by Meg Campbell | Apr 30, 2016 | 2016 April Story Lab Event, Mini-Labs
A good interview is a trusting exchange. It is also like digging for treasure. It takes some preparation and the rewards are rich. But it’s not as simple as it seems to shape questions to get at the stories you’re looking for. We will review good preparation, creating...
by Meg Campbell | Apr 29, 2016 | 2016 April Story Lab Event, Mini-Labs
The Vermont Folklife Center (VFC) approaches storytelling through the lens of collaborative ethnography – wherein the goal is to attempt to understand, and often communicate, an experience from the perspective of the person to whom that experience belongs. Join VFC...
by Meg Campbell | Apr 29, 2016 | 2016 April Story Lab Event, Mini-Labs
Ned Castle, Vermont Folklife Center researcher and documentarian, shares two case studies of “collaborative storytelling” projects – with specific attention on how these projects, and the process through which they evolved, attempt to address questions of power,...