تم إضافة 3٬001 بايت
، قبل 13 سنة
Translating Concepts into Mechanisms and Activities
Concepts / Principles
Mechanisms / Activities
*Collaborative, cooperative and participatory knowledge production
*Everyone has the right to self-expression and access to digital tools
*Empowerment, with a focus on youth, regardless of gender or social background
*Community ownership
*Community Library: participants bring in eg. 3 books and perform tasks related to the library
*Induction for trainers who will facilitate several sessions on participatory learning, making safe space, and facilitating sessions democratically
*Deca Website - archive community library - users have password etc for website and can update without staff supervision - users have been given training
*Use of open source software and creative commons licensing in individual and community creations
*Users can access other people’s work to use for other projects
*Learning should be fun and experiential
*Deca is an open space for the community
*Free workshops / sliding scale for specialized workshops
*Lending library and equipment
*Activities that mix social backgrounds and males/females - availability of workshops that are single-sex
*Safe space
Group agreement (even for one-offs eg at beginning of sessions/workshops) - addressing how people will deal with each other, use the space etc. Agreement can be revised. Facilitated by community area facilitator “CAF”
*CAF and director trained in conflict management
*Designated counsellor role
*Systems - where you can find materials, knowing how to move through space and do things within the space, knowing who to connect with specific needs
*Trust-building games - eg falling onto each other
*Incorporate youth into roles - eg mentorship program
*Self-service system for borrowing and using soft materials
*Suggestions/ideas/concerns box
*Membership Scheme
*Scavenger hunt in space - in groups - same tasks/questions, different order
*Session drawing and painting on walls
*Self-sustainability - expertise, finances etc
*Space rentals
*develop a comprehensive program that’s not bound to the space for which deca team could be paid a fee if implemented with other communities or clients eg businesses/other NGOs etc...
*Arabization of digital tools and practices
*Promote the arabization of software interfaces and manuals
*Use Arabic in filing systems in the server and computers
*All postings and communication in the space should be in arabic
*Making sure to use arabic language in trainings as much as possible
*Shared responsibility and authority through collective decision making
*Deca Director and Community Area Facilitator - joint decision making on programs and
workshops
*Deca Staff - networking with local community and collectively deciding on community needs
*Adef Board with new Deca members
*Deca Staff rotating responsibilities - eg chairing meetings etc - so power does not get concentrated
*Consensus-decision making
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