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Promoting Social Inclusion Around Cultural Heritage Through Collaborative Digital Storytelling

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We present a case study to understand how migrant communities embrace and connect with their host city’s cultural heritage. To achieve this, we deployed a study with ten adult migrants (first- and second-generation Lisbon dwellers) articulated into two stages: (i) a five-day photo-challenge involving storytelling elucidated by pictures and short textual descriptions, followed by (ii) a four-hour audio recorded co-creation workshop, in which participants explored the material they had captured and co-created stories around specific sites, linking them to their memories. This method enabled the participants to express their opinions and experiences on social, cultural, and historical matters. By exploring their connections with the places they inhabit through their own, personal narratives and sharing these with their peers, the participants activated a discussion process exploring the role of storytellers. This case study focuses on the lessons learned and the limitations of the practical work carried out.

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The authors would like to acknowledge researcher Dan Brackenbury, Ivo Oosterbeek and Ilídio Louro from Mapa das Ideias, and Mónica Silva from Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr for their timely support during the development and deployment of the case study. This research was supported by MEMEX (MEmories and Experiences for inclusive digital storytelling) project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870743; and the ARDITI’s postdoctoral scholarship M1420–09-5369-FSE-000002.

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Cesário, V., Acedo, A., Nunes, N., Nisi, V. (2022). Promoting Social Inclusion Around Cultural Heritage Through Collaborative Digital Storytelling. In: Wölfel, M., Bernhardt, J., Thiel, S. (eds) ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation. ArtsIT 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 422. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_17

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