Category Archives: citizenship

Designing a New Media Forest of Japan

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Japanese participatory media research group MELL Platz is conducting a public research seminar “Designing A New Media Forest of Japan: From Civic Generated Narratives and Memories of Post 3.11″ on 10 December 2011 Continue reading →

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Digital Story explaining why the Poppy is the symbol of Remembrance

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Ray Thompson made this digital story for Breaking Barriers. He’s the man we have to thank for the list of names of fallen soldiers on the Bargoed War Memorial. Ray is a Caerphilly 50+ Forum member; thanks to Mandy Sprague … Continue reading →

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Digital Stories may be ideal for Welsh TV channel S4C

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

This sounds like an interesting opportunity for someone who wants to pitch an idea for a series of Welsh-language digital stories to S4C. It’s from the Content section of S4C’s Vision for 2012 and Beyond (PDF). “We will establish a … Continue reading →

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DS6 digital storytelling conference review 2011

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

For the UK’s digital storytellers, a trip to Aberystwyth Arts Centre has been something of an annual pilgrimage for some years now. DS6 took place on Friday 16 June 2011. In keeping with previous years, here’s my review of the … Continue reading →

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From Truprint to Facebook

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Up until the 1990s, passing round a Truprint envelope full of 6″ x 4″ photographic prints was the norm; nowadays we publish our own online and ‘Like’ our friends’ photos on Facebook. Increasingly, that’s how we pass round our snapshots. … Continue reading →

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Video Nation – final screening

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Last night was a poignant one. Even before I was involved with digital storytelling, I’ve been a fan of BBC Video Nation. I first became aware of it when I saw an job ad in the early 1990s announcing that … Continue reading →

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How to get your short film seen by 500 million

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

When Newport University film studies lecturer and social action broadcast specialist Peter Watkins-Hughes went to Tredegar Comprehensive School students with an idea for a short film about teenage drink driving they said: “It’s not drunk driving that’s the biggest problem; … Continue reading →

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Tokyo: New Horizons of Digital Storytelling

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Mell Expo 2011 in Tokyo on the weekend of 19 & 20 March 2011. Continue reading →

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Life as a transgender person – digital story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Jenny-Anne Bishop explains what life was like as a transgender person growing up and living in Wales. She talks about the difficult experiences she has had with her family as a result of her transition. It’s one of four digital … Continue reading →

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Menna Richards

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Tonight, I’m going to say goodbye at a party to an old friend and colleague who’s leaving the BBC soon. Menna Richards is the woman who commissioned BBC Capture Wales / Cipolwg ar Gymru back in 2001. I hope some … Continue reading →

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