TRAUMA INFORMED STORYTELLING

SHORT COURSE

Link to course info : https://www.inthedarkradio.org/

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What does it mean to be trauma informed in documentary storytelling?

How can the documentary process be a helping one, rather than harmful?

This 2 session short course will go through the documentary storytelling process from concept to broadcast and consider at each stage what it means to be trauma informed, considering the potential for harm and how it could instead be helping.

In the first session Christina will use case studies to talk you through her own approach, which is informed by her training as a counsellor and facilitator. She will share her tool kit for working with other people’s personal stories, especially when working in-depth with complex lived experiences.

In the second session you will have the opportunity to consider your own methodology across the entire production process and ask how it can be as trauma-informed and ‘helping’ as possible.

This is an expanded version of the session Christina has been teaching on ITD School’s Feature Course since 2023.