Storytelling Academy – Interdisciplinary Research at Loughborough University
Our latest Open Access publication is inspired by the panel we delivered at the International Digital Storytelling Conference in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas, US, in June 2023. Please, read the abstract below. A new, hybrid way of conceiving Digital Storytelling (DS) in applied research is presented here as an essential trigger to challenge, expand, and eventually re-frame the
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Delighted to see our work on Amplifying Community Voices for Sustainable Climate Adaptation. Future Yetu: A Digital Storytelling Project in the Nairobi Slum of Korogocho published on The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems.Always wonderful to work with the amazing artist and activist Daniel Onyango and the brilliant landscape architect Pia Jonsson! And this time we were also joined by Humphrey Otieno, whose
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Antonia Liguori, Pia Jonsson and Daniel Onyango are presenting this project at the AMPS Conference 2023 in Prague, a conference on Culture, History, Art and Design.The Listening City is a collaborative interdisciplinary project that aims to explore Digital Storytelling as a tool for place-making and as a community-building approach to inspire dialogue and mutual understanding across diverse groups within an urban context. As stories convey values and
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The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) are still looking for students, both undergrads and postgrads, to apply for their Student Charette workshop. The charette is a three day workshop where students will be able to develop skills in digital storytelling, build an international community network and widen insights into the landscape architecture subject. Open to all students studying Landscape
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This chapter reflects on the outcomes of an ongoing transnational partnership between Hope Raisers, a youth-led NGO based in Korogocho slum in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Storytelling Academy at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom (UK). A group of researchers and artists explore the value of digital storytelling as a tool for participatory action research (PAR) through an exploration of the challenges and opportunities of applying this
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