Digital Storytelling Workshop with Antonia Liguori
Using Digital Storytelling to Unlock Grassroots Knowledge
Location
Fine Arts : 427
Date & Time
February 8, 2019, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Description
From Personal to Collective: Using Digital Storytelling to Unlock Grassroots Knowledge |
Hands-on Digital Storytelling Workshop
Friday, February 8, 2019
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UMBC, Fine Arts Building, Room 427
Friday, February 8, 2019
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UMBC, Fine Arts Building, Room 427
Dr. Antonia Liguori, Lecturer in Applied Storytelling, School of the Arts, English and Drama, Loughborough University, UK, and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Fellow, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, will lead a two-part Inclusion Imperative Humanities Teaching Lab on digital storytelling and community-engaged research.
Psychologist Jerome Bruner said that narrative is a “principle by which people organize their experience in, knowledge about, and transactions with the social world.” Stories make information more understandable, memorable, and persuasive, unlocking grassroots knowledge and using the power of emotions to shape decisions. Digital storytelling has also emerged as an effective action research method to engage communities in collective participation and action, grounded in their sense of place and their distinctive cultural knowledge. As a tool, digital storytelling can challenge hierarchies of expertise, amplify unheard voices, and convey important emotions.On Friday, February 8th, in a hands-on workshop, UMBC faculty and graduate students will learn some of the key elements of digital storytelling focused on questions of inclusion and justice. They will practice storyboarding and editing audio/visual materials as well as discuss how narrative structure and modes of storytelling vary in the diverse culture contexts in which we work and live.
Registration is required to attend the workshop. Please register by February 1, 2019.
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