CommunityStream Community engagement activities were documented as digital video stories, and made available online via a web portal Ken Newman, University of Portsmouth

Aims & objectives > produce stories about community engagement > use these stories to establish and promote the CommunityStream as a resource for community engagement > encourage and support community groups in Portsmouth and Amsterdam to produce their own stories so that the CommunityStream resource becomes self sustaining > to have at least one of the productions combine Portsmouth- and Amsterdam- based students, and have both a Dutch and English version

stories about community engagement Portsmouth: Halloween Students of community theatre in CCI together with Dot-to-Dot (Arts) produced a Halloween performance/party/activity in an underprivileged housing estate. The story of the activity, told by interviews with the students, footage from the activity itself, and some comments from the audience/participants, is a valuable resource for others undertaking similar projects. Amsterdam: GraffitiStream Students Social Work organized together with Nisa for Nisa (Moroccan women for Moroccan women) a series of graffiti-workshops for Moroccan women. These workshops are filmed and the art pieces were exhibited in Amsterdam-Slotervaart en Slotermeer.

CommunityStream video portal http://halloween.communitystream.org http://graffitistream.communitystream.org

establish and promote CommunityStream Portsmouth: press coverage, articles, lectures Amsterdam: inform social work organisations

CommunityStream self sustaining Video kit and manual for non-techy users it is easy to produce stories SlingerTV A Dutch initiative to give a “push” (slinger) to society. Take over CommunityStream ( www.slinger.nu ), logo already implemented

combine Portsmouth- and Amsterdam- based students December 2007 Amsterdam “tech”students helped Portsmouth art student producing the Halloween story April 2008 Portsmouth “tech” students helped Amsterdam social work students producing GraffitiStream

combine Portsmouth- and Amsterdam- based students December 2007 Amsterdam “tech”students helped Portsmouth art student producing the Halloween story (video-conference + live) April 2008 Portsmouth “tech” students helped Amsterdam social work students producing GraffitiStream (video-conference + live)

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