http://www.scribd.com/doc/90847074/Call-Papers-Digital-Storytelling-Publication-2013

The Relato Digital Storytelling Conference in Valencia Spain was many things: interesting, fun, good humoured. It was good to be amongst fellow dsters and to have time to see what others were doing and the have some ideas reinforced.

The conference was organised by staff at the University of Valencia and there were Spanish and English sessions. Students helped out, gave advice and directions and were helpful and friendly.

Stand out presentations were by Miguel Calvo Melero (University of the Basque country) where problem based learning the roundness of the earth and sad cows mad for an entertaining presentation; the young woman from Pakistan who was working with Pakistani women to create their stories, the use of dst for talking about different family structures, Joe Lambert (of course) and two Norwegian teachers of early child hood teachers who want to make their university a dst one! I am sorry I don’t have the names of these but the programme may still be here.
http://www.uv.es/digitalstory/

It was a great conference and anyone who wishes to contribute to the publication above should contact the organisers.

The programme is now out for the Relato Digital Storytelling conference in Valencia, Spain.
http://www.uv.es/digitalstory/

It’s an impressive list of attendees from Italy, Spain, Canada, USA, Turkey, France and oh yes! NZ.

About 12 years ago I listened to the Massey lectures when Robert Fulford was the speaker. This book, The triumph of the narrative still resonates.

While he’s not a fan of postmodernism he does give it a fair critique. What I like about his book is the easy prose style, the pulling together of threads of ideas and his compelling argument for how important stories/narratives are for us in our lives.

Robert Fulford, The triumph of the narrative. Anansi press.

Looks as if we’ll be represented in Spain in 2012.

Should be a wonderful conference with the lovely Joe Lambert being a guest speaker for starters. And interesting to see and hear what Europeans are doing with digital stories. Can’t wait.

We’re accepted for one paper on digital stories in education and another on digital stories and the community (with some reservations).

A friend tells me about this software for dst.

Has anyone tried it? She says it’s good.

http://www.befunky.com/

This conference seems worth a look. Joe Lambert will be a keynote speaker.

http://www.uv.es/digitalstory/index.html

A lot has happened. There are more and more digital storytelling sites about:

Brazil: , Icebreaker Productions in Argentina, US Mob in Australia and a Digital Storytelling conference we wish we had been at.