Photo Exchangers “We are doing this project to learn about people outside our homes and families, to learn about others that live in other places like Ghana. Another reason we’re doing this project is to explore around other neighborhoods and to interview people and to learn about them.” “The photography project is out to link children in Ghana to children in America… to help us learn new things in our area and culture so that to teach our friends in U.S… to foster unity among members in both clubs.” Youth in North Cambridge and Northern Ghana participated in a cross-cultural art project this past year where they learned about their own and each other’s neighborhoods. Through documentary fieldwork both groups photographed and interviewed local residents, businesses, and organizations. They made photo books of their fieldwork to exchange with their partners and analyzed each other’s work, which sparked email dialog. Their email communication continues and brings new meaning to the power of cross-cultural education by youth for youth. The images presented in this gallery attempt to capture the rich experiences of these two groups as they explored the people and places around their school. To expand this project to a larger audience, this past month youth from summer camps in the Greater Boston area also participated in a similar project. Their work is presented with the Photo Exchangers project in the lower gallery. The collaborative partners in this project are the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School (BBCPS), Cambridge, Massachusetts and Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS), Tamale, Ghana. *The name of the project was created by an American and Ghanaian student.
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