StoryBank: mobile digital storytelling in a development context
DM Frohlich, D Rachovides, K Riga, R Bhat… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
DM Frohlich, D Rachovides, K Riga, R Bhat, M Frank, E Edirisinghe, D Wickramanayaka…
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009•dl.acm.orgMobile imaging and digital storytelling currently support a growing practice of multimedia
communication in the West. In this paper we describe a project which explores their benefit
in the East, to support non-textual information sharing in an Indian village. Local audiovisual
story creation and sharing activities were carried out in a one month trial, using 10
customized cameraphones and a digital library of stories represented on a village display.
The findings show that the system was usable by a cross-section of the community and …
communication in the West. In this paper we describe a project which explores their benefit
in the East, to support non-textual information sharing in an Indian village. Local audiovisual
story creation and sharing activities were carried out in a one month trial, using 10
customized cameraphones and a digital library of stories represented on a village display.
The findings show that the system was usable by a cross-section of the community and …
Mobile imaging and digital storytelling currently support a growing practice of multimedia communication in the West. In this paper we describe a project which explores their benefit in the East, to support non-textual information sharing in an Indian village. Local audiovisual story creation and sharing activities were carried out in a one month trial, using 10 customized cameraphones and a digital library of stories represented on a village display. The findings show that the system was usable by a cross-section of the community and valued for its ability to express a mixture of development and community information in an accessible form. Lessons for the role of HCI in this context are also discussed.