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STORY CIRCLE

Where once cultures valued storytellers for lauding, lamenting, and laughing at those in power, this thoughtful book illuminates the hopes, practices and achievements of the myriad amateur storytellers who populate today's globalized and digitalized cultures. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science

I warmly welcome the publication of Story Circle. It provides a fascinating account of what's happened in digital storytelling so far and will be a crucial reference point for digital storytelling in the future. Menna Richards, Controller, BBC Wales

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"There can be no doubt that this book is important in fostering understanding of DST's potential and it deserves many readers among students, researchers and practitioners." (Seminar.net, July 2010)



Table of Contents

List of Figures vii

List of Tables ix

Acknowledgments x

Notes on Contributors xii

Part I What Is Digital Storytelling? 1

1 Computational Power Meets Human Contact 3
John Hartley and Kelly McWilliam

2 TV Stories: From Representation to Productivity 16
John Hartley

3 The Global Diffusion of a Community Media Practice: Digital Storytelling Online 37
Kelly McWilliam

Part II Foundational Practices 77

4 Where It All Started: The Center for Digital Storytelling in California 79
Joe Lambert

5 “Capture Wales”: The BBC Digital Storytelling Project 91
Daniel Meadows and Jenny Kidd

6 Digital Storytelling at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image 118
Helen Simondson

7 Radio Storytelling and Beyond 124
Marie Crook

Part III Digital Storytelling Around the World 129

8 Narrating Euro-African Life in Digital Space 131
Sissy Helff and Julie Woletz

9 Developing Digital Storytelling in Brazil 144
Margaret Anne Clarke

10 Digital Storytelling as Participatory Public History in Australia 155
Jean Burgess and Helen Klaebe

11 Finding a Voice: Participatory Development in Southeast Asia 167
Jo Tacchi

12 The Matrices of Digital Storytelling: Examples from Scandinavia 176
Knut Lundby

13 Digital Storytelling in Belgium: Power and Participation 188
Nico Carpentier

14 Exploring Self-representations in Wales and London: Tension in the Text 205
Nancy Thumim

Part IV Emergent Practices 219

15 Digital Storytelling as Play: The Tale of Tales 221
Maria Chatzichristodoulou

16 Commercialization and Digital Storytelling in China 230
Wu Qiongli

17 Digital Storytelling with Youth: Whose Agenda Is It? 245
Lora Taub-Pervizpour

18 Digital Storytelling in Education: An Emerging Institutional Technology? 252
Patrick Lowenthal

19 Digital Storytelling in Organizations: Syntax and Skills 260
Lisa Dush

20 Beyond Individual Expression: Working with Cultural Institutions 269
Jerry Watkins and Angelina Russo

References 279

Index 300

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9781405180597, 978-1405180597
      ISBN10: 1405180595
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      STORY CIRCLE

      Where once cultures valued storytellers for lauding, lamenting, and laughing at those in power, this thoughtful book illuminates the hopes, practices and achievements of the myriad amateur storytellers who populate today's globalized and digitalized cultures. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science

      I warmly welcome the publication of Story Circle. It provides a fascinating account of what's happened in digital storytelling so far and will be a crucial reference point for digital storytelling in the future. Menna Richards, Controller, BBC Wales

      Trade Review
      "There can be no doubt that this book is important in fostering understanding of DST's potential and it deserves many readers among students, researchers and practitioners." (Seminar.net, July 2010)



      Table of Contents

      List of Figures vii

      List of Tables ix

      Acknowledgments x

      Notes on Contributors xii

      Part I What Is Digital Storytelling? 1

      1 Computational Power Meets Human Contact 3
      John Hartley and Kelly McWilliam

      2 TV Stories: From Representation to Productivity 16
      John Hartley

      3 The Global Diffusion of a Community Media Practice: Digital Storytelling Online 37
      Kelly McWilliam

      Part II Foundational Practices 77

      4 Where It All Started: The Center for Digital Storytelling in California 79
      Joe Lambert

      5 “Capture Wales”: The BBC Digital Storytelling Project 91
      Daniel Meadows and Jenny Kidd

      6 Digital Storytelling at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image 118
      Helen Simondson

      7 Radio Storytelling and Beyond 124
      Marie Crook

      Part III Digital Storytelling Around the World 129

      8 Narrating Euro-African Life in Digital Space 131
      Sissy Helff and Julie Woletz

      9 Developing Digital Storytelling in Brazil 144
      Margaret Anne Clarke

      10 Digital Storytelling as Participatory Public History in Australia 155
      Jean Burgess and Helen Klaebe

      11 Finding a Voice: Participatory Development in Southeast Asia 167
      Jo Tacchi

      12 The Matrices of Digital Storytelling: Examples from Scandinavia 176
      Knut Lundby

      13 Digital Storytelling in Belgium: Power and Participation 188
      Nico Carpentier

      14 Exploring Self-representations in Wales and London: Tension in the Text 205
      Nancy Thumim

      Part IV Emergent Practices 219

      15 Digital Storytelling as Play: The Tale of Tales 221
      Maria Chatzichristodoulou

      16 Commercialization and Digital Storytelling in China 230
      Wu Qiongli

      17 Digital Storytelling with Youth: Whose Agenda Is It? 245
      Lora Taub-Pervizpour

      18 Digital Storytelling in Education: An Emerging Institutional Technology? 252
      Patrick Lowenthal

      19 Digital Storytelling in Organizations: Syntax and Skills 260
      Lisa Dush

      20 Beyond Individual Expression: Working with Cultural Institutions 269
      Jerry Watkins and Angelina Russo

      References 279

      Index 300

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