Digital Frontiers in Storytelling & Narrative Revolution | Chapter 25 | Digital Crossroads: Integrating Humanities, Science and Technology Edition 1

This article explores the revolutionary impact of digital technology on the art of storytelling, ushering in a narrative revolution that alters how we produce, consume, and interact with stories. Investigating the convergence of digital media, narrative structures, and human experience, we demonstrate digital storytelling's tremendous potential to democratize, diversify, and magnify the narrative landscape. Through a direct critical examination of emerging digital storytelling forms such as immersive experiences, interactive documentaries, and transmedia narratives, it was possible to reveal important trends, difficulties, and opportunities in this quickly growing industry. Nowadays storytelling serves as a powerful tool in TLP. It promotes critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration, making it an invaluable resource for educators and learners alike. From personal records to corporate branding and social advocacy campaigns, digital storytelling is revolutionizing how stories are told, shared, and experienced in the 21st century. We can witness the fundamental effects of this narrative revolution on the future of storytelling, media, and society by examining how digital storytelling challenges traditional notions of narrative authority, empowers new voices, and fosters empathy.

 

Author (s) Details

K. Suvarna Lakshmi
Aditya University, Surampalem, Kakinada, AP, India.

 

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Transmission of Cultural Heritage and Identity through Traditional Music and Storytelling with a Focus on Bapedi Children’s Musical Arts | Chapter 12 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 9

The oral acts of the Bapedi people are diverse and extensive, and they are passed down from generation to generation as a living tradition. The backdrop of festival music making in Bapedi community is a natural manner of mixing enjoyment and education. Children learn via discovery rather than being overwhelmed with hard facts in early childhood music education, which is a multidimensional subject integrating numerous strands of knowledge. The goal of this anthropological study was to see how traditional music and storytelling may be used to convey cultural legacy and identity among the Bapedi people, with a special focus on children's musical arts. Informal interviews, observations, and recordings were the primary data sources. Publications and records are examples of secondary sources. This study was inspired by two interrelated research questions: 1) How do children in the Bapedi society learn their culture through traditional music and storytelling? 2) What moral lessons can be learned from traditional Bapedi music and storytelling? The findings revealed that play underpins practically all informal learning in early life. The findings also revealed that some songs are allegedly sung by certain characters in a storey and are taught by parents during storytelling evenings.

Author (S) Details

Morakeng Edward Kenneth Lebaka

Department of Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Zululand, Kwa Dlangezwa Campus, South Africa.

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