"Ododo Wa" Community DialoguesMain MenuAboutPage: offers information about funding bodies, the project's purpose, and its contributors.NavigationPage: this page includes the 4 navigation options the platform supports."Ododo Wa" means "Our Stories"Page: contains an introduction to Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War. It covers the background of the exhibit and its development and features annotated photos and audio recordings in English and Acholi.StoryMapStoryMapJS is a free open access tool developed by Northwestern University's Knight Lab to support online storytelling that highlights the locations of a series of events.The Traveling ExhibitPage: this page contains a photo of the traveling exhibit, audio recordings and text paired with artefacts in the exhibit.Perspectives and ResponsesThe beginning of the path through the perspectives and responses to the exhibit. This page includes place-based perspectives visualized by original illustrations paired with audio recordings in Acholi and EnglishYouTube: "Advocating for Justice and Reparations in Uganda"Video: This is an annotated YouTube video documenting a discussion panel in which Evelyn Amony, Grace Acan, and Isabelle Masson discuss the exhibit and advocating for justice and reparations in Uganda. The panel was held 24 October 2019 at the Moot Courtroom of Robson Hall, Faculty of Law building at the University of ManitobaMemoirsPage: an annotated YouTube video clip shows Grace Acan and Evelyn Amony discussing why they wrote their books. This page also includes external links to their memoirs.Sarah York-Bertram79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16Andrea Gonzáleze5fa090b1575dd90f2a290cf95178e9bea9f56baZhi Ming Sim557159ad867444cf6dde5f57a7a385a91bfaab8dhttp://csiw-ectg.org/
"The grass suffers most..."
12021-06-02T17:59:00-04:00Sarah York-Bertram79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16854Annotation: Grace Acan shares a local saying and an original illustration by Lorenzo Seravalle is paired with the audio recording of Acan to visualize the saying. Transcript (by Patricia Trudel): "After reading Ismael Beah's book I realized he went through like, like more than I thought had gone through because he was a boy and he had to go like, face danger every other time and he escaped several things while he was in the battlefield with the gun fighting. I compared my life. I didn't physically go to the battle, but I was there. There's a proverb in our local language that says 'when two elephants are fighting it is the grass around them that suffers.' So I was just suffering there like that. So wherever there was battle I would be running for my life and to make sure I'm alive. So that was the difference. Ismael Beah was physically there, hum in the battle engaged sometimes, sometimes he has to run as well. But for my case, I was yeah not physically [in the battlefield] but I was there [in danger], you know? That was the difference."plain2022-08-29T15:51:07-04:00Sarah York-Bertram79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16
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1media/Illustration V.2_thumb.png2021-06-01T18:12:46-04:00Sarah York-Bertram79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16Elephants Fighting2This original illustration by Lorenzo Seravalle depicts elephants fighting. It reflects a common saying that came up multiple times in community dialogues: "When two elephants are fighting, the grass suffers the most."media/Illustration V.2.pngplain2021-07-22T18:22:57-04:00Lorenzo Serravalle, illustratorSarah York-Bertram79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16
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12021-06-02T17:57:02-04:00Audio: Elephants1Audio: In this audio recording, Grace Acan draws on a local saying to show the ways abducted boys and girls experiences in war differ. Click the "►" to listen to the audio recording.media/Elephants.mp3plain2021-06-02T17:57:02-04:00