Call for Participation

The workshop ”Interactive Storytelling for Communities, Heritage and Public Engagement” will be organized as part of the NordiCHI 2024 conference on 13th October 2024 in Uppsala.

We invite scholars and practitioners to submit their workshop papers to share their work and current research related to all things with interactive storytelling. Those interested should submit a proposal (max 4 pages excluding references) outlining their interest in the topic and a short author biography (one-half page). The submissions are due 12/08/2024.

Submission topics include but are not limited to;
• Case Studies and Applications
• Methods for Creating Interactive Storytelling
• Community-Based Interactive Storytelling
• Using Interactive Storytelling as a Tool for Inclusive Design Processes
• Interactive Storytelling for Learning and Education
• Interactive Storytelling to Mediate Cultural Heritage
• Ethical Explorations of Interactive Storytelling
• Indigenous Storytelling and AI
• Transformative Roleplaying and Play
• Storytelling for Critical Design, Sustainability and Futuring
• Wellbeing, Health and Social Inclusion through Interactive Storytelling

ORGANIZERS

SIIRI PAANANEN, University of Lapland, Finland
KARIN JOHANSSON, Uppsala University, Sweden
LARS AILO BONGO, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway
CLARA SAYFFAERTH, LMU Munich, Germany
ELEFTHERIOS PAPACHRISTOS, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
MARI SUOHEIMO, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
MIKAEL WIBERG, Umeå University, Sweden
JONNA HÄKKILÄ, University of Lapland, Finland

Important Dates

Submission Deadline 12.08.2024 (AoE)
Notification date 23.08.2024

Workshop date 13.10.2024

For additional information, contact
Siiri Paananen, University of Lapland
siiri.paananen(at)ulapland.fi

 

Check the Nordichi website for the registration and other instructions;

https://www.nordichi2024.se/