To be qom: challenges to intercultural audiovisual production
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This article describes the process of producing a documentary of cultural practices by members of the Qom ethnic group in Argentina. The participants were the inhabitants of Pampa del Indio, Villa Rio Bermejito and Resistencia, located in the northern Argentinian region of El Chaco. Also included was the community of Derqui on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, composed of Qoms who had migrated from the region of El Chaco.
The documentary was produced using video material recorded by members of the Qom community for the purpose of documenting their social and cultural life. The project had a double objective: a) to develop educational materials based on daily language practices to be used as part of their bilingual school program (Castellano-qom’lek), and b) to facilitate diagnosis of the current situation and survival of Qom culture.
In the first phase a workshop and seminar were held with Qom teachers who had had previous experience in developing this type of educational material and with community leaders in order to define the basic elements of Qom identity. In the second phase, a basic course on camera handling and recording was given to various Qom members with domestic cameras provided by the project. Finally, priorities were assigned regarding subjects, places, routines, and so on.
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