SCHOOLS & education
CASE STUDIES
Changing The Narrative
CREATIVE PROJECT AND FILM
Filmed and Edited by Kirstie Henderson, Brave Day.
case study
Project: Changing The Narrative
Project purpose: British Muslim girls narrative accounts of their past, present and future lives’ - explored though creative workshops, mixed media skills development, storytelling, and film production, to reach a wider audience across the UK and beyond.
Project Commissioners: Leverhulme Trust funded research project ‘ British Muslim girls narrative accounts of their past, present and future lives’ led by Professor Farzana Shain.
Collaborative Project Partners:
Professor Farzana Shain - Academic Research Lead - Goldsmiths University - f.shain@gold.ac.uk
Parvez Qadir - Creative Practitioner, Director and Writer - @QadirPqadir62
Kirstie Henderson - Creative Practitioner and Filmmaker, Brave Day - @braveday_create
Jo Sanderson - Head of Year, Falling Park High, Rochdale
Hafsah Aneela Bashir - Jerwood Arts Poetry Fellow, Writer, Educator, Co-Director @outsidetheframearts, @redwizz1
Changing the Narrative: image includes participating students, Parvez Qadir, Prof. Farzana Shain, Kirstie Henderson.
Creative Process
12 x 3hr workshop sessions for 7 Muslim young women, specifically chosen by their school to participate.
The project encouraged the young women to explore their emotions, experiences and responses to the narratives and stereotypes presented in the media, and offer ideas for future positive change.
Outcome
The project film was very well received by the commissioners and participating school, as well as the young women themselves.
The Changing the Narrative project will be progressed to other areas of the UK in 2021 / 2022 to offer a more diverse representation of young Muslim women, and delicate the format and creative approach of exploring themes and ideas in creative ways, to enable more voices to be heard and have a wider social impact.
testimonial
“I am really pleased to have worked in collaboration with Kirstie on Change The Narrative as it has been such a positive experience.
I felt confident after meeting Kirstie that she and Parvez would deliver an excellent film and they have done just that. Kirstie helped the young people we were working with to relax and be comfortable in telling their stories on camera.
She is full of creative ideas to get young people involved and her film editing has been superb. She is genuinely collaborative, has high standards and has been an excellent partner to work with.”
Professor Farzana Shain, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths University.