Topics: Introduction to Indigenous Storytelling Traditions : Exploring oral histories, community-based knowledge sharing, and storytelling's cultural significance. Indigenous Storytelling and Technology : How modern digital platforms can preserve, transform, and share Indigenous stories. Indigenous Voices in the Digital Space : Examining the role of Indigenous creators, media-makers, and activists in reclaiming and reshaping narratives. Digital Sovereignty and Decolonizing Media : Understanding how Indigenous communities use technology to assert sovereignty and resist colonial media structures. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this module, students should be able to: Understand and critically evaluate traditional Indigenous storytelling practices. Analyze the use of digital platforms by Indigenous communities to share and reclaim narratives. Investigate digital sovereignty and its role in preserving Indigenous narratives. Apply critical thinking to the representation of Indigenous ...

Module 1: Introduction

The readings in Module 1 of the syllabus for the New Media Narratives course explore the concept of new media and its relationship to storytelling, technology, and culture. In "What is New Media," Manovich discusses the concept of new media and its relationship to traditional media forms, such as print, radio, and television. He argues that new media technologies, such as the internet and digital media, have fundamentally changed the way that we create and consume media, and have expanded the possibilities for storytelling and communication. In "Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers," Sharples and Pérez y Pérez engage with the fascinating topic of computational creativity. This work examines whether and how computers can participate in creative writing, delving into the advancements in AI and machine learning. The authors explore the implications of computer-generated narratives and the evolving relationship between human and machine in the real...

Module 2

This module is focused on writing technologies, the history of the book, and the future of books and narrative. You will learn about key concepts related to theories and practices of literacies, reading, and information use. You will also be able to define and critically analyze the role of books as objects of text and how the history of the book as a material object and as an agent of intellectual and social change helps us understand contemporary online and multimodal narratives. You will read articles by Hastreiter, Delemos and Piazza that discuss the future of books and how technology is impacting them. Digital Literacy Snapshot - Optional-Mini Assignment Description / Instructions: Assess your digital literacy experiences focusing on how you engage with web communities and online platforms. Reflect briefly on how these experiences have shaped your digital identity. Task: Reflective Narrative: Record a short narrative (no more than 7 minutes; 3 minutes is perfect!) about you...