In my degree project I look into the picture-book’s unique possibilities as a medium and use these to develop and tell my story in pictures, text, design and book. The aim is a greater personal knowledge of the media specific possibilities of telling a story in the form of a picture-book, which I find interesting as both designer and illustrator. I also approach the picture-book from the point of view of visual communication as opposed to the literary storyteller and discuss how this influences the end product.

I'm aware of the irony of writing a paper on the oral tradition. However, the state of Irish storytelling today is so complex that to attempt to "tell" it would result in a half-portrait of what's really happening.Review for this paper began with a trip to Ireland to consult with the tellers in person. I interviewed several members of the modern storytelling community, a group of artists whose performances commemorate the fireside storytelling tradition of the past. Back at home, critical texts on economics and anthropology added context to the idea that modern storytelling is an act of culture commemoration. But this paper is not a lament on the loss of tradition. It is a prospectus on how Irish storytelling will survive and even flourish in coming years. The audiences might not look the same, owing to tourism, and the tellers might appear more diverse, owing to globalization, but the general idea remains the same: In Ireland, storytelling will find a way, always. / Village storytelling dynamics -- Village teller : Peig Sayers -- Modern storytelling dynamics -- Modern teller : �Eamon Kelly -- Modern tellers : Eddie Lenihan & Richard Marsh -- Modern tellers : Pat Speight, Kate Corkery & Clare Murphy -- Modern tellers : Narrative Arts Club -- Modern storytelling & globalization -- Modern storytelling & tourism. / Department of Telecommunications

Nursing has long been described as both an art and a science. More recently referred to as holistic practice, many nursing faculty have sought innovative teaching strategies, such as storytelling, to facilitate understanding of these two critical dimensions. As one of the oldest methods of communication, storytelling has been used in a variety of ways to facilitate learning in health care. In fact, there is a myriad of literature demonstrating the use of stories in nursing research, practice, and education. Despite these many examples however, there are no studies that analyze the actual content of students’ stories from a scholarly perspective. This dissertation seeks to further explore the benefits of storytelling and add to this dialogue by lending scholarly support for its use as a teaching strategy in nursing education. Using Carper’s (1978) original four Fundamental Patterns of Knowing as a guiding framework for narrative analysis, twenty-five personal stories written by junior level nursing students were examined for evidence of empirics, ethics, esthetics, and personal knowing. The study found many rich examples of patterns of knowing were threaded throughout the student’s stories. Additionally, by examining their own stories, students were able imagine their future role as practicing nurses and how they might one day react in similar circumstances. This is an important finding as much of nursing knowledge develops over time with ongoing patient care experiences. Stories then serve as a bridge for novice nursing students linking empirical and ethical discussions of the typical classroom with the art of practice embedded in personal and esthetic knowing. Lastly, this dissertation also addresses the benefits of storytelling to nursing faculty. By creating a safe space within their classrooms for students to share their personal experiences, teachers begin to move beyond the more customary empirical focus traditionally found in nursing education programs. Carper (1978) would consider this a therapeutic use of self and as such an important segue into helping both students and faculty experience the reciprocity needed for self-actualization and personal growth. Moreover, as faculty approach students and teaching with a more holistic stance, they can develop the congruence necessary for their own integrated knowing.

M.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / Storytelling as a therapeutic intervention entails the narrating of events by externalising emotions, thoughts and responses to life-changing events such as loss and grief. This creates the opportunity for clients to engage with psychologists by projecting various beliefs and challenges, such as grief, through a range of therapeutic modalities. This study conducts an inquiry into the ways in which storytelling can be utilised by educational psychologists with adolescent clients to address behavioural challenges relating to grief. This qualitative study therefore aims to facilitate an understanding of the use and benefits of storytelling as a therapeutic intervention. This has been achieved by examining interviews with four educational psychologists who have utilised storytelling as a therapeutic intervention with adolescent clients to overcome challenges with grief. The participants (educational psychologists) discussed case studies during interviews, which provided evidence of their practical administration of storytelling as a therapeutic intervention incorporating integrated theoretical approaches through the use of blended therapeutic techniques. Behavioural challenges relating to grief were also predominant in the case study information provided by the participants. The participants further confirmed that the term ‘grief’ included different types of loss that were experienced among adolescent clients ...

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This thesis focuses upon storytelling, examining processes of use and interaction as texts transform and migrate through medial boundaries. It aims to excavate new ways of considering the adapted text, and how theory may inform practice (and vice-versa) to produce an intermedial weave of both text and theoretical approach. The methodology is multidisciplinary, encompassing: adaptation studies, art, installation works, and convergent media, with analysis observing how these critical areas connect and intersect. The affordances each specific media provides is considered whilst also acknowledging that medial boundaries flex, being ‘indeterminate and flexible relative to surrounding environments’, or use.1 I examine points of connection between text, media and user, and ask ‘what that space, that necessary difference, enables’, in the manner of how we explore, view, and navigate ever-shifting adaptational frameworks.2 The text here is considered as being in motion, as it morphs into new forms and moves across textual borderlines. It is this aspect of cross-pollination, or textual blend occurring through media, that is the focus of the thesis.

The story is a sequence of events. Since nomadic times we have been drawn to the process of storytelling and the underlying themes hidden within these plots. Now, as the technological advancements made in new media lead us to this point, there is the need to reconcile the connection of the narrative with that of new media. Many theorists such as Manovich believe the narrative is slowly dying as new media continues to evolve. While others such as Bolter and Grusin think the story and traditional media is merely reinserting itself into new media. In the augmented reality story, The Seven Ages of Susanna, I seek to create a marriage of conventional media narrative and illustration techniques. By using new media tools of Vuforia and Unity, I aim to create an immersive experience that reconciles this issue. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

<p>Denna rapport beskriver arbetsprocessen och skapandet av en animerad film på uppdrag av Månhusprojektet, Luna Resort. Beräknat 2012 ska ett rött hus med vita knutar sättas på månen, en idé skapad av konstnären Mikael Genberg. Syftet med filmen är att kommunicera månhusprojektets budskap – att göra världen till en bättre plats att leva på. Med det som mål har jag arbetat utifrån två frågeställningar; <strong>Hur kan kunskaper inom informationsdesign tillämpas vid filmproduktion?</strong> och <strong>Hur bör filmen utformas för att nå en så bred målgrupp som möjligt?</strong> Frågeställningarna har besvarats med hjälp av utprovningar, litteraturstudier och samtal med uppdragsgivarna. Resultatet blev en film med storytelling som kommunikationsverktyg. Filmen utformades i ett serietecknarmanér och kompletterades med text för att förtydliga budskapet. Slutsatsen är att man kan tillämpa teorier i informationsdesign vid filmproduktion genom att tillämpa regler för språk, konst, information, kognition och kommunikation. För att filmens budskap ska kunna nå ut till en bred målgrupp krävs det att filmen är så interkulturell som möjligt. Filmen ska finnas tillgänglig på webbplatser tillgänglig för människor runt om i världen och förhoppningsvis väcker den intresse hos både barn och vuxna.  Examensarbetet har utförts våren 2009 vid Institutionen för innovation, design och teknik på Mälardalens Högskola.</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Antioch University, 2006. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 29, 2007). Advisor: Jon F. Wergin. Keywords: narratives, portraiture, storytelling, charismatic leadership, underground railroad, voice and leadership. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177).

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: James A. Whitson, School of Education. Includes bibliographical references.