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MEDIA LITERACY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
Strategies, Debates and Good Practices
social associations in the municipality of Pamplona, the authors registered four
main areas of improvement, namely:
• Changes in their self-concept
• Improvement in their Computer Skills
• The recovery of historical memory and
• Empowerment
Changes in their self-concept
In the initial stages of the project the participating women exhibited insecurity in
skills related to computer use and low self-esteem. Throughout the process
interesting dynamics were created and as a result a change in the attitudes of
women who participated in the workshops was registered. For such change to
occur a great deal of encouragement was given by the trainers and the group.
Thanks to the support and the dialogic nature of the workshops, women gained
a new awareness of the value that society places on their role and contribution
outside the private sphere.
Another important aspect is that of cooperation. In the field of group dynamics,
women rediscover their willingness to help and cooperate with other members
of the team, which in this particular context, is accepted and recognized and
makes learning much faster and more pleasant. Throughout the learning
process, especially in the development of focus groups a significant increase in
the value attributed to each participant’s status, as citizen, mother and wife was
observed. An important feature observed during the workshops was the
renewed value and importance given to the tradition of women, their cultural
heritage and experience, social skills and cultural traditions. The incidence in
the latter has been crucial in learning how to use ICT to treat the various topics
discussed during the workshops.
6.1. Improvement in their Computer Skills
The initial impetus of the digital literacy workshops has been the general lack of
knowledge of computer use and Internet surfing. At the end of the training
process each woman has acquired skills to use word processing, create folders
to store documents, scan photos, surf the net, write and send an email. The
basic knowledge gained by all participants in the workshops has served not only
to eliminate the barriers between these women and ICT, but also to stimulate
the desire to continue learning in this area.
6.2. Recovery of Historical Memory
At the end of the five sessions participants had to create a single document on
paper, documenting the work done throughout the workshops, particularly the
selected photos scanned and discussed by each participant. This exercise
documented the life history of the participants.
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