This presentation took place on October 23, 2014 during the conference 'Cultural Mapping: Debating Spaces & Places' in Valletta (Malta). The academic paper can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/1Go2AZ8

1. THE SOULCARING OF “JEFKE TUF”
CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL
STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT

2. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
INTRODUCTION
▸ Sociocultural heritage
▸ Community involvement
▸ Digital storytelling
▸ Narratives

3. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
SETTING

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5. ENGAGEMENT MUST BE DONE WITH THE
COMMUNITY, BASED ON RECIPROCAL,
MUTUAL BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THE ORGANISATIONS OR THE COMMUNITIES
BEING SERVED.
D. BRODWICK - Building Communities, Not Audiences
CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT

6. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY
▸ Tired of projects and never
seeing any result.
▸ What’s in it for us?
▸ Building trust takes time.
▸ Allowing changes into the
process of the project by the
participants = ownership
▸ Need for a clear explanation of
the project.

7. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
THE METAPHOR

8. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
THE METAPHOR

9. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
GATHERING THE STORIES
▸ 14 stories, but it could have been more…
▸ 3 cités and the Vennestraat covered.
▸ Different generations covered.
▸ Mix in nationality and cultural background.
▸ Narrative approach.
▸ Audio, and photos afterwards.

10. CULTURAL MAPPING & DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
THE PARTICIPANTS

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SHOW PROGRESS THROUGH MAPPING

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WRAPPING IT UP
▸ Change from an interactive online documentary
towards a transmedia experience: a mix of online and
offline formats.
▸ Participants were confronted with and consulted on
their final output.
▸ Engaging a director/scriptwriter and a local actrice: as
a binding factor between the stories and to protect the
participants.

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THE ENDRESULT
▸ Interactive webdoc
▸ Audiotour
▸ Radio broadcasts
▸ Listening book
▸ Exhibition

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AFTER CARE, PREMIERE & IMPACT

15. THANK YOU
PROF. DR. ANN LAENEN & STEFAN KOLGEN
alaenen@gmail.com skolgen@gmail.comContact: