Selected Papers from 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023: Radical Listening: Story Work for a Just Future

Dear Colleagues, 

In collaboration with the 11th International Digital Storytelling conference (DST 2023), to be held in the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan region of the United States in June 2023, we invite the submission of papers presented at the conference for inclusion in a special issue of Social Sciences. 

DST 2023: Radical Listening: Story Work for a Just Future focuses on how story work can help to strengthen our communities and build understanding across divides. Conference papers will focus on context, content, purpose, and practice through a variety of lenses, including:

• Radical listening for amplifying voices;
• Cultivating hopes and healing for a just future;
• Story luminaries: shining light on cultures, voices, and practices;
• Equity and access;
• Urgent story work in urgent times;
• Building and cultivating communities;
• Histories and cultures in storytelling; 
• Research on DS as research methodology;
• DS for assessment;
• DS pedagogy.

Dr. Bill Shewbridge
Dr. Burcu Simsek
Dr. Brooke Hessler
Guest Editors

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