Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The schedule for the remaining lectures


- Sept 30, 15-17, V23. Storytelling in computer games. Daniel Ström, Gurugames, and Lucy Armelin, former media student at KTH, now working with computer games.

- Oct 1, 15-17. Lecture cancelled.

- Oct 2, 13-15, V1 (upgraded lecture hall). Seminar – the groups are decided and good ideas are generated. Malin Picha Edwardsson and Daniel Pargman.

- Oct 5-9, JMK, Karlavägen 104, Stockholm. Workshop with Robb Montgomery. A more detailed schedule has been published on this blog.

- Oct 8, JMK. Hackathon.

- Oct 13, 8-10, Q33. How to work in project groups. Anna Swartling, Scania.

- Oct 14, 8-10, D3 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling in Social media. Frida Boysen, former editor-in-chief, now expert in the use of Social media.

Oct 14, 15-17, JMK. The art of creativity and how to generate good ideas. Milad Hossainzadeh, White Architects. Cancelled

- Oct 15, 15-17, JMK. Storytelling – the case of Basha Posh. Jenny Nordberg, journalist and author.

- Nov 6, 8-16, V3. Mid-crit.

- Dec 16, 12-20, F1. Rehearsal for final presentations.

- Dec 17, 13-17, F1. Final presentations.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Shortlist for project topics - choose the topics you want to work with!

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Below are the topics you can choose to form project groups around. There are 16 topics in the list below and we expect around 12 groups to come out of this process (with ≈ 5 members in each group).  Do note that the last four topics on the list below are new and have been suggested by students (i.e. no group worked with these topics at the seminar earlier this week). GO HERE to specify your 1st, 2nd and 3rd hand choices for project topics you want to work with!

DO NOTE: The deadline for specifying your preferences is Tuesday September 29 at 15.00. We will put the project groups together immediately afterwards and you will get to know the results at the seminar on Friday October 2. If you do not specify you preferences, we will assume that you are equally interested in all topics and equally happy to work with whichever topic and in whichever group you end up in!

DO NOTE: Also students who have applied to be in the executive group should choose groups according to the instructions in this blog post despite the fact that some of you will join the executive group instead of a project group.

DO NOTE: It might be possible to form two project groups around the same topic if there is overwhelming interest in a specific topic. These two groups would initially have to work together to carve out two different and separate directions in which to take your respective projects. It's ok to overlap - but not too much!

I wrote a blog post about the Future of Media group formation process on my personal academic blog: "How should student project groups be put together?". Scroll to the last part of the blog post if you just want the basic facts.

By all means also have a look at a second blog post I have written about students' ambition, grades and the work load in this course; "Student project groups - ambitions and grades".

Do also note that the topics below are only to be seen as starting points - the project groups can develop, change and bend the descriptions below in any direction you think is interesting.

/Malin and Daniel

Possible project group ideas are:


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1. Big data storytelling
Big amounts of data are nowadays constantly collected from things we do in our lives. (How) can big data be used to tell good stories?

2. Personalized storytelling
How can storytelling become more personalized? What technologies can help create personalized stories?

3. Interactive storytelling
How can storytelling become more interactive? What technologies can help create more interactive stories?

4. Overcoming shorter attention spans
The audience’ attention span is getting shorter. How can we resist or overcome this trend? What technologies are necessary in this process?

5. Eyewitness storytelling
How can eyewitness storytelling be developed in a high-tech future?

6. Point of View ”filters” (ex. Swedish PoV)
What are some ways to filter information in order to get a point of view? Or the opposite - how can we overcome this filtering problem?

7. Future of audio storytelling
In what ways can audio storytelling be developed in the future?

8. Social media storytelling
What social media channels are best suited for storytelling? How do channels differ, and how can they be developed in a high-tech future to enhance storytelling?

9. Virtual Reality storytelling
What opportunities do virtual reality bring to storytelling, and how can this field be developed?

10. Storytelling through computer games
How can we tell stories through computer games? How can computer games be developed to tell better stories/better tell stories?

