CRAFTING UNFORGETTABLE
DIGITAL EXPERIENCES
Human beings are active participants in the world they inhabit and create. Agency is the free will and ability to craft one's own life. The nature of agency makes communities rich and diverse.
Rather than one voice, communities speak as a chorus and visual anthropology provides a way to capture that chorus.; By focusing on the community's agency, we look to communicate their own vision of their life.
OUR STORY
"Many people have come in to tell our story. We'd like the opportunity to tell our own story." - Charleszine “Terry” Nelson
Senior Special Collection and Community Resource Manager
Blair Caldwell African American Research Library
This request has been the guiding principle behind the No Legacy Lost project and my life for the last several years.
We are a small team of Anthropologists and filmmakers dedicated to preserving authentic story telling and self-directed narratives.
Photograph by
Ariana Rubi Tarin
SHARING SMALL STORIES
TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD
History is like an iceberg: commonly, we are only presented the top ten percent while the majority of the story lies underneath. The residents of "Five Points can teach us what it is to be alive. Authentically alive."
WHY US?
No Legacy Lost is guided by the principle understanding that we are not the story tellers; you are.
On the surface this may seem like a simple catch phrase; another marketing line. To us, it is a deep responsibility and obligation to your story.
We are specialists in visual anthropology and linear ethnography. It is our job to support you in being able to present your authentic story.
OUR SERVICES
We are specialized in qualitative research and visual anthropology. We seek to blend traditional story telling in a digital age.
An important concept in anthropology is called 'agency'. Human beings are active participants in the world they inhabit and create; agency is the free will and ability to craft one's own life. By focusing on the community's agency, we looked to communicate their own vision of their life.
The nature of agency makes communities rich and diverse.
Rather than one voice, communities speak as a chorus, and visual anthropology provides a way to capture that chorus.
This film is meant to feel like you're sitting across a kitchen table, hearing your grandparents tell you stories.
In A Sense of Self - Growing Up in Five Points, we intentionally limited the use of music and photographs. (The DVD includes a slide show of photographs as a special feature.)
Research shows that up to 70% of our understanding of meaning derives from visual cues, facial expressions, and inflection. By focusing on the faces of the community we hope you reach your own understanding and meaning of these stories.
We have got to maintain that history, it is the building
block of our community, it is the building block of our culture, it's the building block of who we are."
Charleszine Nelson
Blair Caldwell African American Research Library
"Five Points can remind us what it is to human, authentically human"
Dr. Vincent Harding
Civil Right Leader
“Everything I needed to learn I learned in Denver, Colorado in Five Points.”
Otha Rice
Five Points Developer
“Five Points has an amazing soul and spirit to it that you can’t find anywhere else. … And Five Points just almost vibrates, it … has its own rhythm … you can just really feel this energy that is unique only to Five Points.”
Tamara Banks
Five Points Resident
“Jazz … is church music. It has its roots deeply embedded in the sacred, in the church,
Purnell Steen
Five Points Historian
OUR TEAM
Michael Bird
Director
With a deep desire to honor authentic stores, I completed a M.A. in Qualitative Research/Anthropology. I have a hand in many projects and business at all times.
Raymond Traylor
Business
Being a serial entrepreneur in the the e commerce field, Ray brings a passion for combining social marketing, business, and education.
Dr. David Hill
Anthropology
Holding a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin (2005), Dr. Hill specializes Public Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management. He is an immeasurable asset to our team.
Markus Makari
Outreach
Markus founded the First Note Foundation to bring instruments to children. He is dedicated to sharing and promoting community and can always be found helping someone in need. That's just who he is.
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