Conceptual Frameworks: Safe Motherhood   Conceptual Frameworks: GSIF

Blog 8: October 29 Tenet 1: Interdependence: The interactive effect of tasks, goals, and feedback combinations. A state in which all firms in a market or players in a game, though in competition, are dependent on the actions and strategies of all the other firms or players in that market or game.    Our simple […]

Safe Motherhood Documentary Team: Partners List World Hope International They provided us with a place to work, a starting point to find additional contacts in the region, and drivers/transportation while we helped them advance their mission to improve the social, health, and economic outlook of Makeni and Sierra Leone on the whole. This was more […]

Goals: What are the personal goals of each member on this team? (Team Member #1,#2, #3, etc) Jessica – I want to learn how to use Adobe Premiere better and get fancy with the editing software. I also want to be able to complete a documentary film with a story that I developed.  Grace – […]

Case part 1: 1: Facts of situation: The 14 million trees in India have been used extensively over the past 2,000 years for medicinal purposes, food production, toiletries, fuel, and pesticides Azadirachta indica (Neem) a tree indigenous to India Neem is sacred Neem is used for medical purposes, food production, toiletries, fuel, and pesticides India […]

Ethical Decision-Making and Grassroots Diplomacy Case 3: Sept 17 The facts: the growth of ~35% of the children is stunted due to poor nutrition Gruel currently made of corn and bananas Mothers believe that gruel is effective HIV/AIDS is bad if this region More breastfeeding = higher chance to get HIV/AIDS Mother’s think gruel works […]

Week 3 Case Study: Grassroots Diplomacy Step 1: Facts of the case Jack is an American student working on a social venture in Kenya for 5 months International donor organization donated gifts Jack lives and interacts with kids at the youth center Jack works with the staff at the youth center Jack handed out gifts […]

Lesotho Case: Lesotho is a small developing country contained within South Africa. You and your team of academic researchers (10 in all) are spending the next two weeks traveling to different communities throughout Lesotho to test water sources for disease-causing pathogens. The testing you need to do is simple but requires significant assistance from the […]

GSIF Fieldwork Lessons Learned: 1. Ethics of interview/documentary work: I learned a lot about consent – specifically how it is not black and white. Someone may say “yes” to an interview but we also must be aware of power dynamics and other structures that might make someone say yes but not truly want to say […]

Design Phase 1. Roy W. Dean Film Grants • Catapult gives early support to projects that they feel have a unique perspective when told with film. They provide development funding, up to $20,000, to documentary filmmakers who have a strong story to tell, secured access, and are ready to create a fundraising piece to help […]