report language-english youth |
| ACT – Arts, critical thinking & active citizenship (Kosovo) | The ACT project combines research and applied components, producing alternative practices to be proposed to formal and informal educational institutions, as well as academic research and publishing in Kosovo. The … | Dr Nita Luci, Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: film, subject: participatory arts, subject: reflections | kosovo phase1 location | film subject-participatory-arts subject-reflections |
| Changing the Story Film nominated for Two National Research Film Awards | blog (2018/09/24) Changing the Story Film nominated for Two National Research Film Awards | Phase 1, South Africa | format: blog, language: english | phase1 south-africa location | blog language-english | |
| Desde las fronteras de la precariedad | Blog (2018/12/21) Desde las fronteras de la precariedad | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: spanish, subject: reflections | colombia phase1 location | blog language-spanish subject-reflections |
| Environmental activism and indigenous issues in Cambodia – film-based advocacy with and for young people | Blog (2021/07/06) Environmental activism and indigenous issues in Cambodia – film-based advocacy with and for young people | Dr Pete Manning | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | cambodia phase1 location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| Peace in a Small Scale | 'Peace in a Small Scale: Colombia and the Social Imagination of the Future' by Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar and with the research assistance of Alex Sierra. This paper was presented as part … | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Event, Phase 1, Young Changemakers | format: film, language: english | colombia event phase1 changemakers location | film language-english |
| Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Shaping the Rwandan National Curriculum | Blog (2019/03/28) Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Shaping the Rwandan National Curriculum | Prof Ananda Breed | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | phase1 rwanda location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| How do young people in conflict settings view peace? | Listen to the jungle, the rivers and the voices of young people from the Atrato River populations, one of the areas hardest hit in the country by the conflict. Alejandro … | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | language: spanish, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 16 Institutions, subject: peace | colombia phase1 location | language-spanish sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-16-institutions subject-peace |
| The Arts of Survival (English) | Written by Alejandro Castillejo Cuellar and investigators Alex Sierra and Juanita Frankey, the following critical review of the Phase 1 Colombia project Tales of the Future: Senses, Creativity and the … | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 16 Institutions, subject: reflections | colombia phase1 location | report language-english sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-16-institutions subject-reflections |
| Mobilising Histories: Reflections | Blog (2018/08/16) Mobilising Histories: Reflections | Phase 1, South Africa, Young Changemakers | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | phase1 south-africa changemakers location | blog language-english subject-reflections | |
| Small Scale Peace: Fractures of Everyday Life and Transitional Policies | Journal article Read Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar (Phase 1 Colombia Project 'Tales of the Future) article titled 'Small Scale Peace: Fractures of Everyday Life and Transitional Policies in Colombia published in Revista … | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: article, language: spanish, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 16 Institutions | colombia phase1 location | article language-spanish sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-16-institutions |
| Intergenerational dialogue, participatory video and perpetrator memories in Cambodia | This article reflects on a series of participatory video projects led by young Cambodians that sought to engage and explore complex ‘perpetrator’ memories with the aim of building dialogue across … | Dr Katie Hodgkinson, Dr Pete Manning, Prof Paul Cooke | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: article, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 4 Education, subject: participatory arts | cambodia phase1 location | article language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-16-institutions sdg-4-education subject-participatory-arts |
| The amazing women of Ljubljana | Blog (2020/06/19) The amazing women of Ljubljana | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | kosovo phase1 location | blog language-english subject-reflections | |
| Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day | Blog (2020/02/09) Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day | Kosovo, Phase 1, Phase 2, Rwanda | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | kosovo phase1 phase2 rwanda location | blog language-english subject-reflections | |
