Cultureshock

9:30 – 10am      Registration & Refreshments

10 – 10.05         Introduction & Welcome
                        Iain Watson, Director, Tyne & Wear & Archives & Museums

10.05 – 10.15    Introduction by chair
                        Hedley Swain, Director, Museums & Renaissance, Arts Council England

10.15 – 11         Patient Voices: engaging patients, educating practitioners, transforming healthcare through digital storytelling 

Pip Hardy, Founding Director, Pilgrim Projects and Patient Voices

11 – 11.30        Stories, Experience and Designing the Digital                                

Pete Wright, Professor of Social Computing and Rachel Clarke, PhD Candidate, Culture Lab, Newcastle University

11.30 – 11.45    Break 

11.45 – 12.05    What is digital storytelling?

Barrie Stephenson, Owner of Digistories

12.05 – 12.30    Culture Shock! – Tell us Your Story

                        Alex Henry, Project Coordinator, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

12.30 – 1.15      Digital Storytelling – why bother?

Chris Wood, Director, Culture:Unlimited

1.15 – 2            Lunch

2 – 3                 Breakout Workshops, various locations

Delegates to attend a breakout workshop out of a choice of five.

(see below for workshop options)

Refreshments will be available between workshops

3 – 4                 Breakout Workshops, various locations

Delegates to attend a breakout workshop out of a choice of five.

(see below for workshop options)

4 – 4.30            Plenary

4.30 onwards   Networking drinks in the Live Theatre bar.

Workshop selections

1. Promoting greater awareness and understanding of diverse communities and exploring hidden histories through digital storytelling.
Sarah Cotton, Keeper of Contemporary Collecting, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Kylea Little, Keeper, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

2. Building skills and confidence by using games, objects and memories in a story circle.
Barrie Stephenson, Owner of Digistories
Anita Moffitt, Museum Assistant, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

3. An alternative education – how can digital storytelling be used to support lifelong learning?
Sophie Mitchell, Collections Access Officer, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Mary Hagan, South Tyneside Adult Education Services

Barrie Cooper, Chaplain, HMP Durham
Lauren Prince, Project Coordinator – Volunteers, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

4. Whose story is it anyway? The ethics of digital storytelling.
Helen Graham, Research Associate, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University
Mel Whewell, Principal Officer Collections Management, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

5. Digital Storytelling - Identifying Emerging Opportunities
John Hentley, Evaluation Officer and Zoe Brown, Outreach Officer, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums