"This article reflects on a digital storytelling project undertaken for research, communication, and advocacy purposes in Bangladesh. The project trained young women from different regions of the country to make digital stories about their everyday struggles and journeys of personal growth. Excerpts
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from selected digital stories are shared to highlight how these short films can be used to understand struggles against class and gender hierarchies, sexual harassment, and the need to establish full citizenship rights for minority groups. The article makes a case for digital stories as a new methodology for doing and communicating research. It also sheds light on the nature of the technology itself and confronts the limitations and dilemmas that were faced, particularly with regard to authenticity and representation." (Abstract)
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"This study of the digital storytelling (DST) project at the South Asia Hub of the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Research Programme Consortium examines the capacity of DST practice to articulate women’s diverse experiences of empowerment, given the genre’s formalities and narrative guideline
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s. I challenge notions that DST mediation is limited to relationships between the storyteller and the technology, and instead focus on mediation as a co-creative process. There are at least two overlooked dynamics in DST. The first is how the organisation adopts narrative guidelines to fit their framework and purpose; and second, the social relationships mediating the way actors related to one another in the workshop. I find that the workshop model and specific narrative structure may constrain ways of conveying ‘experience’. Not every participant’s experience or mode of narration is readily suited for DST. On the other hand, participants also report DST as useful for strengthening community relationships and opening up a more self-reflexive space for critical thinking." (Abstract)
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"Die Medien haben sich gewandelt und wandeln sich weiter. Journalisten und Leser suchen heute in viel stärkerem Maße als in der Vergangenheit Geschichten. Die Grenzen zwischen Journalismus und Entertainment sind längst fließend. Storytelling ist ein grundlegend neuer Ansatz in der Pressearbeit.
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Storytelling versetzt die PR-Verantwortlichen in Unternehmen, Organisationen und Agenturen in die Lage, auf diese Veränderungen zu reagieren und den Informationsfluss in einem bisher nicht gekannten Maße zu steuern. Dieses praktische Lehrbuch vermittelt dazu das nötige Wissen." (Publisher description)
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"This reference manual guides the staff of development or other organisations to encourage individuals (either colleagues or community members) to share their personal stories and include their voices as part of a broader good practice documentation process. While SAfAIDS and Women’sNet focus on u
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sing the techniques to highlight interventions that advocate for HIV and AIDS, women’s rights, gender equality and sexual diversity programmes, the techniques discussed can be readily adapted for use in a variety of development issues." (Page 2)
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"This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2011, held in Vancouver, Canada, in November/December 2011. The 17 full papers, 14 short papers and 16 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 paper and p
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oster submissions. In addition, the volume includes 6 workshops descriptions. The full and short papers have been organized into the following topical sections: interactive storytelling theory, new authoring modes, virtual characters and agents, story generation and drama managment, narratives in digital games, evaluation and user experience reports, tools for interactive storytelling." (Publisher description)
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"Storytelling is an art, as well as a skill. It allows the listener to take an idea and shape it into something that is relatable on a personal level. In The Art of Storytelling: Telling Truths Through Telling Stories, Amy E. Spaulding enables the reader to learn how to develop this skill, while als
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o discovering the tradition of storytelling. Spaulding covers a wide array of important storytelling elements, from advice on choosing, learning, and presenting the stories to discussions on the importance of storytelling through human history and its continued significance today. This book includes an annotated list of stories, as well as a bibliography of collections and a brief list of recommendations for online sources." (Publisher description)
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"Game stories have evolved from the simple kidnapped-girl plot of Donkey Kong to the complex novel-length tales of modern RPGs. In addition, the ability of the player to interact with and affect the story has created many new and different types of stories that are difficult if not impossible to por
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tray in other kinds of media. Although games are an excellent medium for many types of storytelling, their interactivity makes them far different from more traditional media such as books and film. Interactive stories themselves havemany unique and challenging issues that aren’t encountered when writing a more traditionally structured tale, which we’ll be discussing all throughout the rest of this book. Game writers also need to think about many other factors, such as the synthesis between the story and gameplay and how to maintain a proper pace when the story’s progression is, at least to a certain extent, controlled by the player." (Page 5)
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"Many professionals in health, education, and community service roles are caught in a particular bind of identity-they live in a complex social borderland of credibility and professional authority while experiencing or having experienced the same discrimination, violence or trauma that they are comm
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itted to conquering. For some, the disclosure of their own stories of marginalization has become a tool for advocacy, for telling a larger truth; for others, self-disclosure is a more personal action, intended to assist isolated others in developing trust and connection. Linde Zingaro, a lifelong social service worker and activist, interviewed several colleagues who have chosen to speak out in this way, talking with them about their ethics and intentions, and collaborating to identify some of the risks of negative personal and professional consequences for the practitioner. She uses their voices-and her own-to illustrate some of the ways that these people have learned to safely and effectively use the transformative potential of storytelling as significant social action." (Publisher description)