| Relatos del futuro/ The Future is Unwritten (Colombia) | Co-Investigator Simon Dancey Changing the Story’s Phase 1 Colombia strand incorporates two areas of research. The first, an experimental project that seeks to stimulate creativity among young people dwelling at … | Dr Simon Dancey | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: film, subject: participatory arts, subject: reflections | colombia phase1 location | film subject-participatory-arts subject-reflections |
| What about the survivors? The importance of a victim-centred approach to transitional justice in the Western Balkans — reflections on a conference | Blog (2021/01/20) What about the survivors? The importance of a victim-centred approach to transitional justice in the Western Balkans — reflections on a conference | Event, Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | event kosovo phase1 location | blog language-english subject-reflections | |
| Tales of the Future – Colombia | Blog (2018/04/05) Tales of the Future – Colombia | Dr Simon Dancey, Emily Morrison, Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | colombia phase1 location | blog language-english |
| MAP: Curriculum for music, dance and drama in Rwanda | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Curriculum for music, dance and drama in Rwanda by A Breed, K Dennison, S Nzahabwanayo, K Pells - The Applied Theatre Reader, 2020. This chapter … | Dr Kirrily Pells, Dr Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, Kurtis Dennison, Prof Ananda Breed | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: article, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 3 Health and Well-being, SDG 4 Education | phase1 rwanda location | article language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-16-institutions sdg-3-health-and-well-being sdg-4-education |
| Where’s the Research in Evaluation? | Blog (2018/10/31) Where’s the Research in Evaluation? | Prof Stuart Taberner | Phase 1, South Africa | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | phase1 south-africa location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| Environmental activism and Indigenous issues in Cambodia (Khmer) | Final project report, 'Environmental activism and Indigenous issues in Cambodia: The role of film-based advocacy with and for young people.' Funding for this project was provided by the UK Arts … | Dr Pete Manning | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: report, language: khmer, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 13 Climate, SDG 16 Institutions | cambodia phase1 location | report language-khmer sdg-10-inequalities sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-13-climate sdg-16-institutions |
| Phase One Critical Review: Arts, Critical Thinking and Active Citizenship | Written by Lura Pollozhani and Hajrulla Çeku, this critical review of the Phase One Kosovo project ACT: Arts, Critical Thinking and Active Citizenship will explore the overarching research questions: how … | Dr Lura Pollozhani, Hajrulla Çeku | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 4 Education, SDG 5 Gender, subject: reflections, subject: youth | kosovo phase1 location | report language-english sdg-16-institutions sdg-4-education sdg-5-gender subject-reflections youth |
| Learn more about Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) | Blog (2019/04/17) Learn more about Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) | Kurtis Dennison | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: blog, language: english | phase1 rwanda location | blog language-english |
| Phase One Critical Review: The Future is Unwritten (Colombia) | Written by Dr Simon Dancey and Emily Morrison this critical review of the Phase One Colombia project explores what is known about social imaginaries in Colombia in existing literature and … | Dr Simon Dancey, Emily Morrison | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 16 Institutions, subject: reflections, subject: youth | colombia phase1 location | report language-english sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-16-institutions subject-reflections youth |
| The shadow of religions in the peace-making process | In this February 2018 article in the Phnom Penh Post, our Cambodia Co-Investigator, Ly Sok-Kheang shares his reflections on Im Chaem’s recent conversion to Christianity and its role in Cambodia’s … | Dr Ly Sok-Kheang | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: article, language: english, SDG 16 Institutions, subject: reflections | cambodia phase1 location | article language-english sdg-16-institutions subject-reflections |
| The Change Makers – South Africa | Blog (2018/03/29) The Change Makers – South Africa | Prof Chaya Herman, Prof Stuart Taberner, Tali Nates | Phase 1, South Africa | format: blog, language: english | phase1 south-africa location | blog language-english |
| Social enterprises: Supporting and safeguarding refugees | Blog (2019/10/25) Social enterprises: Supporting and safeguarding refugees | Dr Andreana Drencheva | Cambodia, Malaysia, Phase 1, Phase 2 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | cambodia malaysia phase1 phase2 location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| Phase One Critical Review: The Anlong Veng Peace Tours (Cambodia) | As part of Changing the Story’s Phase One activities in Cambodia, this critical review and project reflection explores the use of arts within attempts to redress and remember experiences of … | Dr Pete Manning | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 4 Education, subject: reflections | cambodia phase1 location | report language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-16-institutions sdg-4-education subject-reflections |
| Making each other human: The Mobile Arts for Peace Project | Blog (2018/04/05) Making each other human: The Mobile Arts for Peace Project | Prof Ananda Breed | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: blog, language: english | phase1 rwanda location | blog language-english |
| Changing the Story: Whose stories and why? | Blog (2018/05/16) Changing the Story: Whose stories and why? | Dr Ly Sok-Kheang, Dr Pete Manning, Sayana Ser | Cambodia, Phase 1, Young Changemakers | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | cambodia phase1 changemakers location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| ACT arts critical thinking active citizenship in Kosovo | Blog (2018/05/18) ACT arts critical thinking active citizenship in Kosovo | Dr Nita Luci | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | kosovo phase1 location | blog language-english |
| What are the benefits of integrating young people in peacebuilding processes in communities and schools? | Blog (2019/11/15) What are the benefits of integrating young people in peacebuilding processes in communities and schools? | Phase 1, Rwanda, Young Changemakers | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections, subject: youth | phase1 rwanda changemakers location | blog language-english subject-reflections youth | |
| Arts-based Methods and Digital Technology for Peacebuilding during the time of COVID-19 | Blog (2020/09/03) Arts-based Methods and Digital Technology for Peacebuilding during the time of COVID-19 | Prof Ananda Breed | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: blog, language: english, subject: covid19, subject: participatory arts, subject: reflections | phase1 rwanda location | blog language-english subject-covid19 subject-participatory-arts subject-reflections |
| Troubled Reflections: A small window of opportunity for transformation in Colombia | Blog (2019/05/18) Troubled Reflections: A small window of opportunity for transformation in Colombia | Emily Morrison | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | colombia phase1 location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| Phase One Critical Review: Mobile Arts for Peace (Rwanda) | As part of Changing the Story's Phase One Activities is Rwanda this critical review and project reflection maps out the work of the project taking place in both public and … | Dr Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: report, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 3 Health and Well-being, SDG 4 Education, subject: participatory arts, subject: reflections, subject: youth | phase1 rwanda location | report language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-16-institutions sdg-3-health-and-well-being sdg-4-education subject-participatory-arts subject-reflections youth |
| CTS Workshop in Cambodia Reflections as an Early Career Researcher | Blog (2019/04/30) CTS Workshop in Cambodia Reflections as an Early Career Researcher | Cambodia, Event, Malaysia, Phase 1, Phase 2 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | cambodia event malaysia phase1 phase2 location | blog language-english subject-reflections | |
| The Anlong Veng Peace Tours | Blog (2017/11/24) The Anlong Veng Peace Tours | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | cambodia phase1 location | blog language-english subject-reflections | |
| Youth, Voice and Development - Policy Note | Youth, Voice and Development is a Leeds University-based programme that asks: ‘What works for putting young people at the heart of research that contributes to positive change?’ Phase One, in … | Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, subject: policy | phase1 | report language-english subject-policy | |
| The Anlong Veng Peace Tours, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge History | On April 18, twelve trainee teachers, including students from Takeo province and three from the local area, themselves children of former Khmer Rouge, participated in the tour. Preparing for the … | Cambodia, Event, Phase 1, Young Changemakers | format: film, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 5 Gender, subject: peace | cambodia event phase1 changemakers location | film language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-16-institutions sdg-5-gender subject-peace | |
| Las Voces De Un Río Que Se Niega A Morir | Blog (2018/12/21) Las Voces De Un Río Que Se Niega A Morir | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: spanish, subject: reflections | colombia phase1 location | blog language-spanish subject-reflections | |
| Mobile Arts for Peace Project Update | Blog (2019/07/07) Mobile Arts for Peace Project Update | Kurtis Dennison | Phase 1, Rwanda | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | phase1 rwanda location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| Anlong Veng Peace Tours – Cambodia | Blog (2018/04/01) Anlong Veng Peace Tours – Cambodia | Dr Ly Sok-Kheang, Dr Pete Manning | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | cambodia phase1 location | blog language-english |
