Shewbridge, Bill2020-03-112020-03-11Shewbridge Bill,Reflexive and participatory practices in digital storytelling: the legacy of documentary methods,https://eprints.goldsmiths.ac.uk/27936/1/dst2018_proceedings_v11.pdf#page=299http://hdl.handle.net/11603/17539International Digital Storytelling Conference 2018 ProceedingsWhile sharing commonalities with documentary practices, digital storytelling has not developed simply as an extension of existing documentary genres. Recognizing digital storytelling’s unique qualities, it is still worth considering how genres commonly associated with ethnographic film inform its practice. Filmmakers Robert Flaherty, Dziga Vertov and Jean Rouch laid the foundations of reflexive and participatory methods that are also found in digital storytelling. New technologies, such as database documentaries, continue to present possibilities and questions concerning the reflexive roles of authors, facilitators and audience.10 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)Text