first person international digital storytelling conference 2006
selected transcripts
Following the success of the inaugural International Digital Storytelling conference, produced by the BBC, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image proudly presented First Person: International Digital Storytelling Conference from 3-5 February 2006.
The aim of the conference was to bring together the multiple centres of influence and dialogue that are occurring worldwide around the power of personal story as transformative reflection. First Person examined new technologies, emergent themes and project innovations to understand the current and constantly evolving state of digital storytelling.
Conference plenary
The plenary session explored the role of story and myth in liberating the colonial mindset to the understanding that land, identity and story are deeply connected and cannot be separated.
 Tony Birch (133KB)
Plenary Session: 'Promise not to tell' Interrogating Colonialism's Worst (or Best) Kept Secrets
Natalie Roberston (113KB)
Plenary Session: Seismic Stories
Broadcast convergence: new forms of storytelling
This conference thematic examined the role that technology has played in the development and distribution of new story practices, and focussed on how convergence has altered the traditional relationship between audiences and content providers.
Daniel Meadows, Lisa Heledd, Carwyn Evans (113KB)
Session: How public broadcasting serves the public interest in the digital age
Storytelling and the digital generation
This conference thematic focused upon the development of digital storytelling within the education sector, in particular new models that integrate school and community education.
Chika Anyanwu (130KB)
Session: Digital Storytelling as inquiry based learning
Brett McLennan (102KB)
Session: Digital Storytelling as inquiry based learning
Democratization and documentation of voice
This conference thematic explored how technologies and storytelling assists in the capture of living memory, fostering an awareness of collective and local identity.
Malcolm McKinnon (91KB)
Session: Storytelling and local identity
Karen Worcman (84KB)
Session: Identity and representation: social justice and community building through storytelling
Acknowledgements
First Person: International Digital Storytelling Conference has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Conference collaborator - Center for Digital Storytelling (USA)
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