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PIRL — Participatory Digital Storytelling for Disability-Inclusive Research

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 82% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

A Cameroon/Sierra Leone-based academic network had people with and without disabilities co-produce six short digital stories on disability-inclusive research, published as a peer-reviewed case study — a small, rigorously documented pilot rather than a proven at-scale programme.

7
Participants trained in digital storytelling
6
Digital stories produced
PIRL — Participatory Digital Storytelling for Disability-Inclusive Research

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Partnerships for Inclusive Research and Learning (PIRL) Network — University of Bamenda & NWAWWD (Cameroon), One Family People (Sierra Leone), University of Toronto (Canada)
Period
2020–2024
Keywords
disability research, participatory design, digital storytelling, higher education

Context

Partnerships for Inclusive Research and Learning (PIRL) was a four-year international participatory research project working primarily in Cameroon (Bamenda) and Sierra Leone (Freetown) with Canadian partners.

Activities

PIRL trained seven participants - including two people with disabilities - in digital storytelling, using facilitated workshops and 'Story Circles' to co-develop stories.

Results

The group produced six digital stories, each addressing an aspect of disability-inclusive research, documented in a peer-reviewed article naming participants' roles and lessons learned.

Conclusions

This is a small, time-limited pilot rather than a service delivered at scale, with no continuation or institutional funding beyond the four-year research grant identified.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
community-based and academic researchers, Story Circles facilitators

Conditions for success

  • co-production with people with and without disabilities

Common failure modes

  • small, time-limited pilot (7 participants)
  • no continuation funding identified beyond the 4-year grant

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