Personal Stories in a Media World – Let me Introduce Myself

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago 

Hello Steemit World!

I’ve been busy for the past days, trying to get an overview of this platform, looking through new, trending and hot-sections in various categories. I am excited to be a part of this innovative and pioneering society!

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Presenting myself in maximum 300 words is quite challenging. I could tell many details from my 58 years of life. Is my professional life as a professor in pedagogy of most interest to you Steemit readers? Alternatively, are facts from my personal life as wife and mother of two sons and two granddaughters, better? Maybe, I should rather focus on my passion for documenting daily life through photography and (digital) storytelling. Moreover, why the word limitation, you might ask.

A media world characterized by all kinds of texts; narratives, movies, YouTube-clips, documentaries, blogs, music videos, novels, fake news, etc., can be overwhelming. Quality stories and not so good stories. Stories of different lengths, some far too long. Further, too many stories are often wrapped into one, confusing the receiver.

We’re surrounded by stories. Stories presented as letters on a paper or a screen, or multimodal texts in the shape of digital stories.

Digital storytelling is a continuation of a long tradition from the campfire to today's media reality. Stories are told to convey knowledge and create meaning, and for children of all age stories have been a source of both entertainment and a natural part of investigating themselves and the world. (Haug (yes, that’s me) & Jamissen, 2015).

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Hi, I'm Kristin

I believe storytelling as a short, personal narrative (maximum 300 words) – as letters on a screen or texts and pictures assembled as a multimodal digital story (maximum 3 minutes), is one approach. I am convinced that such short personal texts could be valuable guidelines for learning in professional setting – and in life.
[300 words].

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Haug, Kristin Holte & Jamissen, Grete (2015).
Se min fortelling / Watch my story.
Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk

Image source. Img. 1 & 3: Cappelen Damm Akademisk©️ Img. 2: Private©️

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Welcome to Steemit @kristihh! So nice to finally see you here. Great introduction post and interesting topics, I'm looking forward to read more.

I agree that stories shouldn't be longer than they need to be, and I also think that they often are. Maximum 300 words is an interesting approach, I like it!

Thank you @mightpossibly for your encouraging welcome greetings to my first post. I’ve had the Steemit-account for some time, and finally, I found the courage to write an introduction post. I’m looking forward to continuing at Steemit. And to learn from all interesting Steemit posts out there. As I understand, there are lots of things to investigate.

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