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<p>This paper explores the process of introducing Digital Storytelling (DST) workshop practice to Turkey through a project called “Digital Stories from Amargi Women”, which was part of my Ph.D. research in the Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. In the resulting dissertation, I examined the potential of Digital Storytelling workshop practice as a means to promote agency and self-expression in a feminist activist organization (such as Amargi Women), focusing in particular on whether or not Digital Storytelling can be used as a change agent – as a tool for challenging the idea of a single public sphere in ways that make it more inclusive of women’s participation. In order to explore the issue in depth, my thesis engaged with feminist scholarship’s critiques of the public/private dichotomy, as well as the concept of gender. The conducted workshops, the resulting digital stories, and in-depth interviews were analyzed to seek connections between these topics and narrative identity. The results indicated that the participating women defined new activist usages for digital stories, as well as their overall activated networking habits in the DST workshop settings. Digital Stories from Amargi Women became the first Digital Storytelling project that aimed to enable women’s participation in Turkey through facilitating a co-creative environment where the participants could share their stories and learn digital skills that they could make use of after the workshops.</p></abstract>

This paper explores the process of introducing Digital Storytelling (DST) workshop practice to Turkey through a project called “Digital Stories from Amargi Women”, which was part of my Ph.D. research in the Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. In the resulting dissertation, I examined the potential of Digital Storytelling workshop practice as a means to promote agency and self-expression in a feminist activist organization (such as Amargi Women), focusing in particular on whether or not Digital Storytelling can be used as a change agent – as a tool for challenging the idea of a single public sphere in ways that make it more inclusive of women’s participation. In order to explore the issue in depth, my thesis engaged with feminist scholarship’s critiques of the public/private dichotomy, as well as the concept of gender. The conducted workshops, the resulting digital stories, and in-depth interviews were analyzed to seek connections between these topics and narrative identity. The results indicated that the participating women defined new activist usages for digital stories, as well as their overall activated networking habits in the DST workshop settings. Digital Stories from Amargi Women became the first Digital Storytelling project that aimed to enable women’s participation in Turkey through facilitating a co-creative environment where the participants could share their stories and learn digital skills that they could make use of after the workshops.

Enhancing Women’s Participation in Turkey through Digital Storytelling

Cultural Science

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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This paper explores the process of introducing Digital Storytelling (DST) workshop practice to Turkey through a project called “Digital Stories from Amargi...

Enhancing Women’s Participation in Turkey through Digital Storytelling

Published Online: Jul 04, 2012

Page range: 28 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.45

Keywords
Digital storytelling, gender, performance, mediation, digital inclusion, agency, digitally equipped private sphere

© 2012 Burcu Şimşek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Enhancing Women’s Participation in Turkey through Digital Storytelling

Published Online: Jul 04, 2012

Page range: 28 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.45

KeywordsDigital storytelling, gender, performance, mediation, digital inclusion, agency, digitally equipped private sphere

© 2012 Burcu Şimşek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Digital storytelling, gender, performance, mediation, digital inclusion, agency, digitally equipped private sphere