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- Comment on The guilt every photographer feels by Gareth MorlaisGood point. Thanks Katrina. In the case where the objector isn't the subject of the photo, I'd listen to concerns, then take a view, balancing sensitivities against the wider public interest. If I was going into an arena where there's a real public interest and potential resistance by authorities, there are many options open to explore with ca […]
- Comment on The guilt every photographer feels by Katrina KirkwoodIs this the guilt? It's not mine. Mine is the guilt of taking photographs at all. Unless I'm in a tourist spot or rural wilderness, I've been accosted every time I've got out my camera to shoot a scene. "Why are you taking photos?" "Who/what are you taking?" Or, more usually, "Go away and pack that camera up. […]
- Comment on Working with groups of more than ten people on their personal stories by Gareth MorlaisI think you're right Kent. Mutual trust is needed for the sharing of personal true stories. I also like the way people often come to a workshop with a firm idea of the story they're going to tell and then end up telling a completely different one, because of something that happened in the story circle. […]
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DS8 digital storytelling conference review 2013
Digital storytellers from as far afield as Japan to Norway and from Egypt to Canton gathered together in Cardiff on 14 June 2013 for the DS8 digital storytelling conference. The host, Karen Lewis, co-director of the George Ewart Evans Centre … Continue reading
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Telling Truths, Changing Minds – digital storytelling evening
As a round-up of digital storytelling activities in south Wales, it’s hard to beat this event TELLING TRUTHS, CHANGING MINDS in Cardiff, Wales, on Thursday, 29 November 2012. It’s been organised by the CommsCymru network for communications professionals in Wales … Continue reading
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New website for BBCA: see many of their 800 digital stories – and a bouncing rabbit
On Facebook today, Natasha James, manager of Breaking Barriers Community Arts*, announced the launch of the organisation’s brand new website: “We have a new website http://www.breakingbarriers.org.uk We’d love you to check it out and give some feedback as well as … Continue reading
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Premila Gamage, Sri Lankan Digital Storyteller
It’s International Women’s Day today. This year’s theme centres on Empowering Rural Women. So today’s the day I want to talk about a digital storyteller I met in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in December 2011. Premila Gamage works at the Institute … Continue reading
New local TV station in Wales wants your films and digital stories
Today – 31 January 2012 – 3VTV is launched. It’s a local internet-based TV channel for the three valleys that make up Blaenau Gwent in south Wales, UK. On the website there are videos made by 3VTV themselves as well … Continue reading
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Designing a New Media Forest of Japan
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)
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
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
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
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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