Page 166 [166]
Part V. Digital Media and Storytelling in University Courses | 165
it is suitable for representing complex temporal and thematic contexts.
Infographics, timelines and presentations can also be used in documentary
theater performances, such as in the production Excellent Workers (Kivalo
dolgozók) (see Part III, Chapter 5).
Students from art schools can also engage in interprofessional cooperation
in the creation of performative artwork, in which they can present their
narrative through different tools and media with a common purpose. At the
highest level of creation, they can also collaborate with other major disciplines,
and students from different universities can incorporate knowledge of cultural
heritage or reflections on current social issues into their artwork.
2.2 Narratives in Library and Religion Studies
In Jewish tradition, stories should be remembered and passed on to future
generations. Záchor! (Remember! Be remembered!) calls attention to the
importance of storytelling and remembrance within the community (Heller,
2015). In Roman Catholic culture, the act of confession is a practice from
childhood on how to recall one’s actions while reflecting on them and creating
a narrative. The narrative served as a tool for cultural transmission through
oral tradition long before technical reproduction. The narrative structure of
mythological, biblical, and historical stories was the epic form, which allowed
information to be more easily memorized (Keszeg, 2011). However, students
of the 21“ century can present religious narratives in the form of data-driven,
transmedia, or digital storytelling.
Narratives stored on external media are organized and made searchable by
libraries, while archives catalog institutional or private narratives related to
local communities that are not officially published. Most resources in various
formats will be digitized and stored in libraries and archives, and will also be
searchable and accessible online. In addition to digitized resources stored on
traditional media, digital libraries also collect resources that were originally
created in digital format. These include digital stories, infographics, websites
and oral history narratives. The British Library site allows the user to search
the oral history narratives currently available.” To organize digital narratives,
librarians need to work with museums as well as cultural and educational
institutions to index items and make them searchable in a thematic system.
The Oral History in the Digital Age project offers interdisciplinary best practices
for this complex activity."
Librarians help students to search, select and evaluate information from
any type of source, whether it is primary, secondary, or tertiary, online or
in print. However, libraries are also cultural spaces, arenas for developing
6° https://www.bl.uk/subjects/oral-history
a http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/