11. Learning from storytelling in fairy tales
What can be learned from storytelling in fairy tales and how can it be used to capture the audience’ attention and imagination in a high-tech future?

12. Our human senses and storytelling
How can we use different features involving our five senses when telling stories? What are the opportunities for relying on more than sight (and sound) in a high-tech future?

13. Storytelling on small screens
Small screens constitute a large limitation. How can we make storytelling more appealing on our smartphones?

14. Cross-cultural storytelling
How can we bridge cultures and deliver great stories to various audiences in a globalised world? How would suitable computer tools and platforms work?

15. Storytelling trough moving images
What is the future of storytelling through moving images (movies, television, YouTube/web etc.)?Can computers perhaps open up possibilities for making interactive storytelling feasible? 

16 Storytelling in advertising
The art of storytelling is and has been used as a tool for promoting products and services. How can storytelling be used to convey powerful messages through advertising with the help of emerging media technologies?


Lecture 13 - Mon Sept 28 (10-12) - Engström

Time & Place: Monday September 28 at 10-12 in V22. DO NOTE that we have tried to upgrade to a larger lecture hall but have failed to find one. Be on time and try to bring a chair if you are late!

GuestBjörn Engström, copywriter at Forsman & Bodenfors 

Title: Corporate storytelling/advertising as storytelling – the case Volvo Trucks 

Talk: Björn will talk about the strategy behind Epic Split and Volvo Trucks Live Test Series. This will include how journalistic methods were used as well as the close cooperation with Volvo engineers. Björn will also talk about how Forsman & Bodenfors work creatively as well as give examples of how Forsman & Bodenfors work with storytelling for different brands in the new media landscape. Much is about creating content that can engage or to invent products or benefits that are suitable for communication - a mix of journalism, entertainment, PR and digital engineering. 

About: Björn started out as a journalist but soon changed to copywriting. In 1988 Björn Engström joined Forsman & Bodenfors as a partner. In 2014, Forsman & Bodenfors became the most awarded agency in the world according to the Gunn Report.


Thursday, September 24, 2015

About week 41 - the workshop week with Robb Montgomery

The week running from October 5 to 9 is a bit different from the previous lecture weeks we have had this far in this course. Robb Montgomery from Smart Film School, USA, will lead the workshop involving both KTH students and Stockholm University journalism students. The aim is to explore new ways to publish content on mobile devices (preferably iphones will be used during this week).

At the workshop, there will be around 12 project groups and these project groups will have been formed at the October 2 seminar. During the workshop week, there will be slots for a maximum of seven groups in the mornings and for seven slots in the afternoons. Each group can, for each day of that week, choose between the morning and the afternoon session as long as there are open slots. This active choice will take place at the seminar on Oct 2 right after the groups have been formed and in preparation for the workshop week that starts on Monday October 5. Your group can thus - depending on group participants' scheduled activities in other courses during this week - choose a morning slot one day and an afternoon slot another day but it will not be possible to split the group.

The morning sessions are held between 9-12.
The afternoon sessions are held between 13-16.
DO NOTE: Stockholm University does NOT use the academic quarter and this means that all activities start 9.00 and 13.00 sharp (not 9.15 and 13.15)!

A morning slot consists of three hours, which counts as 1,5 lectures in the overall course demand for at least 75% attendance. An afternoon slot is equally long. Consequently, you will have "7,5 lectures" in total during this week.

Here is a rough schedule of the week, where morning and afternoon slots have the same content:

Monday: Visual narratives and cinema language.
Tuesday: Story cards and kinograms.
Wednesday: Writing to pictures and interactive stories.
Thursday: Design thinking workshop to guide each team to create a paper prototype. Thursday evening: Hackathon (from 17-24).
Friday: Presentations, feedback and discussions of teams' prototypes.

