Category Archives: empowerment

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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Daniel Meadows – early photographic works (video)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Many readers of this blog will be familiar with the work of Daniel Meadows. He was founder and creative director of BBC Capture Wales and teaches digital storytelling module at Cardiff University. Before this, he was a well-known documentary photographer. … Continue reading →

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Stories from the Sole at the Eisteddfod

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I’ve been working at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham all this week and there have been some nice digital inclusion stories here that I’ve come across… Age Cymru have been doing some great work in encouraging older people who aren’t … 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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Rami Malkawi needs people to make a digital story with his new prototype

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Rami Malkawi is a Jordanian University of Glamorgan PhD researcher and he needs our help to try out his new wizard-based digital storytelling prototype for learning. The tool works on most computers that can have Adobe Air and Flash installed … Continue reading →

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Culture Shock! museums and galleries digital storytelling conference 29 Sept 2011

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

It’s always a treat to hear about a brand new digital storytelling conference. And here’s some news of a new one one this autumn in the north-east of England. Culture Shock! is one of the biggest digital storytelling projects in … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytellers from Italy and Jordan in Wales

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I shared my journey to the DS6 festival of digital storytelling, with Simona Bonini Baldini and Rami Malkawi. I’ll never forget the excitement in the car as we rounded the corner of Aberystwyth’s side streets and caught our first full-on … Continue reading →

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How your own hand can help you find your story

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Here’s an idea you can try at the story-origination phase of your next digital storytelling workshop. Ask everyone to place their hand on a blank piece of paper and draw round it, kindergarten style. Ask people to write a line … 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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