MALS 191 Oral Histories and Digital Storytelling
Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Single-taught Interdisciplinary
Instructor: Harriette Yahr, MALS
Oral Histories and Digital Storytelling introduces students to the field of oral history and explores how digital tools are invigorating its practice. In this course students will create oral histories while digging into the digital toolbox. Digital storytellers "write" with a larger toolbox than words, adding power and dimension to the stories they tell by combining media, such as text, images, narration, animation, or interactive elements. Digital storytelling includes podcasts, videos, visual journalism, story maps, social media projects, websites, electronic publishing, virtual reality and more.
It is also important to sharpen critical understanding of the digital medium's immediacy and global reach and examine how voices can be amplified in our hyper-connected world. How do we harness digital tools to best preserve and disseminate oral histories? What storytelling choices can we make to best engage audiences with oral histories including narratives that have been neglected? Students will be encouraged to mine the resources of Dartmouth and the local community for content (options will be presented), though students are free to focus on the histories and stories they choose. No previous media experience is required. Bring your curiosity and willingness to explore.
Instructor
Harriette Yahr
Distributive and/or World Culture
CW, CS, S I/D
Department-Specific Course Categories
CW, CS, S I/D