Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues

Camillia Matuk; Anna Amato; Jingyu Sui; Steven Sutherland; Casper Harteveld

Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues

Camillia Matuk, Anna Amato, Jingyu Sui, Steven Sutherland, Casper Harteveld

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Abstract

We explored how youth created participatory stories-a genre of interactive fiction that logs players' choices as data to be analyzed-to advocate for social change. We designed a workshop to guide 22 high-school-aged youth in creating participatory stories about social issues of their choice. Analyses of their vision statements, stories, and reflections, revealed three ways that youth used this medium: to inform players, to provoke empathy, and to inquire into human behavior related to their chosen social issues. This study shows the potential for participatory storytelling to amplify youth's agency to take social action.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All
Subtitle of host publication	Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
Editors	Clark Chinn, Edna Tan, Carol Chan, Yael Kali
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	1477-1480
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781737330653
State	Published - 2022
Event	16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Japan Duration: Jun 6 2022 → Jun 10 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
ISSN (Print)	1814-9316

Conference

Conference	16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Virtual, Online
Period	6/6/22 → 6/10/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Education

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Matuk, C., Amato, A., Sui, J., Sutherland, S., & Harteveld, C. (2022). Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues. In C. Chinn, E. Tan, C. Chan, & Y. Kali (Eds.), International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022 (pp. 1477-1480). (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues. / Matuk, Camillia; Amato, Anna; Sui, Jingyu et al.
International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022. ed. / Clark Chinn; Edna Tan; Carol Chan; Yael Kali. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2022. p. 1477-1480 (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Matuk, C, Amato, A, Sui, J, Sutherland, S & Harteveld, C 2022, Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues. in C Chinn, E Tan, C Chan & Y Kali (eds), International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022. Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 1477-1480, 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022, Virtual, Online, Japan, 6/6/22.

Matuk C, Amato A, Sui J, Sutherland S, Harteveld C. Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues. In Chinn C, Tan E, Chan C, Kali Y, editors, International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 2022. p. 1477-1480. (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS).

Matuk, Camillia ; Amato, Anna ; Sui, Jingyu et al. / Inform, empathize, inquire : How youth use participatory storytelling to engage with social issues. International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022. editor / Clark Chinn ; Edna Tan ; Carol Chan ; Yael Kali. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2022. pp. 1477-1480 (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS).

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