White Feather Diaries
Quakers to launch online storytelling project to mark the centenary of the first world war
Quakers in Britain are to launch The White Feather Diaries, an online storytelling project to mark the centenary of the first world war. The real-time story follows five Quakers as the war unfolds, exploring their dilemmas and different choices in a daily blog and Twitter feed.
The project will run at incremental periods over three years (2014-2016) up to the anniversary of the 1916 Military Service Act which introduced conscription and recognised conscientious objection.
By using digital media the project is designed to resonate with younger people of the same age as those called up to fight in 1914.
The interactive nature of the project will create opportunities for discussion about the causes of conflict and current peacemaking. It aims to challenge participants to ask why this is still as relevant now as it was 100 years ago.
‘We want people to understand choosing to be a pacifist is never easy in a culture of war. It is always a brave and difficult decision,’ said Jane Dawson, advocacy and public relationships leader for Quakers in Britain. ‘Some people suffered, some were imprisoned and died there.
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