Digital Storytelling

Thursday, April 09, 2015: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Monroe Ballroom (6F)

What is storytelling in the digital age? Who gets to narrate the museum experience, and how? Practitioners and theorists define and expand the boundaries.

Chair: Douglas Hegley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA

The Whole Story, and Then Some: ‘Digital Storytelling’ in Evolving Museum Practice
- Amelia Wong, The George Washington University, USA

The X,Y, and Z of Storytelling: An inquiry into short, medium, and long-form storytelling in the digital space
- Peter Samis, SFMOMA, USA, Tim Svenonius, SFMOMA, USA

The Museum as Digital Storyteller: collaborative participatory creation of interactive digital experiences
- Maria Roussou, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, Laia Pujol, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, Akrivi Katifori, National Kapodistrian University of Athens & ATHENA Research Center, Greece, Angeliki Chrysanthi, University of Sheffield, UK, Sara Perry, University of York, UK, Maria Vayanou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece