1. Self-Representation in the Process and Product: Some Considerations from the use of interactive DVD technologies Mike Evans, Stephen Foster, Jon Corbett, Joanne Gervais and Raquel Mann

2. Participation… “Use of the term participation has become virtually mandatory in development (including research) projects, programmes and policies.” (Cornwall et al., 2001 p. 1).

3. Participation… Yet there exist variable levels in implementation

4. Participation… These gradations are often conceptualized using a ladder metaphor (e.g. Arnstein)

5. Participation… The ‘Ebb and Flow’ of participatory influence: The spectrum of participatory influence in any project is never stagnant, nor the agency/power of participants fixed…

6. Participation… … but is continuously shifting through time

7. Participation… Tensions conflicting agendas and differential power relations differing aesthetic praxis (in/of process and product) arises out of varying intentions/expectations

8. Participation… One tension emerges in the negotiation of disparities of control over production and the quality of the project in its entirety. I.E: being able to pay respect to the subject matter and production values whilst maintaining desired levels of participation within a context particular constraints.

9. P.G. Métis Elders Project

10. MNBC DVD Project process… MNBC - UBC Okanagan collaboration

11. MNBC DVD project objectives To communicate positive facets of Métis culture and identity to its membership (especially youth) and mainstream society To engage community knowledge holders in the production/selection/presentation of Métis cultural material

12. MNBC DVD Structure

13. Participation in Praxis…

14. Dean Trumbley

15. Angus McDougal & Goldie McDougal (nee Fiddler)

16. Bev Lambert

17. Lucy Interviews Ryan Bresser

18. Lucy Interviews Philip Gladue

19. Participation in Product… A spectrum of participatory influence…