| Toolkits and Resources from Kosovo | Blog (2018/03/01) Toolkits and Resources from Kosovo | Dr Nita Luci | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | kosovo phase1 location | blog language-english |
| A Critique of Transitional Discourse | Written by Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar (Phase 1 Colombia Project 'Tales of the Future). The following article is a product of Alejandro's research and raises the need to question "Transitional scenarios," their … | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: article, language: spanish, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 16 Institutions | colombia phase1 location | article language-spanish sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-16-institutions |
| The Arts of Survival (Spanish) | Written by Alejandro Castillejo Cuellar and investigators Alex Sierra and Juanita Frankey, the following critical review of the Phase 1 Colombia project Tales of the Future: Senses, Creativity and the … | Prof Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar | Colombia, Phase 1 | format: report, language: spanish, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 16 Institutions, subject: reflections | colombia phase1 location | report language-spanish sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-16-institutions subject-reflections |
| Boom Zine Animation | ACT – Arts, critical thinking & active citizenship (Kosovo): Watch the final cut of the animation created by the Boom Zine 'proof of concept' project which looks at the development … | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: film, SDG 16 Institutions, SDG 4 Education | kosovo phase1 location | film sdg-16-institutions sdg-4-education | |
| A long road if we don’t walk together | Blog (2018/03/23) A long road if we don’t walk together | Inés Soria-Donlan | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | cambodia phase1 location | blog language-english |
| Environmental activism and Indigenous issues in Cambodia (English) | Final project report, 'Environmental activism and Indigenous issues in Cambodia: The role of film-based advocacy with and for young people.' Funding for this project was provided by the UK Arts … | Dr Pete Manning | Cambodia, Phase 1 | format: report, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 13 Climate, SDG 16 Institutions | cambodia phase1 location | report language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-13-climate sdg-16-institutions |
| Voicing ambiguities in the Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba co-creator collective | This article authored by Aylwyn Walsh and Scott Burnett considers youth co-production in the context of the Changing the Story phase 1 project Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba. The participatory project conceives … | Dr Aylwyn Walsh, Dr Scott Burnett, Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba | Phase 1, Phase 2, South Africa | format: article, language: english | phase1 phase2 south-africa location | article language-english |
| Participatory methods =/= inclusive methods | Blog (2020/01/29) Participatory methods =/= inclusive methods | Dr Andreana Drencheva | Cambodia, Malaysia, Phase 1, Phase 2 | format: blog, language: english, subject: reflections | cambodia malaysia phase1 phase2 location | blog language-english subject-reflections |
| BOOM concerts in 1980s Kosovo | Blog (2019/04/29) BOOM concerts in 1980s Kosovo | Rina Krasniqi (Lirindja) | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | kosovo phase1 location | blog language-english |
| Kicking off Changing the Story in Kosovo | Pre-proofed versions of book chapters for published book. Links to 13 pdf chapters | Dr Lura Pollozhani | Kosovo, Phase 1 | format: blog, language: english | kosovo phase1 location | blog language-english |
| New Project: Developing Youth Leadership for More Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in Post-Conflict Countries | blog (2019/10/29) New Project: Developing Youth Leadership for More Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in Post-Conflict Countries | Lauren Wray | Kenya, Namibia, Phase 1, Rwanda, South Africa | format: blog, language: english, subject: youth | kenya namibia phase1 rwanda south-africa location | blog language-english youth |
| Mobilising Histories of Discrimination, Persecution and Genocide | The ‘Mobilising Histories’ conference, held at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, brought together two projects funded by the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) which ask how arts-based interventions … | Event, Phase 1, South Africa | format: film, language: english | event phase1 south-africa location | film language-english | |
| Phase One Critical Review: The Change-Makers (South Africa) | In March 2018, Prof Chaya Herman, Dr Charity Meki-Kombe and Prof Stuart Taberner conducted a critical evaluation and review of Changing the Story Phase 1 project 'The Change-makers.' The report … | Dr Charity Meki-Kombe, Prof Chaya Herman, Prof Stuart Taberner | Phase 1, South Africa | format: report, language: english, SDG 10 Inequalities, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities, SDG 4 Education, subject: reflections | phase1 south-africa location | report language-english sdg-10-inequalities sdg-11-sustainable-cities sdg-4-education subject-reflections |