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How Storytelling Informs the Social Science with Professor Michael Wilson

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In this episode of the “Retrieving the Social Sciences” podcast Dr. Anson speaks with Prof. Michael Wilson, Professor of Drama and Director of the Storytelling Academy at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, UK. Dr. Wilson shares information about his ongoing research agenda into storytelling as a scientific tool. This project’s connection to UMBC is through Dr. Sarah Jewett of UMBC’s Department of Sociology, … Read more

Selected Papers from 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023: Radical Listening: Story Work for a Just Future

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  In June 2023, the 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference (DST 2023) was held in the Baltimore/Washington DC region. DST 2023: Radical Listening: Story Work for a Just Future explored how story work can help strengthen our communities and build understanding across divides. The conference was organized by Loughborough University (UK), Montgomery College (US), Patient Voices (UK), … Read more

11th International Digital Storytelling Conference – June 19 – 21, 2023

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In 2023, the 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference will be held in the Washington, D.C. region of the United States. Local hosts include the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); Montgomery College (MC); and the Smithsonian Institution (SI).  The three day-long conference features three uniquely different experiences. Every day is special; you won’t want to miss a … Read more

Community Partner Digital Storytelling Workshop 2021

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During the Spring semester of 2021, UMBC’s Shriver Center hosted a digital storytelling workshop with some of our community partners. While everyone was still working virtually, this allowed us to connect with our community partners and to offer a service to the partners who typically would have hosted Shriver Center Service-Learning and Community Engagement students. … Read more

DST Conference 2021: “Storytelling for a Just Future”

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On June 21-22, an online 26-hour Digital Storytelling ‘marathon’ was held, following the sun across different time zones. All the presenters of the postponed DST2020 event were invited to take part in the online conference and present the paper that they were due to present back in March 2020. Recorded conference sessions and additional materials from … Read more

UMBC-Montgomery College collaboration expands with digital storytelling humanities internship for transfer students

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In September of 2020, UMBC’s Camee Maddox-Wingfield, assistant professor of anthropology, wanted to introduce her Anthropology 211 students to the process of digital storytelling and the tools of the Smithsonian Learning Lab. She reached out to Sarah Jewett who had just launched a new digital storytelling collaboration with the Montgomery College (MC) Digital Storytelling Internship … Read more