Here is a list of apps that will be used during the week:

Filmic Pro
http://www.filmicpro.com/
Hyperlapse from Instagram
https://hyperlapse.instagram.com/
Layered photo app
www.layeredapp.com
Clips Video Editor by Fly Labs Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/ZLO53.i
iMovie
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8
PicPlayPost by Flambe Studios LLC
https://appsto.re/us/1knSD.i
Nutshell Camera
https://appsto.re/us/vqe14.i
Legend - Text app by Stupeflix
https://appsto.re/us/Sohw4.i
Storyline by Arcivr
https://appsto.re/us/Kl-x4.i
Storehouse - Visual Storytelling by Storehouse
https://appsto.re/us/X3JkV.i
Thinglink app
https://www.thinglink.com/app/
Jamsnap app
https://www.jamsnap.com/

Lecture 12 - Fri Sept 25 (13-15) - Wahlberg

Time & Place: Friday September 25 at 13-15 in E31.

GuestDr. Malin Wahlberg, associate professor in Cinema Studies at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University 

Title: Storytelling and Voice in Documentary Cinema 

Talk: Malin will present a aesthetical/philosophical perspective on time, memory and documentary enactments.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Lecture 11 Thu Sept 24 (15-17) Pargman

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Time & Place: Thursday September 24 at 15-17 in E31.

GuestDaniel Pargman, KTH

Title: The theory and method of Design Fiction – what this course is really about 

Talk: We are doing "Design Fiction" in this course. Design fiction is the use of narrative elements and scenarios to envision, explain and raise questions about possible futures. I will discuss the term and the practice of envisioning the future through narrative scenarios (i.e. envisioning the future through convincing and compelling stories).


Literature:

1) Daniel Pargman (2014). "The Future of News and ICT for Sustainability 2029". This paper was submitted to the workshop "Alternate Endings: Using Fiction to Explore Design Futures" that was held at the CHI 2014 conference.

2) A great example of near-future design fiction explorations are the British television series "Black Mirror". Please watch the episode "The Entire History of You" (48 minutes). All seven Black Mirror episodes are available on YouTube. Do watch other episodes if you have the time. My personal favourite is "Fifteen Million Merits"


3) Optional: read Daniel's longwinded-but-hopefully informative and entertaining blog post about a one-day Design Fiction workshop at CHI 2014 (see above). 
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Seminar instructions (Wed Sept 23)

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Our next seminar will be held Wednesday morning (8-10 in L41 and L42) Here are the instructions for how to prepare for that seminar:

1) Read through the 23 short future-related topics in the preceding blog post. We have harvested these topics from your essays, from our guest lectures and from literature.

2) "VOTE" HERE for your three favorite topics/technologies. These are the topics you could imagine yourself exploring during the project phase, or, that you at least would like another group to work with during the project phase. Your vote is a vote on interesting topics - not a pledge of yours as to what you want/will work on during the project phase. NOTE: perhaps we were better at formulating certain topics than others - but your task is to see through and beyond the short descriptions and imagine what these topics could be developed into!

3). You are hopefully inspired by several of the topics, but you might realise that we have missed an excellent topic that really should have been on this list. Invent a title and write a short text about that topic (1-3 sentences) and suggest that topic as a comment to this blog post.

4) NOTE: We all meet in the biggest of the two seminar room for initial information before we divide into smaller groups. Please be on time! Late arrivals will have fewer options!
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Seminar topics

Please see the subsequent blog post with the instructions for the upcoming Sept 23 seminar.

Do note that all topics below are both brief and relatively abstract. It's possible to use the formulation below as a starting point from which to delve deeper and explore a smaller sub-problem.


1.    Data journalism (database) storytelling
How can data journalism (database journalism) be used in the future to create good stories?

2.    Archives and storytelling
Historical archives can be a fantastic source for information. But how can they be used (or “leveraged”) to create good stories in a high-tech future?

3.    Big data storytelling
Big amounts of data are nowadays constantly collected from things we do in our lives. (How) can big data be used to tell good stories?

4.    Sensors and storytelling
How can sensors (and the data they measure/generate) be used in the creation of stories, or for capturing the audience’ attention?

