http://digitalexploration.org/2009/05/06/496/ Enhancing community connections through storytelling Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:34:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://digitalexploration.org/2009/05/06/496/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Remy Sat, 09 May 2009 20:14:58 +0000 http://digitalexploration.org/?p=496#comment-20 Absolutely, Paul. Do you read Wendell Berry? The farmer-poet is far from endorsing computers, but I often think about his "Sense of Place" and how tools such as cameras and computers can help individuals and communities of people explore and interpret and, therefore, understand their surroundings, their community. Barbara and Digital Explorations does an incredible job designing unique workshops for individual communities, really listening to the people and the needs of the community. For all the possibilities that technology provides, the foundation of the work still lies in storytelling and connecting people to each other, and this often starts with looking at people's traditions. Maybe even a sense of stewardship for land and community will develop, and this is where I'm drawn to the idea that experience really does matter in how seemingly vocational trades or technological innovations are introduced, taught, and utilized. This is where opportunity lies, but also where there is tension. Absolutely, Paul. Do you read Wendell Berry? The farmer-poet is far from endorsing computers, but I often think about his “Sense of Place” and how tools such as cameras and computers can help individuals and communities of people explore and interpret and, therefore, understand their surroundings, their community. Barbara and Digital Explorations does an incredible job designing unique workshops for individual communities, really listening to the people and the needs of the community. For all the possibilities that technology provides, the foundation of the work still lies in storytelling and connecting people to each other, and this often starts with looking at people’s traditions. Maybe even a sense of stewardship for land and community will develop, and this is where I’m drawn to the idea that experience really does matter in how seemingly vocational trades or technological innovations are introduced, taught, and utilized. This is where opportunity lies, but also where there is tension.

]]> http://digitalexploration.org/2009/05/06/496/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Paul Henderson Sat, 09 May 2009 01:40:35 +0000 http://digitalexploration.org/?p=496#comment-19 "Quality of Place" is a valuable concept to keep in mind when encouraging the increased use of technology in rural areas. It is important to teach people to use technology that enhances their life and values their traditions. “Quality of Place” is a valuable concept to keep in mind when encouraging the increased use of technology in rural areas. It is important to teach people to use technology that enhances their life and values their traditions.

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