Storytelling Series
TALES OF CHANGE from Kwale Coast
The stories from this series are based on the FoRel project work in Kenya, specifically interviews and discussions done with about 70, mainly Digo participants in Kwale County Kenya (2020/21). I was not apart of fieldwork due to COVID 19 but worked as the analytical researcher with all the transcripts and qualitative coding.
Basically, I have been combining different participants words on the same or similar topic to create a story. I also have created context or named the characters as they talk or interact in the situation I put them in. Making sure everything is anonymous and not traceable to the real people. In this way we can hear directly from people’s experiences of climate,environmental and coastal changes in East Africa in a more engaging way than scientific articles or interviews. Also by highlighting a different group of characters or character in each story we can bring more of a diverse understanding of the impacts of different social and ecological changes to light,
beyond that of fishermen or farmermen. I also feel these stories prioritise the voices of those that are and will be the most impacted by climate change. Also I’m just super bored of zoom and powerpoint. So I thought this would be more fun, to create stories from the very rich data coming from the FoRel project.
Listen to any of the four stories on spotify:
Basically, I have been combining different participants words on the same or similar topic to create a story. I also have created context or named the characters as they talk or interact in the situation I put them in. Making sure everything is anonymous and not traceable to the real people. In this way we can hear directly from people’s experiences of climate, environmental and coastal changes in East Africa in a more engaging way than scientific articles or interviews. Also by highlighting a different group of characters or character in each story we can bring more of a diverse understanding of the impacts of different social and ecological changes to light, beyond that of fishermen or farmermen. I also feel these stories prioritise the voices of those that are and will be the most impacted by climate change. Also I’m just super bored of zoom and powerpoint. So I thought this would be more fun, to create stories from the very rich data coming from the FoRel project.
Listen to any of the four stories on spotify:
This podcast (you can listen to these stories on spotify too) and storytelling series “Tales of Change from Kwale Coast” is part of communicating the research of the FoRel Project.