Design for Narrative Change. A Pedagogical Model for Interactive Digital Narratives

Narratives mirror shared interpretations of the world. Still, dominant narratives prevail, pushing non‐hegemonic narratives in the corner. A change in the creation, interaction and distribution of narratives can support the design of counter‐narratives able to feed social change. Interactive Digital...

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Published inInternational Journal of Art & Design Education Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 384 - 401
Main Authors Mariani, Ilaria, Ciancia, Mariana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley 01.08.2023
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Design
design framework
Digital technology
Electronic Learning
Higher Education
Interactive Digital Narratives
Narrative Change
Narratives
pedagogical model
Pedagogy
Social Change
Story Telling
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Summary:Narratives mirror shared interpretations of the world. Still, dominant narratives prevail, pushing non‐hegemonic narratives in the corner. A change in the creation, interaction and distribution of narratives can support the design of counter‐narratives able to feed social change. Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN) can be considered an emerging experimental context in which designers, researchers and practitioners from various domains operate to develop story‐based content addressing relevant social or societal issues. The IDN social constructivist role in encouraging or influencing individuals and collectivities towards social change is a relevant design issue especially from an educational perspective. Specifically, it features methodologies and praxis not yet systematised, in need of exploration and formalisation. Recognising the contribution of an approach combining transdisciplinary methods and tools, the article presents a pedagogical model for designing IDNs as complex interactive systems able to impact culture and society based on empirical study from a design course in the higher education context. Composed of theoretical and operational frameworks, the pedagogical model orients the multilayered design process for building engaging, interactive narrative artefacts systematising and operationalising knowledge from the domains of Communication for Social Change, storytelling and IDN in an iterative design process.
Bibliography:This contribution originates from research conducted over 7 years of experimentation in which the authors were both responsible for the entire work. The authors contributed equally to the publication and are listed in alphabetical order.
ISSN:1476-8062
1476-8070
DOI:10.1111/jade.12468