5.    Geopositioning and storytelling
Geopositioning (positioning data) is a growing field. How can storytelling take advantage of this technology?

6.    Personalized storytelling
How can storytelling become more personalized? What technologies can help create personalized stories?

7.    Interactive storytelling
How can storytelling become more interactive? What technologies can help create more interactive stories?

8.    Overcoming shorter attention spans
The audience’ attention span is getting shorter. How can we resist or overcome this trend? What technologies are necessary in this process?

9.    Overcoming noise (signal-to-noice ratio)
Noise is another “problem” (challenge) today when it comes to grabbing and holding on to the audience’ attention. How can this be overcome so that great rather than shallow stories can be told?

10.    Crowdsourced storytelling
Are there innovative technical solution for crowdsourced storytelling? How can this topic be explored?

11.    Eyewitness storytelling
How can eyewitness storytelling be developed in a high-tech future?

12.    Machine translation (language)
In our globalized world, machine translation of languages will become even more important in the future. How can this field be developed?

13.    Point of View ”filters” (ex. Swedish PoV)
What are some ways to filter information in order to get a point of view? Or the opposite - how can we overcome this filtering problem?

14.    Machine learning storytelling
How can machine learning be used/integrated in storytelling in a high-tech future?

15.    Future of audio storytelling
In what ways can audio storytelling be developed in the future?

16.    Social media storytelling
What social media channels are best suited for storytelling? How do channels differ, and how can they be developed in a high-tech future to enhance storytelling?

17.    Virtual Reality storytelling
What opportunities do virtual reality bring to storytelling, and how can this field be developed?

18.    Storytelling through computer games
How can we tell stories through computer games? How can computer games be developed to tell better stories/better tell stories?

19.    Learning from storytelling in fairy tales
What can be learned from storytelling in fairy tales and how can it be used to capture the audience’ attention and imagination in a high-tech future?

20.    Learning from storytelling in fake viral stories (Jack Werner)
What can be learned from the storytelling in fake viral stories, and how can we used this knowledge to create better (true) stories in a high-tech future?

21.    Learning from storytelling around the bonfire
The template for “traditional storytelling” is the image of a group of people sitting around a bonfire. What can we learn from this tradition, and how can this knowledge be used in a high-tech future?

22.    Our human senses and storytelling
How can we use different features involving our five senses when telling stories? What are the opportunities for relying on more than sight (and sound) in a high-tech future?

23. Storytelling using wearables
Apple watch is an example of a wearable in today’s society. What will wearables look like in a high-tech future, and how will they enhance storytelling? 

Friday, September 18, 2015

Applications to the executive group are open!

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As mentioned in the introductory lecture, we will form a separate, special group called "the executive group" before all the other project group are formed.

The executive group will not work on a project idea the relates to this year's theme (storytelling) during the project phase, but will instead be a "project management team" and an interface between the teachers (Malin and Daniel) and the project groups.

The executive group will perform a number of tasks, some of which are mandatory and some of which are optional:

- One person will lead the executive group and have the overarching responsibility for making sure that the executive group performs its tasks and for communicating with the teachers.
- One person will have the overarching responsibility for producing the book, "The Future of Storytelling/Storytelling of the future".
- One persons will have the overarching responsibility for producing the final presentation/show on December 17.
- One person will have the overarching responsibility for the Future of Media project website (separate from the course website/blogs - here's last year's website)
- Marketing/sponsorship/advertising (optional)
- Documenting/filming the project phase (optional and a brand new opening based on a student's suggestion).
- Whatever else you can think about (optional)

The persons responsible for the final presentation and the website will also be jointly responsible for collecting all materials produced by the project groups and publish it on the course's web archive - perhaps including redesigning or updating the archive itself). 

It is usually quite popular to be part of the executive group and to make use of practical media technological skills that students have acquired over the years. You therefore have to apply for a position in the executive group. Send your application (1-2 pages maximum) to Malin (picha at kth.se) and Daniel (pargman at kth.se) by mail. The deadline is Wednesday, September 23 at 15.00. Please specify what task or tasks (above) you are especially interested in/suited for and list relevant experiences as well as other reasons, arguments and supporting information that you would like to emphasise in your application. The executive group usually consists of around 5 persons and some positions are usually more popular than others. It is ok to apply for several different positions.

