From 83f946010851f8d411c93ed6c0cb20a546470ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: suzan
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Working as a children’s literature editor for years, I came to a realisation that picture books were turning into another object that kids read and consume on daily basis. At least this is what I observed @@ -45,11 +48,13 @@ for children as there is for adults; such as ebooks, audiobooks etc. But moreover a “book” that can be redefined, reread or be interacted with. So I revisited an old story I wrote, translated to English and named it, “Bee Within”.
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Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences @@ -59,30 +64,39 @@ to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the world.
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Over the past two years, I've been experimenting with storytelling techniques, + interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around + reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within. I improved the story + to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played + and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children. It + serves as a beginning for a longer research.
-Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques, -interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around -reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story -to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played -and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children. -
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-Here is some documentation from the beggining of this journey towards +Here is some more documentation from the beggining of this journey towards making accesible interactive narratives…
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