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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There are no words to express the deep sadness for the unexpected death of the Storytelling Academy’s dear friend, Giles Broadbent. The international digital storytelling community have still strong memory of Giles’ fantastic performance with his group Stringfever at the International DST Conference hosted at Loughborough in June 2022. The Storytelling Academy’s and our community’s deepest sympathy goes out to
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Co-developing a Framework for Adaptive Participatory Storytelling Approaches (APSA) Another paper just published from the DRY project, exploring how applied storytelling can support knowledge exchange and public engagement. Please, read the abstract below. The transdisciplinary Drought Risk and You (DRY) project aimed to interweave storytelling and science as a way of increasing the different voices and types of knowledge (specialist,
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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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