Part of the responsibilities of all members of the executive group is to participate in regular lunch/work meetings (usually every second or third week) together with the teachers and with the project group leaders during the project phase (October - December).
  

NOTE on grades: As apart from all other project groups, responsibilities will be divided/negotiated individually in the executive group and grades will be set individually for members of the executive group (i.e. not all members of the executive group will necessarily get the same grades). Even though the work in the executive group can be very hectic at times (near deadlines), we still feel that it does perhaps not demand the same work effort as being part of an ambitious project group. The default grade for members of the executive group is therefore grade B or a C (assuming that you do "deliver", i.e. that there is a successful final presentation in December, that we each do get a printed book at the end of the course etc.). That means that members of the executive group have to perform outstanding work in order to attain the highest possible grade in the course (A). This is however often the case and most members of the executive groups usually perform flawlessly and do get grade A in the course.
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Lecture 9 - Fre Sept 18 (13-15) Werner

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Time & Place: Friday September 18 at 13-15 in E36.

GuestJack Werner, Dagens Industri 

Title: True or false storytelling. Rumours and source criticism in social media, and why we love a good story 

Talk:

AboutJack Werner (1989) is a journalist, writer and debater. Over the span of the last six years, he’s worked at Nyheter24, Sveriges Radio (Swedish Public Service Radio) and Metro, among other places. At Metro, he was the initiator of the fact-checking effort Viralgranskaren ("Viral Fact Checker") that 2014 was awarded the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism. Late 2014 he published a book on viral ghost stories, known as "creepypasta". He's currently working at Di Digital, a news site covering tech, startups and web culture. On the side, he’s producing a podcast about creepypasta for Sveriges Radio and monthly columns for the radio program "Medierna i P1".

Literature:
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Monday, September 14, 2015

The coming schedule

Sept 15, 8-10, E51. Creativity on demand – getting good ideas when you need them. Lecture/workshop with Matilda E. Hanson. Prepare yourself by thinking of a technology, useful in storytelling.

Sept 16, 8-10, B3 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling in Magazines – how it works at Bonnier Magazines. Gabriel Sjölund and Josefine Lind Andersson, Digital Media/Bonnier Magazines.

Sept 17, 15-17, D41. Historical storytelling – how to make history come alive. Mats Hayen, from the Stockholm city historical archive.

Sept 18, 13-15, E36. True or false storytelling. Rumours and source criticism in social media, and why we love a good story. Jack Werner, Dagens Industri.

Sept 22, 8-10, L1 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling and entrepreneurship – the case of Storytel. Jonas Tellander, CEO at audiobook company Storytel.

Sept 23, 8-10, L41, L42. Seminar and technical workshop around some good story ideas. Anna Careborg, Malin Picha Edwardsson, Matilda E. Hanson and Daniel Pargman.

Sept 24, 15-17, E31. The theory and method of Design Fiction – what this course is really about! Daniel Pargman.

Sept 25, 13-15, E31. Storytelling and Voice in Documentary Cinema. Dr. Malin Wahlberg, associate professor in Cinema Studies at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University.

Sept 28, 10-12, V22. Corporate storytelling/advertising as storytelling – the case Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme. Björn Engström, copywriter at Forsman & Bodenfors.

Sept 30, 15-17, V23. Storytelling in computer games. Daniel Ström, Gurugames, and Lucy Armelin, former media student at KTH, now working with computer games.

Oct 1, 15-17. Lecture cancelled.

Oct 2, 13-15, E34 and V11. Seminar – the groups are decided and good ideas are generated. Malin Picha Edwardsson and Daniel Pargman.

Oct 5-9, JMK, Karlavägen 104, Stockholm. Workshop with Robb Montgomery. A more detailed Schedule will come.

Oct 8, JMK. Hackathon.

