Participatory filmmaking has long been a tool for social change.In the Outer Island communities of the Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Ulithian youth are migrating from their homes and cultivating diasporic online spaces. This talk will emphasize the politics and ethics of engagement in visual storytelling, including consent and representation in visual anthropology.

The CER Storyteller Series showcases the Community Engaged Research being done by ICER members, through storytelling that gives the audience a peak behind the scenes to reveal some of the nuances surrounding the processes and politics, setbacks and moments of serendipity.