KALFEIN MAIKEL WUISAN
Workshops
Film, media, writing, theatre, digital storytelling, and community-based learning.
ABOUT THIS WORK
I facilitate workshops in film and media, writing, theatre, digital storytelling, and cultural documentation. Each process is adapted to the people, place, language, and tools available.
For me, a workshop is not simply a space for transferring technical skills. It is a shared process of learning, exchanging experience, and developing ways to tell stories from within our own communities.
Since 2007, I have been involved as a facilitator and speaker in workshops on theatre, writing, filmmaking, photography, and digital media in North Sulawesi and other parts of Indonesia. This practice has grown through long-term engagement with Indigenous youth, community organisations, cultural collectives, and local media initiatives.
The following activities represent selected workshops from this continuing practice.
Selected Workshops
2019
Smartphone Cinematography
Media Workshop, Jakarta
Facilitator on smartphone cinematography during a media workshop organised as part of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the twentieth anniversary of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago—AMAN.
The workshop introduced the smartphone as an accessible audiovisual tool for documentation, communication, and storytelling.
2019
Cinematography Training at Smart Camp
Karimbow, North Sulawesi
Facilitator for cinematography training during Smart Camp in Karimbow.
The activity introduced participants to audiovisual practice through a shared workshop process.
2020
Cinematography Training for Indigenous Peoples
National programme organised by AMAN
Facilitator on cinematography in a national training programme for Indigenous Peoples organised by AMAN.
The programme formed part of an effort to strengthen the capacity of Indigenous communities to use audiovisual media for documentation, communication, and storytelling.
11 June 2021
Photography, Cinematography, and Graphic Design Workshop
KP/KR KGPM Imanuel Ampreng Multimedia Team
Facilitator for a workshop on photography, cinematography, and graphic design organised by the KP/KR KGPM Imanuel Ampreng Multimedia Team.
The workshop brought several forms of visual communication into one shared learning programme.
2021
Cinematography at the PUKKAT Digital Media School
Langowan, Minahasa
Speaker and facilitator on cinematography at the PUKKAT Digital Media School in Langowan.
The programme connected digital-media learning with cultural work, community communication, and audiovisual practice.
2023
Smartphone Movement Training for Indigenous Youth
Gowa, South Sulawesi
Facilitator for a Smartphone Movement training programme with Indigenous youth in Gowa, South Sulawesi.
The workshop introduced smartphones as tools for documenting community life, producing audiovisual stories, and strengthening Indigenous voices in digital media.
A Continuing Practice
These selected activities are part of a longer journey that began through theatre, writing, cultural work, education, and community filmmaking.
My approach is grounded in learning together. Technical knowledge remains important, but a camera, smartphone, or writing tool gains meaning through the person using it, the community connected to it, and the story that needs to be carried forward.
A workshop is therefore not limited to a classroom. It can take place in a village, forest, meeting house, church, community space, or wherever people gather to exchange knowledge and create work together.