Oct 13, 8-10, Q33. How to work in project groups. Anna Swartling, Scania.

Oct 14, 8-10, D3 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling in Social media. Frida Boysen, former editor-in-chief, now expert in the use of Social media.

Oct 14, 15-17, JMK. The art of creativity and how to generate good ideas. Milad Hossainzadeh, White Architects.

Oct 15, 15-17, JMK. Storytelling – the case of Basha Posh. Jenny Nordberg, journalist and author.

Nov 6, 8-16, V3. MIDCRIT.

Dec 16, 12-20, F1. Rehearsal for final presentations.

Dec 17, 13-17, F1. Final presentations.

Lecture 8 - Thu Sept 17 (15-17) Hayen

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Time & Place: Wednesday September 16 at 8-10 in B3.

GuestMats Hayen 

Title: Historical storytelling – how to make history come alive  

Talk:

About:
Mats is a historian and archivist at the Stockholm City Archives. He has authored several books on history; "Främlingar i vardagen" (Strangers in everyday life), "Släktforska i Stockholm" (Genealogical Research in Stockholm), "Stadens puls" (City Beat), "Ett sekel i självstyrelsens tjänst" (A century of self-government service) and others. Mats is a university teacher at Stockholm University. He has participated as a researcher and expert in 15 episodes of the SVT program "Vem tror du att du är" (Who Do You Think You Are), on several occasions in the radio shows "Veckans brott" (This week's crime). Mats has had several high-profile collaborations with Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladets' reporter Johan Lindberg (My Stockholm blog, podcast, and a historic live blog from Sarajevo and Stockholm, 28 June 1914). He was the project manager for the Municipality of Stockholm's 150th anniversary in 2013. Mats currently works with History Marketing in the City of Stockholm.

Literature:
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Literature seminars on Sept 11

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For tomorrow's seminar:
- The class will be divided into two seminar groups:
- Students whose last names begin with A-N will have their seminar in room E32.
- Students whose last names begin with P-W will have their seminar in room E36.
- Please prepare by reading the literature (available for downloading in Bilda). Then answer the study questions (also available at Bilda).
- Directly after the seminar we want you to hand in your answers to the study questions the teacher (your hand-in will double as proof of attendance).

Lecture 5 - Thu Sept 10 (15-17) Bengtsson

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Time & Place: Thursday September 10 at 15-17 in Q2.

GuestHelena Bengtsson, Editor, Data Projects at The Guardian (UK)

Title: Data journalism: How it works at The Guardian

AboutHelena Bengtsson works as editor for Data Projects at The Guardian in London, UK. She has worked for 20 years with news and current affairs at Swedish Television as a researcher, editor and database editor. She was on a leave of absence in 2006-2007 to work as Database Editor at the Center for Public Integrity in Washington DC. Helena was awarded The Swedish Grand Journalism Prize ("Stora Journalistpriset") in 2010 for her work on the site valpejl.se. It is possible to follow Helena on Twitter (HelenaBengtsson).
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Future of wearables

At the study visit to Svenska Dagbladet earlier this week, Matilda mentioned a link to the Future of Wearables in news media.

Find the link at www.tumblr.com/blog/storylabfutureofstorytelling

Friday, September 4, 2015

Lecture hall changes

Hello.

Please note that there has been some changes in schedule as we have "upgraded" to bigger lecture halls. There are many students reading the course this year and on the following occasions we can expect students from Stockholm University to join our lectures and swell the ranks by another dozen or so students.

The dates for the lectures that have been changed are:
- Thu Sept 10 (15-17 in Q2)
- Wed Sept 16 (8-10 in B3)
- Tue Sept 22 (8-10 in L1)
- Wed Oct 14 (8-10 in D3)

These changes will be propagated through the KTH systems soon.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Remember the survey!

We still miss over 20 students' answers to our survey.
Please fill it out as soon as possible: the survey


It will only take a few minutes.
Thanks in advance!

