[ecrea] Untold - An Un-conference about Digital Storytelling

Un/told – An Un/Conference about Digital Storytelling

University of East London, University Square Stratford, Salway Road, 
London, E15 1NF

11th and 12thJuly 2017

Background


Untold - An Un-conference about Digital Storytelling willbring together 
academics and practitioners for two-days to creatively explore and 
interrogate issues arising in digital storytelling practice and theory. 
It is a cross disciplinary and interdisciplinary programme.



An Unconference offers:

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    Space to share, create, brainstorm and develop ideas

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    A longer collaborative process helping to develop communities of
    practice over a number of months

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    Better and more informed interaction at the event

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    The development of concrete outputs, such as project ideas and
    publication proposals, throughout the process

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    Blended format, both online and face to face meeting



Digital storytelling refers to a short form of digital media production 
that allows people to share aspects of their life story. Digital Stories 
can be comprised of photographs, video footage and audio voiceover, and 
typically last between 2 and 3 minutes. Each film tells a story written 
and narrated by the teller.

Call for Participants

We are now recruiting academics and practitioners who will be willing to 
participate actively in the development and delivery of Untold. 
Participants will identify, explore and interrogate issues that arise in 
digital storytelling practice from a range of perspectives. All 
contributions are welcome.


Background

Digital Storytelling is increasingly popular as a learning, 
participation and empathy-raising tool in higher education, health care 
and civic engagement. The experiences and observations of academics and 
practitioners working in these areas will inform a wider understanding 
of the challenges, impact and future practice of applied digital 
storytelling.


As digital storytelling methodologies become more widely used, with 
increasingly diverse participant groups, practitioners and academics 
will benefit from exploration and discussion of: the ethics of personal 
storytelling, gathering and sharing work; understanding storytelling 
practices within the wider methodology; and specific issues that arise 
from DS application within particular disciplines.


Untold is designed to share theory and practice across a variety of 
digital storytelling contexts.  We will encourage cross-fertilisation 
between disciplines and approaches.


Invitation to participate / process

We invite academics, practitioners working with digital storytelling and 
others with an interest in the area to participate in Untold as a member 
of one of five themed sub-groups. We would particularly welcome 
interested contributors who are looking to incorporate Digital 
Storytelling into their work.


Our phased programme is broken down as follows:

Phase One – Searching (March to June 2017) - online

This will see the establishment of five themed groups - or ‘demes’ - 
consisting of approximately 15 people.  Each group has a facilitator who 
will coordinate and guide on-line discussion around a particular theme. 
‘Deme’ members are expected to contribute actively to discussion by for 
example: Suggesting reading, sharing workshop experiences or offering 
commentary. Our expectation is this will require approximately 1 hour 
per week, but this will vary across the searching phase. Each ‘deme’ 
will be required to develop an agenda and programme for their 
contribution for the second and third phases of Untold.


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    Health and Digital Storytelling

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    Digital Storytelling in Higher Education

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    Ethics and Digital Storytelling

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    Storytelling Practices within DS

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    Civic Engagement and DS


Each ‘deme’ will have two coordinators that will manage the discussion.


Phase Two  - Exploring (July 2017 – Day one 11thJuly) face to face

A one-day workshop hosted at UEL. In the morning groups will converge 
under the guidance of the ‘deme’ facilitator to consider emergent topics 
and review issues identified through the searching phase. In the 
afternoon there will be an Open Space session to encourage 
cross-fertilisation of themes. The shape and nature of the morning 
sessions will be determined by the ‘deme’.

Phase Three  - Sharing (July 2017 – Day two 12thJuly) face to face

A one-day plenary where each of the five ‘demes’ leads a 90-minute 
session to showcase their interrogation of the practical and theoretical 
issues explored over the past four months. We encourage creative and 
participatory sessions outside the limits of traditional academic 
papers.External participants will be invited to this session.

Post “un-conference” - Extending Collaboration

The possibilities range from publication in academic journals through to 
new  workshops.

Applying to join the Unconference

To apply to join an UnTold ‘deme’, please submit:

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    A 120 word summary of who you are and what you do

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    A 250 word summary saying which ‘deme’ you would like to join, and
    why. This should identify key challenges and questions posed by the
    selected theme and include appropriate references


Deadline for submission of proposals is 9am UK time on the Thursday 1st 
December. Late submissions will not be accepted.

To submit an application, please visit 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dst2017

Successful applicants will be informed by Thursday 15thDecember


Untold is organised by University of East London.  It is overseen by an 
international steering committee consisting of Camelia Crisan (Senior 
Lecturer Faculty of Communication and Public Relations (FCRP), National 
University for Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), 
Bucharest, Romania), Dr Mark Dunford (Associate Dean, School of Arts and 
Digital Industries, UEL), Dr  Daniela Gachago (Senior Lecturer, Centre 
for Innovative Educational Technology, Cape Peninsula University of 
Technology), Pip Hardy (Co-founder – Patient Voices), Professor Grete 
Jamissen (Section for Multimedia, Oslo and Akershus University College), 
Dr Cathy Jaynes (Nurse Researcher and Educator, Denver, Colorado) 
Ragnhild Larsson (Journalist & Storyteller, Konvoj Produktion), Dr 
Stephen Maddison (Director of Research, School of Arts and Digital 
Industries, UEL),Polly Rodgers (Untold Convenor, UEL), Tony Sumner 
(Co-founder – Patient Voices)


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