Garde-Hansen, Joanne (2007) ‘It’s not about the technology : shifting paradigms of history in the BBC’s Capture Wales project’. The International Journal of Digital Media and Arts, Volume 4 (Number 1). pp. 31-45. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.682 ISSN 1554-0405.

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Abstract

This paper explores the use of digital technologies for creating meaningful histories about personal pasts with reference to the digital storytelling projects enabled by the BBC in the UK since 2002. In so doing, I seek to understand how a media institution (one that makes
and re-makes history every day), the digital technologies (that promote accessibility, interactivity, convergence and designership), and the individual (who seeks to make sense of their lives) combine to produce digital stories. I position the paper around one central issue:
changing approaches to digital media technology. I would argue that we are witnessing multiple reversals of phenomenology’s cube. First, digital storytelling renders invisible the rules, regulations, conventions,

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	The International Journal of Digital Media and Arts
Publisher:	International Digital Media & Arts Association
ISSN:	1554-0405
Official Date:	2007
Dates:	Date Event 2007 Published
Volume:	Volume 4
Number:	Number 1
Page Range:	pp. 31-45
DOI:	10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.682
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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