Author Archives: Antonia Liguori

MARS Video resources: Exploring digital storytelling, drawing and improvisation to address issues related to crisis and conflict

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Antonia Liguori, Karen Sung and Fred Dalmasso from the Storytelling Academy at the School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, have been developing a number of learning resources and tutorials to explore how to apply digital storytelling, drawing and improvisation to address issues related to crisis and conflict, as part of the MARS project. With the support of the

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The SOLIS Biblioteca: a co-produced set of media on inclusive education

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During July the partners of the Erasmus+ project SOLIS gathered in Malta, together with teachers from each partner country to partake in SOLIS training focused on digital storytelling and the unique expertise brought by this experienced group from the UK, Norway, Turkey, Malta, Italy, Lithuania, Spain and Greece. This culminated in the recording of over 20 modules for both the

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CREATIVITY workshops in Leicester

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Last week our partners descended in the UK to take part in our second week of workshops for the CREATIVITY project.  The project aims to educate, strengthen, and encourage 12-18 years old schoolchildren to practically demonstrate four competencies (4Cs):  Creativity  Critical thinking  Cooperation  Communication Our week included workshops in Communication, Identity, Documentary theatre, Improvisation and Stand up. It was a

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InterAct Storytelling PhD Studentship

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InterAct is a £4.4 million, Made Smarter Innovation-funded, Economic and Social Research Council-led Network+ that aims to bring together economic and social scientists, UK policy makers and manufacturers, and digital technology providers to address the human issues resulting from the diffusion of new technologies in industry. These human aspects include themes such as:• Productivity• Resilience• Competitiveness• Sustainability• Levelling-up/inclusion• Wellbeing. As

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CREATIVITY workshops in Sunny Siena

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Last week members of the Storytelling Academy team spent the week in beautiful Siena, Italy for the first week of workshops for the CREATIVITY project.  The project aims to educate, strengthen, and encourage 12-18 years old schoolchildren to practically demonstrate four competencies (4Cs):  Creativity  Critical thinking  Cooperation  Communication We took part in workshops in Clowning, Creative Writing, Photography (both as

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