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Digital Conversations @
British Library
Title: Digital
Narratives
The
new tools offered by digital technologies have been changing dramatically the
way we communicate and interact with others.
The theme of our next Digital Conversations series, “Digital
Narratives,” will discuss how traditional narratives forms have been affected
by new Web technologies, especially by the combination of text with other
digital media such as images, sounds and videos and the adoption of game
platforms
Join us for the next thought-provoking
talk as we hear from a wide range of speakers including researchers, authors
and publishers who will approach this issue from a variety of angles. How are
narratives constructed in the digital environment? How is the Web blurring the
distinction between authors and readers by enabling users to interact more
directly in the creation of digital narratives? How are authors and publishers
using digital narrative to engage with new audiences? What is the role and
challenges faced by libraries when dealing with digital narratives? These are
some of the points that will be addressed by our speakers.
To reserve a
place for this event, please email: rossitza.atanassova@bl.uk
Places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis and you will only
receive an email reply if places are not available, in which case your name
will be placed on a waiting list.
When:
December 7 2012, 10:30-12:30
Where: Foyle Suite Room, British Library Conference Centre
Hashtag: conv@BL
Where: Foyle Suite Room, British Library Conference Centre
Hashtag: conv@BL
Schedule
10:15: Tea & Coffee
10:30: Welcome by Aly Conteh, Collection Digitisation
programme manager and Head of Digital Curator Team
Speaker introductions by Aquiles
Alencar-Brayner, Digital Curator
10:40: Ten minute presentations each followed by brief questions
·
Alex Whitfield, English Online, British Library
·
Chris Meade, Writer and Director of If:books,
·
Max Whitby, Co-founder and CEO of Touchpress
·
Dr. Sandy Louchart, RIDERS Project, Heriot Watt University
·
Dr. Kenji Takeda, Rich Interactive Narratives , Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSRC), Digital Narratives
Project
·
Simon Meek, Executive producer, The Thirty Nine Steps
Digital Adaptation, The Story Mechanics
12:00: Open
discussion & debate w/all panellists
12:25: Closing
remarks and thanks
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