Q1. Please introduce yourself briefly.
Hello. I am Nam Hyeon-a, and I joined the external communications team as a volunteer this October. I am currently a student studying documentary filmmaking. This is my first volunteer experience, so I am still inexperienced, but I want to learn a lot from the activists I work with and to have new experiences.
Q2. Please tell us why you decided to join MAP.
Since the second half of this year I have been working on a documentary about undocumented migrants. I judged that it would be difficult to do in-depth work without more experience, so I applied in order to talk with MAP’s activists and to gain experience in related activities.
Q3. Please fill in the blank: “I want to be a ___ volunteer.”
“I want to be a volunteer who records!” I like putting people on camera. When I film the story of a person whose life simply passes by without any special record and talk with that person, I feel happy that I can record this person’s existence as a video. I think we live in a society that does not take much interest in others. Those who are marginalized in particular often do not even have their existence proven. I want to become an activist who records and proves the existence of such people.
Q4. Is there something you have never done before but would like to try in order to discover yourself?
I definitely want to complete the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. I usually like walking, and I want to feel my own limits by walking for a long time in an unfamiliar country!
Q5. Finally, what kind of “change” do you want to bring about through your activities at MAP?
I have joined the team that publicizes the activities MAP carries out, and I want to make MAP memorable to more people. As a personal change, I also expect to grow further by talking about many different things with the activists. I will work harder for the remaining time!
