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More on digital storytelling…
On the theme of digital stories (see previous post) I realised that I have not posted anything about some of the foundation organisations of the digital storytelling movement- for example the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkley California which has established a model of digital story telling that has been widely taken up and... »
Digital Stories about experiences of mental illness
Launched this week at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia was a series of short films (digital stories) made by people who have experienced mental illness about their paths to recovery. They have been posted on the Mental Illness Education ACT website as part of their community education and storybox program.... »
Youth and Teachers using online tools to link up around the world
Well its been a couple of slow blogging months but things are going to pick up a bit now with a focus on interesting things that are happening with digital technology, local story telling, schools and young people… To kick this off check out the All One Hood website to see some very cool... »
Challenge for Change and NFB Filmmaker in Residence Program
One of the projects that broke new ground for movements in participatory & social-change film-making was the Challenge for Change program. Created by the Canadian National Film Board in 1967, it ran until 1980 and resulted in over 140 films being made as collaborations between filmmakers and Canadian communities. The Challenge for Change program... »
Journal articles on Digital Story Telling practices in Australia
Check out this edition of the online Journal of Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media and Communication (3CMedia) for some recent articles about a range of DST projects in Australia, including one on the Pelican/Hopevale Digital Story Telling Project. Papers are based on selected presentations given at the 5th annual Making Links conference, held at... »
Pacific Black Box
Many projects that bring together collaborative arts and collaborative documentary (or ethnography) practices begin with a simple aim of allowing a particular group of people to give voice to issues that effect them, rather than relying on outsiders to represent them. By providing individuals and communities with tools for self expression – be they... »
Hopevale visit #3 – digital versions of Milbi
Checkout this little digital story, (Click here) one of a set that John Haviland edited during our visit to Hopevale. This is the story of the Night Owl, or Bunja, told in Guugu Yimmithir by Tulo Gordon and illustrated by Tulo’s paintings. Milbi is the Guugu Yimithirr word for Story. In the mid 70’s... »
Hopevale / Pelican Project Digital Storytelling
Last year I got in contact with Samia Goudie, who has been working with the Pelican Project at Hopevale doing some digital storytelling as part of the bigger Pelican project. In September 2008 the Pelican/Hopevale project ran a camp at Connies Beach near Hopevale, which included making a set of digital stories about the... »