Public Lecture: History, Community and Storytelling

Event Date July 14, 2011 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Location – Garth Olwg Lifelong Learning Campus

About the lecture

Professor Hamish Fyfe, Professor of the Arts and Society at the University of Glamorgan, discusses storytelling in the digital age.

Storytelling is one of our oldest art forms − a unique human skill shared between people, uniting words and the world and building a sense of community between tellers and listeners. In traditional storytelling, the emphasis is as much on the telling as the story. Stories are recreated each time by the teller and passed on through generations.

In the modern age, stories surround us not just in conversation but in newspapers, novels, on the television and the internet. This lecture will analyse the place of storytelling in the 21st century, and share stories, traditional and otherwise.

About the speaker

Hamish Fyfe is Professor of the Arts and Society at the University of Glamorgan and the Director of the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling. The Centre runs symposia and seminar series related to story throughout the year and is also a partner in Communities 2.0, the Welsh Government’s Digital Inclusion initiative.

Professor Fyfe is a National Adviser to the Arts Council of Wales, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, and a Director of Zoom Cymru, the Welsh Film and Television Festival for Children and Young People.

Details

The event is free and open to all. Directions to the venue can be found here.

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