We have two jobs as scholars: Answering interesting questions and telling the story. Numerous books, articles, and “From the Editors” columns are dedicated to the former, but precious little attention is given to the latter. Indeed, many in our field do not recognize the importance of storytelling to academic success. The written word is the principal medium we use to transmit our ideas to the ...

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Cancer is the leading cause of mortality among Alaska Native people. Over half of Alaska Native people live in rural communities where specially trained community members called Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHA/Ps) provide health care. In response to CHA/Ps' expressed desire to learn more about cancer, four 5-day cancer education and digital storytelling courses were provided in 2014. ...

Throughout history, storytelling has been an effective way of conveying information and knowledge. In the field of visualization, storytelling is rapidly gaining momentum and evolving cutting-edge techniques that enhance understanding. Many communities have commented on the importance of storytelling in data visualization. Storytellers tend to be integrating complex visualizations into their na...

The concept of sustainability inspired most urban development plans after Rio 1992, although many such plans have not been too successful. An important reason for this is the disjuncture of science from culture and traditional knowledge and planners’ inability to conceptualize the environmental values of societies.This research aims to explore storytelling’s ability to aid in identifying of env...

Storytelling has been used for a long time as a powerful communication tool. In the time of digital transformation storytelling is rediscovered on online platforms for e-commerce or crowdfunding projects. Digital storytelling is also increasingly used in the social media context, including online blogs, on Twitter or in the form of online reviews of services and products. Across all these digit...

Trans-media storytelling defines the process by which a host of contents that exist synchronically integrate into a larger entity. This is closely linked to the ubiquitous computing environment that has been brought into existence by a diversity of media and platforms. In particular, the urban media premised on a particular space resembles transmedia storytelling in that it realises a large des...