What Digital Storytelling Means to the New Generation of Researchers

Antonia Liguori (), Karen Jiyun Sung, Lucy McLaughlin and Jennifer Stuttle
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Antonia Liguori: School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Karen Jiyun Sung: School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Lucy McLaughlin: School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Jennifer Stuttle: School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-10

Abstract: A new, hybrid way of conceiving Digital Storytelling (DS) in applied research is presented here as an essential trigger to challenge, expand, and eventually re-frame the way in which DS is currently codified. The three methodological perspectives described in this paper share a common understanding of practice-as-research. They position themselves within three distinct disciplines—illustration, animation, and the creative arts in education—but have a strong commitment to interdisciplinarity. Each of them is trying to respond to a specific cultural and personal issue (e.g., sense of identity, mental health, attainment within competitive environments, etc.) and also serves as a prompt to reflect on a potential new aspect of DS as research, linked to the how , the what , and the why of these multiple and complementary applications. The intention of this paper is not to propose one alternative way of operating, but to inspire other researchers wanting to apply this approach in their work to constantly challenge any pre-conceived form and process, while prioritizing the democratization of knowledge production and informing their research process with co-design and participatory principles. The take-away message from these three case studies is that DS will be, in fact, embraced by the new generations of researchers as a sustainable practice all the more, as its many disruptions will generate spaces for co-creation and self-representation to emerge, and will stimulate everyone involved in the research process to challenge their own way of thinking and to go beyond what was codified by others and by their own practice too.

Keywords: DS as research method; applied storytelling; illustration; animation; interdisciplinary research; co-design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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