Mélanzé Project
Reclaiming Conservation
Youth-led participatory research and artistic storytelling in northern Kenya - video, photovoice, music and indigenous knowledge for equitable conservation.
Reclaiming Conservation places Maasai youth at the center of participatory research on conservation, land and future. The project combines inquiry, creation and transmission in northern Kenya.
Status
Planned
Funding
Support is shaped according to phases, needs and partners.
What helps most
Targeted support, relays and partnerships
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Overview
The ambition is to produce stories and discussion tools from the people living these transformations every day, rather than speaking in their place.
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What the project sets in motion
- The Savannah Express, a solar-powered mobile multimedia studio.
- Workshops in participatory video, photovoice, music creation and intergenerational dialogue.
- Public screenings, restitutions and advocacy forms rooted in the field.
- Dissemination designed to nourish both the concerned communities and decision spaces.
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Frame and next steps
The project is being prepared with research and field partners in Kenya. The main challenge is to build a strong ethical frame, a real place for young participants and durable alliances before deployment.
Next step
If this project resonates with you, let us give it more ground.
Mélanzé works best with concrete relays: a residency, targeted support, distribution, a network connection or a financial contribution.
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