Short Description
Main Objective
The Fisher Child and other stories is a new media project which translates the oral storytelling archive of a small South African fishing community into an interactive digital repository of indigenous marine knowledge. Fisher child builds on the ancestral and archival work of sixth-generation fisher child, Traci Kwaai, who archives and retells the stories of the centuries-old Kalk Bay indigenous fishing community. The livelihoods of the community are threatened due to lack of access to marine resources. Combining storytelling technologies like 360 video, photogrammetry and Virtual Reality with traditional knowledge and practices, this project creates a repository for holding the stories of indigenous communities. The project aims to digitally preserve the cultural heritage and identity of this community through the creation of an artistic game-engine built experience which houses the 3D documentation of important artefacts, sites and oral histories.
Outcomes
Give youth in the community agency through co-creation.
Restore the dignity of the fisher folk through building of an archive and telling the story of the history of the community through a VR experience.
Address the historical significance of indigenous sustainable fishing practices such as hand line fishing and archiving and documenting how the historical social and political injustices of the past have affected the community .
Starting block for the creation of employment for youth through emphasizing the value of local knowledge and increasing awareness of and access to the ocean.
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