Description
This edited collection brings together academics and practitioners to explore the uses of Digital Storytelling, which places the greatest possible emphasis on the voice of the storyteller. Case studies are used as a platform to investigate questions of concept, theory and practice, and to shine an interrogative light on this emergent form of participatory media. The collection examines the creative and academic roots of Digital Storytelling before drawing on a range of international examples to consider the way in which the practice has established itself and evolved in different settings across the world.
"Digital Storytelling is a socially-engaged arts movement, a recognisable media genre, and a community-centred practice. Since its origins on the West Coast of the US more than two decades ago, it has been taken up around the world, and is only growing in momentum with educational, arts, and activist organisations who want to use well-crafted personal stories to increase the personal meaningfulness or public impact of their work. Bringing together an exceptional lineup of eminent media theorists and practitioners reflecting on how this can be done well and what it means for culture and society, this book marks a new phase of maturity for digital storytelling as a field of study and a powerful platform for cultural participation and social change." (Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia) "Digital storytelling is emerging as an important and truly inclusive social movement that is changing how we think about democratic practice. This exciting new collection brings together leading practitioners and academics from Europe, North America, Africa and Asia to reflect, with fine practical sensitivity, on the differences that stories can make in experiences of social change and mobility, art and policy. An inspiring cross-cultural perspective on the forms, practice and values of digital storytelling." (Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) "Digital storytelling is one of the great, quiet media stories of the last quarter century. This invaluable collection sheds light on all its aspects: stories as therapy, political resistance, liberating acts of creativity, teaching and routes to research. Its source material touches every point of the compass." (Ian Hargreaves CBE, Cardiff University, UK)
About the Author
Mark Dunford is an academic and researcher who has held senior roles in a number of UK Universities including University of Brighton, Goldsmiths and University of East London where he was an Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Digital Industries.
Tricia Jenkins is a researcher and digital storytelling facilitator who also works with Insightshare Participatory Video company and is a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
In 2008, Mark and Tricia established DigiTales, a research company specialising in Digital Storytelling and participatory media. The company is hosted by Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Reviews
"Digital Storytelling is relevant for diverse audiences. Above all, it will interest practitioners as the book showcases a number of usage scenarios and applications, while also fostering deeper reflection on practice. ... For educators involved with qualitative methodologies as well as in the creative studies fields, DS might offer an interesting outlet to explore new ways of working with students to make stories together." (Lavinia Marin, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, May, 2018)
Book Information
ISBN 9781137591517
Author Mark Dunford
Format Hardback
Page Count 244
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Weight(grams) 4401g
"Digital Storytelling is a socially-engaged arts movement, a recognisable media genre, and a community-centred practice. Since its origins on the West Coast of the US more than two decades ago, it has been taken up around the world, and is only growing in momentum with educational, arts, and activist organisations who want to use well-crafted personal stories to increase the personal meaningfulness or public impact of their work. Bringing together an exceptional lineup of eminent media theorists and practitioners reflecting on how this can be done well and what it means for culture and society, this book marks a new phase of maturity for digital storytelling as a field of study and a powerful platform for cultural participation and social change." (Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia) "Digital storytelling is emerging as an important and truly inclusive social movement that is changing how we think about democratic practice. This exciting new collection brings together leading practitioners and academics from Europe, North America, Africa and Asia to reflect, with fine practical sensitivity, on the differences that stories can make in experiences of social change and mobility, art and policy. An inspiring cross-cultural perspective on the forms, practice and values of digital storytelling." (Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) "Digital storytelling is one of the great, quiet media stories of the last quarter century. This invaluable collection sheds light on all its aspects: stories as therapy, political resistance, liberating acts of creativity, teaching and routes to research. Its source material touches every point of the compass." (Ian Hargreaves CBE, Cardiff University, UK)
About the Author
Mark Dunford is an academic and researcher who has held senior roles in a number of UK Universities including University of Brighton, Goldsmiths and University of East London where he was an Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Digital Industries.
Tricia Jenkins is a researcher and digital storytelling facilitator who also works with Insightshare Participatory Video company and is a lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
In 2008, Mark and Tricia established DigiTales, a research company specialising in Digital Storytelling and participatory media. The company is hosted by Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Reviews
"The reader-whether new to digital storytelling or a seasoned practitioner-comes away with a sense of possibilities and a deeper appreciation for digital storytelling as a means for amplifying voice and inspiring civic engagement." (Heather Gerhart, Storytelling, Self, Society, Vol. 16 (2), 2020)
"The most compelling aspects of this volume are the stories ... . The stories presented in each of these chapters are rather remarkable and, indeed, powerful. Anyone interested in modern media, narrative, social activism, communication studies, film, as well as those versed in DS scholarship, will find this a compelling read." (Katherine Daley-Bailey, Reflective Teaching, May, 2018)
"Digital Storytelling is relevant for diverse audiences. Above all, it will interest practitioners as the book showcases a number of usage scenarios and applications, while also fostering deeper reflection on practice. ... For educators involved with qualitative methodologies as well as in the creative studies fields, DS might offer an interesting outlet to explore new ways of working with students to make stories together." (Lavinia Marin, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, May, 2018)
Book Information
ISBN 9781137591517
Author Mark Dunford
Format Hardback
Page Count 244
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Weight(grams) 4401g
