Challenging the narrative of gender socialisation
Digital storytelling as an engaged methodology for the empowerment of girls and young women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12331647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dipane Hlalele (0000-0003-4455-4876, corresponding author), Jode Brexa |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 79-88 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agenda (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1013-0950 • E-ISSN: 2158-978X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10130950.2015.1073439 |
| OpenAlex | W1724851501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article presents a Digital Storytelling (DST) pilot as a small scale intervention with university women for girls in a rural South African secondary school. It explores how learners can be empowered as agents of change against family/ community-related violence. It challenges conventional gender stereotypes that advance socialisation of females into prescribed behaviours and offers an engaged methodology as a way for girls and young women to speak out. At a South African University, nine young women on a Residence Committee (RC) first learned DST methodology to create personal narratives. These narratives speak out against experiences of emotional and physical violence. Inspired by the potential of DST, the RC then formed a partnership with youth in an under-resourced rural school, inviting 11 tenth-grade learners (nine girls, two boys) to their university residence for a weekend DST project. This initiative led to the creation of 11 stories of transformation as school learners reimagined themselves as agents of change in their own families, school and communities. Three stories (one from a university student and two from secondary school learners) are presented in the article. This article argues for disruption of conventional gender socialisation practices and the recognition of learners in rural communities not only as recipients of assistance from elsewhere but as champions and change agents in their own right
Developmental psychology · Digital Storytelling · Empowerment · General partnership · Intervention (counseling · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Residence · Socialization · Sociology · Storytelling · Digital Storytelling and Education · Gender Studies · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |