Sunday, 20 April 2008

Storytelling & Authenticity - Overview

So last month (18-19 March) I attended a symposium on Storytelling and Authenticity at the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the University of Glamorgan hosted by Mike Wilson and Hamish Fyfe (co-directors of the Centre).
The belated notes below are selective and naturally are skewed towards my own research interests, so apologies to any speakers who feel I haven't reflected their work adequately.
(In case of inaccuracies please let me know.)

  • Tale-enders: Gathering the Narrative Heritage of Welsh Cricket
    This presentation was the launch of the Tale-enders project to produce narrative reminiscence content to form part of the Museum of Welsh Cricket. Read more...
  • Capture Wales - Lisa Heledd
    Lisa defined a digital story as a 'short personal multimedia film'. For me, the key word here is 'personal' (i.e. autobiographical) in so much that it differs from traditional tale telling. Read more...
  • Susie Pratt - digital stories and social media
    Susie gave a history of the background to Digital Stories and the current context of social media. Read more...
  • Joseph Sobol - The Razor's Edge: The American Storytelling Movement in 2008
    Joseph's reference to the razor in the title was multi-layered, talking about the edge as that between amateur and professional. Read more...
  • Richard Bauman - The Remediation of Storytelling: Narrative Performance on Early Commercial Sound Recording. Read more...
  • Dick Leith - 'Authenticity' & 'Ownership: How to Shut People Up'. Read more...
  • Neil Lanham - In the oral tradition, the singer is more important than the song. Read more...

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