Call for Papers
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 21st-23rd MARCH 2012 IULMA & DEPARTAMENT DE FILOLOGIA ANGLESA I ALEMANYA AT THE UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA, VALENCIA (SPAIN)
The Inter-university Institute for Applied Modern Languages of the Comunitat Valenciana (IULMA) & the Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya at the Universitat de València will be hosting the International Conference on Digital Storytelling between the 21st and 23rd of March 2012 in Valencia (Spain).
Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. It combines music, narrative, and multimedia and the voice of the author and has become both an educational and a cultural phenomenon. Digital Storytelling is currently being used in more than 80 countries with many different applications, including education, tourism, marketing, history, and self-expression, among others.
In this conference we hope to gather here in Valencia those who want to share and explore these new pedagogical/socio-cultural dimensions of digital storytelling as well as those who wish to learn how the use of technology has helped transform the whole experience of storytelling into an exciting new form of personal or professional expression that is within everyone's reach.
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 5th 2011
All conference proceedings will be published in a CD-Rom.
A selection of papers will also appear as a volume in a prestigious international publication to be determined.
We invite you to submit contributions on any of the following themes:
1. Digital Storytelling in Education (primary education, secondary education, university education and education for adults).
2. Digital Storytelling and Foreign Language Teaching
3. Digital Storytelling and Society
4. Digital Storytelling and Culture
5. Digital Storytelling in the Scientific-Technical Fields.
6. Community and Personal Storytelling
7. Technical Aspects and/or Innovative Tools in Digital Storytelling Productions
8. Digital Narratives in Web 2.0. (blogs, social networks, wikis, etc.) [a limited number of contributions will be accepted in this last field]
SUBMISSIONS:
We will accept two types of contributions (See Submissions page for details on how to present abstract):
A) Oral Presentations
These will deal with the formally descriptive aspects of digital storytelling and help understand the characteristics of digital storytelling as a genre. The presentations will last a maximum of 20 minutes (including any audiovisual materials displayed) and will be followed by questions and answers. Multiple-authored presentations are welcome. (Please submit a full paper of 2,000-2,500 words including abstract, 4 keywords and bibliography).
B) Digital Video-Posters
These will consist of a video self-presentation which will include a description of the project and an example of a digital story. The whole video should not last more than 6 minutes.
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish and Valencian
DEADLINE: The deadline for abstracts is NOVEMBER 5th 2011.
Notification of Acceptance: 15th November 2011
Deadline for full papers: 30th January 2012
For the submission and review process, we will use the Easychair conference management system.
We look forward to seeing you in Valencia!
The Organizing Committee
*Conference Conveners: Carmen Gregori-Signes, Barry Pennock-Speck.
*Conference Secretaries: María Alcantud-Díaz, Anna Brígido-Corachán.
*Members of Organizing Committee: Laura Monrós-Gaspar, Garikoitz Knörr-de-Santiago, Miguel Ángel
Candel-Mora, José Saiz-Molina, Alicia Ricart-Vayà.
Further Contact Information:
relatodigitalstorytelling@gmail.com
Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació, Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 32, Valencia, 46010
Phone: 34 +96 - 386 - 4058
FAX:34 +96 - 386 - 4161
Department Secretary: 34 +96 -386 - 4262