STORYTELLERS

by Vânia Susaki

One of the texts that was given to us in the English test was about a program which started in the USA and joined different types of life’s stories, from any kind of people.
The program works at ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and its purpose consists of making an archive with photos and testimonials of every person who wants to share a little bit of their lives. After reading this article I went for It made a research and the result was: Museu da Pessoa.
In other words, not only the North American can leave a piece of their lives to humanity, but we Brazilians have here the same right.The process is the same of the Center in the USA, the ‘Museu da Pessoa’ has been working for 17 years with more than 8 thousand testimonials, 70 thousand photos and documents from people all over the country.
You can find this whole stuff at the website, there you also find the exposition of programs and other thematics works. The ‘Museu da Pessoa’ joins the ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and together they made on May 16th of 2008 the International Day of Life’s Storytelling (Dia Internacional das Histórias de Vida). Different cities participated in the comemoration, including: São Paulo, Cape Town, New Zeland, Canada and others. Canada’s program is available for cell phones, you can check it on: Murmur.
What are you waiting for? Give the world the chance to know more about your life, tell us who you are, what you want, where you are from, what you like! =)
Click on the links above and follow the steps, make the world hear you.

Contacts: www.museudapessoa.com.br
www.murmurtoronto.ca
Phone: (55xx11) 2144-7170
Sources: Revista Brasileiros, Março 2008 editora Brasileiros, pág. 26.
Combo Split B, World Pass, page 135.