The Process of Remembering with the Forgotten Australians: Digital Storytelling and Marginalized Groups

Digital storytelling projects have proliferated in Australia since the early 2000s, and have been theorized as a means to disseminate the stories and voices of "ordinary" people. In this paper I examine through the case study of a 2009 digital storytelling project between the Australasian...

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Published in:Human technology 2012-01, Vol.8 (1), p.65-76
Main Author: Hancox, Donna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Digital storytelling
Format
memory
participation
social inclusion
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Summary:Digital storytelling projects have proliferated in Australia since the early 2000s, and have been theorized as a means to disseminate the stories and voices of "ordinary" people. In this paper I examine through the case study of a 2009 digital storytelling project between the Australasian Centre for Interactive Design and a group identifying as Forgotten Australian whether digital storytelling in its predominant workshop-based format is able to meet the needs of profoundly marginalized and traumatized individuals and groups. For digital storytelling to be of use to marginalized groups as a means of communication or reflection a significant re-examination of the current approaches to its format, and its function needs to undertaken. This paper posits new ways of utilizing digital storytelling when dealing with trauma narratives.
ISSN:1795-6889
1795-6889
DOI:10.17011/ht/urn.201205141653