“STORIES FROM THE NORTH” PROJECT:Digital storytelling in a youth and SoMe perspective

• Main Authors: Henningsen, Birgitte, Lohmann, Nikoline, Ørngreen, Rikke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: digital storytelling; SoMe; “Stories from the North” project; nordicstorytelling.com; Iceland
• Online Access: https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/f2b2493f-11f2-464a-af51-255f5d440d7b; https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/files/293736448/DST_2018_Stories_from_the_North_project_Digital_Storytelling_in_a_Youth_and_SoMe_Perspective_1_.pdf

This paper presents and discusses practical experiences from a Nordic digital storytelling project called “Stories from the North” involving researchers, facilitators and participants from Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Participants produce digital stories based on Digital Storytelling (DS) originally developed at www.storycenter.org/ and the first project phase, show us how the youth experiences with social media (SoMe), challenge the applied DS thinking and raise interesting perspectives. This paper presents and discusses practical experiences from a Nordic digital storytelling project called “Stories from the North” involving researchers, facilitators and participants from Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Participants produce digital stories based on Digital Storytelling (DS) originally developed at www.storycenter.org/ and the first project phase, show us how the youth experiences with social media (SoMe), challenge the applied DS thinking and raise interesting perspectives.