we are team jáäå judy  brooks    ahmed  ansari    alison  servis    anna  von  reden  

What are we trying to do when we tell stories?

So, what kind of stories can this child tell?

mediated

start

end (primary?)

Experience Identity Expression

What’s Your Story?

What makes it“your” story?

Who’s in the story with you?

Is the sun shining?Is it raining?

Where are you? What role do you play?Main character?

Observer? Supporting Actor?

what are you...doing seeing hearing smelling

The StorytellerThe value of

primary experience in building identity

The Storyteller

PrimaryExperience

“Mom?”

ring. ring.

Ya?

Hey buddy. What’s up?

“Patrick died yesterday.”

What’s wrong?

Four of us just sat in the hallway comforting each other.

We may drive up to Grand Rapids to attend his funeral.

One of my friends did a tribute video... its on Facebook.

I sat beside his mother at a memorial service in Second Life...

I didn’t know what to say to her.

During the hours and days that followed ...

Team Jaaa aims to facilitate creativity through self-expressionby understanding how young people engage in

both real world and meaningful secondary experiences.

SecondaryExperience

PrimaryExperience

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TheStoryteller’s

Identity

Spaces & Places

People & Interactions

Stories

Tech & Media

Research Areas & Opportunities

Spaces & Places

People & Interactions

Technology & Media

Stories

Storytelling is an important way to form identity and understand the world. Meaningful experience is vital to the act of storytelling. Technology mediates how we experience the world, changing the nature of this dynamic.

We are asking: 1)  How do people experience spaces, interactions, and technologies? 2)  Are there suf!cient opportunities for self-re"ection that promote identity formation? 3)  How do people tell stories and express themselves creatively given their experiences?