This is not a video camera: Chris Lunch at TEDxIHECS

Chris Lunch is a modern day alchemist in the field of international development. He believes in the power of combining technology with participation to shift awareness, galvanise communities and unleash hidden energy for positive individual and collective change. This is the topsy turvy world of “participatory video”; where the subjects of a film become the directors; where passive recipients of aid become active changemakers and where the social enterprise he co-founded, InsightShare, has chosen: ‘Make mistakes’, ‘Lose control’ and ‘Have fun’, as its core values.

The title of his talk “This is not a video camera” takes inspiration from surrealist artist Rene Magritte’s painting: Ceci n’est pas une pipe, as he asks us to re-look at what we think we know about this technology.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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