Call for Submissions Deadline 19 May 2014
FASCINATE is an interdisciplinary conference investigating the current and future applications of ubiquitous computing technologies in visual and performance arts, games, architecture, craft, design and interactive media.
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“For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people to each other and to their
environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arise around issues of resource and
ecological management. In this book, Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram, and Helen Ingram argue that stories, or
narratives, play a key role; that these emergent networks essentially “narrate themselves into existence”.
The authors propose the notion of the narrative-network, and
introduce innovative tools to analyze the plots, characters, and events that inform environmental action. Their analysis sheds light on how environmental networks can emerge in unlikely contexts and sustain themselves against great odds.
The authors present three case studies that demonstrate the power of narrative and narratology in the analysis of environmental networks: a conservation network in the Sonoran Desert, which achieved some success despite US-Mexico border issues; a narrative that bridged differences between community and scientists in the Turtle Islands; and networks of researchers and farmers who collaborated to develop and sustain alternative agriculture practice in the face of government inaction. These cases demonstrate that by paying attention to language and storytelling, we can improve our understanding of environmental behavior and even change it in positive ways.
22 paper | £15.95 | 978-0-262-51957-1 | 240 pp.,
Raul Lejano is Associate Professor in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development at New York University and the author of Frameworks for Policy Analysis: Merging Text and Context.
Mrill Ingram, a PhD in Geography, is an independent scholar in Madison, Wisconsin.
Helen Ingram is Research Fellow at the Southwest Center, University of Arizona,
and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author/editor of numerous books, including Reflections on Water: New Approaches to Transboundary Conflicts and Cooperation (MIT Press, 2001).”
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/power-narrative-environmental-networks
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Interview with Tassos Stevens, December 2011
Tassos Stevens is an award winning theatre director, maker, writer, game-designer and co-director of Coney, an agency of play that “…mixes live and digital art to create immersive stories and play for diverse audiences.” In this interview Tassos Stevens discusses his involvement with three recent projects, A Small Town Anywhere, an interactive performance for a playing audience, A Cat Escapes, described as an Adventure in Learning and Papa Sangre the award winning immersive game in 3D sound for the iPhone. Approaches to emergent storytelling, building imaginary worlds and the importance of the audience experience are considered.
Expanded Narrative is funded by Plymouth University, Teaching & Learning Directorate.
Developing Interactive Locative Narratives for Mobile Technologies Within Arts Education- Final Report.
In this interview Oliver Schneider describes his research and approaches to interactive storytelling, with particular reference to its uses within higher education as a method for learning and teaching across subject areas.