[Air-L] call for proposals, database narrative and video

[Adrian Miles]

hi all

this is something that has come out of the Database Narrative Archive
symposium held in May in Montréal. The work will be published via Scalar, a
multimedia authoring/publishing platform (we do the work in Scalar, not
you).

a. the original outline:
http://www.dnasymposium.com/2011/08/15/cfp/

b. blog entry of the actual call for proposals (which is only available as a
pdf at above site)
http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/2011/08/call-for-proposals-dna-post-symposium-publication/

c. summary of the questions:

1. What new ethical considerations arise for producers/directors of
nonlinear digital storytelling? (Sheila Schroeder)
2. What new inventions, tools and methods can be used for digital and
database narrative? (Kim Sawchuk)
3. What about the Plot? (David Clark)
4. How do we give shape to a user’s cognitive and emotional engagement with
database narratives? (Will Luers)
5. How do we think about the lifespan of a web-based project? (Dayna McLeod)
6. How might scholars explore interactive and digital technologies as forms
of ‘procedural scholarship’? (Chris Hanson)
7. How do directors, audiences, and texts change as a consequence of
database narrative? (Adrian Miles)

feel free to distribute far and wide


an appropriate closing
Adrian Miles
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