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Category - Storytelling

Two digital narrative storytelling conferences

Two digital narrative storytelling conferences

When I introduce Tusitala, I often use the word “digital storytelling” as shorthand for the kinda weird stuff that we do. I felt a strange comfort in knowing that this is a common problem with my international colleagues in the field, which is also known as “digital publishing”, “amplified publishing”, “new media”, and “electronic literature”….

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little red comma – Behind the scenes (Part 2): Creating your own spoken word track

little red comma – Behind the scenes (Part 2): Creating your own spoken word track

  In part one, we discussed some of the different concepts and formats used in our literary adaptations for the second edition of little red comma, which was released between August 2022 and February 2023. This part looks at three poems originally written in mother tongue languages: “Chinatown I” by Tan Chee Lay, “A Story,…

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At the Crossroads – of Mental Health and the Workplace

At the Crossroads – of Mental Health and the Workplace

Officially launched this November, Crossroads is an interactive choose-your-own-adventure game aimed at exploring how mental health challenges are perceived within the workplace. This is a joint initiative between Tusitala and The Tapestry Project, a grounds-up, non-profit online publication that champions first-person accounts of everyday Singaporeans touched by mental illness and recovery. A workplace adventure on…

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Reading in a Digital Age

Reading in a Digital Age

Telling a Good Story According to Maryanne Wolf, the author of Reader Come Home, “Every story introduces the child to a new piece of information about how others think and feel, and a chance to try this on themselves without fear.” Stories are the birthplace of “compassionate imagination”, where we build an understanding of “others”….

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