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"This collection of seventeen contributions provides a small but significant window into some of the themes that, in our view, will define research on narrative in the coming years. Some of these themes have already started taking center stage— for example, the diversification of methodological to
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ols, concepts, and contexts in the study of identities in narratives. Others are relatively new, such as the investigation of how mediated communication has changed storytelling practices and our conception of narrative. Yet other questions were already central to narrative research but have taken new directions—for instance, the study of how narratives participate in the construction of the moral order, and the different roles that truth and deception play in varying social practices. What emerges from the chapters in this book is a common emphasis on contexts and practices, a close attention to differences rather than an assumption of homogeneity. These elements confirm a welcome opening up of the field to the realities of postmodern societies." (Introduction, page 5-6)
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"Harnessing the Power of Videos is a training toolkit for community-based organizations on how they and the adolescent girls they serve can use visual media and technology to tell their stories and those of their communities; to be heard; and, in the process, to be empowered through increased skills
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and self-confidence. This manual was designed in consultation with several organizations focused on promoting gender equality and improving the lives of adolescent girls and young women." (Introduction)
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"This book reveals the true impact of stories on our lives and how stories can create feelings of hope, take away psychological distress and even stimulate the immune system. It contains over 90 short stories, and allows readers to understand the patterns storytellers use to captivate attention and
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how truths are often encapsulated in stories." (Publisher description)
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"Story Circle is the first collection ever devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement, exploring subjects of central importance on the emergent and ever-shifting digital landscape. It covers consumer-generated content, memory grids, the digital storytelling y
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outh movement, participatory public history, audience reception, videoblogging and microdocumentary. It pinpoints who is telling what stories where, on what terms, and what they look and sound like. And it explores the boundaries of digital storytelling from China and Brazil to Western Europe and Australia." (Publisher description)
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"If you are—or want to become—a professional storyteller, you have just the right book in your hands! Experienced teller, Dianne de Las Casas, reveals many tricks of the trade and puts down here a wealth of basic advice for any teller—professional or not. As a teller with years of experience,
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I read this book from cover to cover avidly, reminding myself of things I need to keep doing, and jotting down new ideas from Dianne's plethora of suggestions. And I was inspired by the many quotes from other professional tellers, which Dianne shares." (Foreword by Margaret Read MacDonald)
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"Conflicts are more effectively managed if people understand the layers meaning in their conflicts and collaborate based on those meanings. In this book, author Peter M. Kellett analyzes and interprets real-life conflict stories as a way to create opportunities for more productive ways to navigate a
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nd resolve conflict." (Publisher description)
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"Eine Geschichte zu erzählen ist grundsätzlich etwas Einfaches, das alle kennen und mit dem sich starke Gefühle hervorrufen und Erkenntnisse herbeiführen lassen. Komplizierter ist die Arbeit mit Geschichten im Rahmen der Tätigkeit von Organisationen, wenn damit zu Reflektionen angeregt, Gemeins
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chaften gebildet, praktisches Wissen vermittelt oder aus Erfahrungen gelernt werden soll. Dieses Handbuch soll der DEZA und ihren Mitarbeitenden und Partnern Denkanstöße und praktische Tipps liefern. Das vorliegende Material soll dazu beitragen, dass Sie die Fähigkeiten und das Vertrauen entwickeln, die zum Geschichtenerzählen und zur Moderation beim Geschichtenerzählen wichtig sind. Zudem hilft es möglicherweise bei der Entwicklung komplexerer Methoden und Programme im Bereich von Wissensaustausch, Organisationsentwicklung und Kommunikation. Konkret enthält das Handbuch folgende Elemente: Tipps, Strukturvorlagen und Instrumente, die Ihnen helfen, sich Erfahrungen in Erinnerung zu rufen, diese mit andern zu teilen und sie zu nutzen; Überlegungen zu den praktischen und emotionalen Aspekten des Geschichtenerzählens; Überlegungen zu den Gefahren einer Institutionalisierung dieser Ansätze; Einblicke in die Erfahrungen der DEZA bei der Arbeit mit Geschichten. Storytelling eignet sich nicht für jede Situation. Die Methoden sollten durch erfahrene Personen sorgfältig ausgewählt und auf Arbeitskontext und -ziele abgestimmt werden. Gewisse Methoden wie der konsequente Einbezug des Geschichtenerzählens in die Kernabläufe einer Organisation, zum Beispiel in Evaluationen, erfordern Geduld und eine langfristige Unterstützung durch das Management. Nur so kann der geeignete Ansatz mittels Trial-and-Error-Verfahren gefunden werden. Das Handbuch soll in erster Linie Möglichkeiten eröffnen und nicht definieren. Es soll Sie dazu motivieren, Ihr eigenes Repertoire zu entwickeln." (Einleitung, Seite 6)
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"The act of telling a story is a deceptively simple and familiar process, a way to evoke powerful emotions and insights. By contrast, working with stories in organisational settings – to aid reflection, build communities, transfer practical lear-ning or capitalize experiences – is more complicat
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ed. This Guide was designed to be both thought provoking and of some practical use to SDC and its collaborators and partners. The materials contained here should help you develop competence and confidence as tellers or facilitators of telling and may also support the development of more complex methodologies and programmes involving knowledge sharing, change and communication. In it you will find: tips, templates and tools to help you find, share and capitalize experience; reflections on the practical and the emotional aspects of story telling; consideration of the challenges and risks in institutionalising these approaches; illustrations from SDC’s experience so far of putting stories to work." (Introduction, page 6)
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