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POSTPONEMENT | 1st International Digital Storytelling Festival (DST-Zakynthos 2023)

POSTPONEMENT | 1st International Digital Storytelling Festival (DST-Zakynthos 2023)
28.06.2023 - 16.01

During the very successful 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference in Washington D.C. (20-23 June, 2023), we had the opportunity to discuss with a considerable number of members of our community about the establishment of the bi-annual International Digital Storytelling Festival: DST-Zakynthos.

The International Digital Storytelling Festival DST-Zakynthos, proposed by four (4) Laboratories of three (3) Greek Universities, is scheduled to take place in the island of Zakynthos (echoing the successful organization of the International Digital Storytelling Conference 2018).

We all agreed that this initiative offers added value to our efforts on disseminating the diverse Digital Storytelling approaches and practice, complementing our conference meetings and allowing at the same time the exploration of novel aspects of DST. Moreover, with the Festival taking place in Zakynthos, the island can serve as a meeting point of reference for our community.

Thus, starting from September 2024 with the International Festival in Zakynthos, we decided to alternate DST-Conference and DST-Festival every two years. These are great news for our community!

Since our Conference took place this year, the 1st International Digital Storytelling Festival is postponed for September 2024 in Zakynthos (with a tentative date 13-15 September).

Please follow us at https://dstfestival.org and stay in touch with our community.

On behalf of the Organising Committee of the DST-Festival,

Professor Emeritus M. Meimaris

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The Greek Island of Zakynthos (Zante) constitutes a spot in time and space where the convergence of diverse sociocultural narratives takes place: Hugo Foscolos, Andreas Vesalius, Dionysios Solomos, are amongst the island’s most notable cultural figures.

With that in mind, four Laboratories from three Greek Universities (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of the Aegean, Ionian University) have collaborated to organise the biannual International Digital Storytelling Festival (DST-Zakynthos) to provide the place where diverse digital stories can be communicated, shared, and critically reflected upon by experts (artists, scientists, medical doctors etc.) and by other Festival participants (DST creators or not). In this sense, the Festival puts the narratives in the spotlight, thus allowing us to map current trends in Digital Storytelling.

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The “Foskolos” multi-purpose hall kindly offered to host the Festival. We invite you to support and join the organisation of this festival, which is scheduled for 29-30 September & 1 October 2023.

For more information, please visit: https://dstfestival.org/

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