Guideline for Developing Multimedia Storytelling Projects on Sensitive Topics
This guide outlines a nine-chapter framework for designing and implementing impactful storytelling projects, offering practical steps and real-world case studies on addressing sensitive topics. Drawing on extensive experiences from Research & Art Museum, it demonstrates how these methods translate seamlessly to both digital and physical exhibition spaces. By focusing on conflict mediation, it equips researchers and practitioners with proven strategies to craft meaningful, context-aware narratives.
This multimedia story is about anthropological fieldwork — an extensive experience accumulated by the project team "Roadwork" and their work in East and Central Asia. Made with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Universities of Zurich and Fribourg.
A project about the nature of womankind: traditional Slavik folklore meets modern views of the female image. We have gathered the ideas of canonical texts and the stories of modern women. Together, they paint a portrait of womanhood, in all of its many shades.
This project is an exploration of imperfections in the dictionary format. Looking at everyday life through the prism of imperfection is an opportunity to see diversity in place of deviation from the standard. Experience, rather than error. A new norm in place of the old.
This project features a collection of Muslim prayer rugs. Worn and faded from countless prayers, these rugs bear the marks of their owners. By examining the collection closely, visitors can glimpse something that cannot be heard or seen — a conversation between man and God.
This project uses visual anthropology to understand women from different cultures, challenging the notion that visible symbols completely define experience or knowledge. It emphasizes that unfamiliar phenomena are part of a complex system with their context. Through respectful dialogue, the project seeks to bridge cultural gaps and highlight shared aspects of life.