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Lectures and seminars


Here is a preliminary list of the lectures and seminars in the Future of Storytelling 2015. Changes might occur!

Aug 31, 10-12 in Q33. Introductory lecture: Malin Picha Edwardsson, Daniel Pargman and Matilda E. Hanson.

Sept 1, 8-10 in L52. What is storytelling – A historical/theoretical perspective: Leif Dahlberg, Professor in Media technology at the department of Media technology and interaction design, KTH.

Sept 2, 15-17 in V34. Storytelling in media – A practical perspective with an international outlook: Matilda E. Hanson, teacher at the department of media studies, Stockholm University.

Sept 3, 15-17 in L52. Storytelling in media – This is how we work at Svenska Dagbladet: Anna Careborg, head of storytelling at Svenska Dagbladet.

Sept 4, 18.00. Deadline for essay: My relationship to Storytelling. Submit via Bilda.

Sept 8, 9-11. Study visit to Svenska Dagbladet, located at Västra Järnvägsgatan 21, Stockholm, close to the Central station. Meet up at the reception desk. Please be there in good time before 9 A.M!

Sept 9, 15-17. Lecture cancelled.

Sept 10, 15-17, Q2 (upgraded lecture hall). Data journalism – how it works at the Guardian. Helena Bengtsson, editor for the data projects team at the Guardian, UK.

Sept 11, 13-15, E32 and E36. Literature seminar with Malin Picha Edwardsson and Daniel Pargman. Literature (PDF) and study questions available at Bilda. Please write down your answers to the study questions and hand them in after the seminar.

Sept 15, 8-10, E51. Creativity on demand – getting good ideas when you need them. Lecture/workshop with Matilda E. Hanson.

Sept 16, 8-10, B3 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling in social media – how it works at Bonnier’s KIT. Fredrik Strömberg, co-founder KIT.

Sept 17, 15-17, D41. Historical storytelling – how to make history come alive. Mats Hayen, from the Stockholm city historical archive.

Sept 18, 13-15, E36. True or false storytelling. Rumours and source criticism in social media, and why we love a good story. Jack Werner, Dagens Industri.

Sept 22, 8-10, L1 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling and entrepreneurship – the case of Storytel. Jonas Tellander, CEO at audiobook company Storytel.

Sept 23, 8-10, L41, L42. Seminar and technical workshop around some good story ideas. Anna Careborg, Malin Picha Edwardsson, Matilda E. Hanson and Daniel Pargman.

Sept 24, 15-17, E31. The theory and method of Design Fiction – what this course is really about! Daniel Pargman.

Sept 25, 13-15, E31. Storytelling in documentary film making. Dr. Malin Wahlberg, associate professor in Cinema Studies at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University.

Sept 28, 10-12, V22. Corporate storytelling/advertising as storytelling – the case Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme. Björn Engström, copywriter at Forsman & Bodenfors.

Sept 30, 15-17, V23. Storytelling in computer games. Daniel Ström, Gurugames, and Lucy Armelin, former media student at KTH, now working with computer games.

Oct 1, 15-17. Lecture cancelled.

Oct 2, 13-15, E34 and V11. Seminar – the groups are decided and good ideas are generated. Malin Picha Edwardsson and Daniel Pargman.

Oct 5-9, JMK, Karlavägen 104, Stockholm. Workshop with Robb Montgomery.

Oct 8, JMK. Hackathon.

Oct 13, 8-10, Q33. How to work in project groups. Anna Swartling, Scania.

Oct 14, 8-10, D3 (upgraded lecture hall). Storytelling in Social media. Frida Boysen, former editor-in-chief, now expert in the use of Social media.

Oct 14, 15-17, JMK. The art of creativity and how to generate good ideas. Milad Hossainzadeh, White Architects.

Oct 15, 15-17, JMK. Storytelling – the case of Basha Posh. Jenny Nordberg, journalist and author.

Nov 6, 8-16, V3. MIDCRIT.

Dec 16, 12-20, F1. Rehearsal for final presentations.

Dec 17, 13-17, F1. Final presentations.