Author: Hanson Hosein

  • Even as we’re lead to believe that “analog” interaction faces extinction in the digital age, we still need to recognize that all the Facebook “likes” in the world in themselves, will not bring down a repressive government (Egypt, Tunisia).  You often need to take physical, non-virtual action to really get things done. It’s why I’ll…

  • Supporting materials for my February 17, 2011 presentation to the Washington State Arts Commission forum on Engagement Through Digital Media. 1. Slideshow: Storyteller Uprising: Engagement Through Digital Media 2. National Endowment for the Arts’ Artworks blog post on “Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Audience Participation” featuring both the U.S. NEA study (PDF), as well as…

  • [Writer Ann Hedreen attended my SALu Storyteller Uprising lecture on February 9th, and contacted me later to share her thoughts about the lecture, posted originally to her Restless Nest blog.  Here’s what Ann wrote:] Scrawled in fat black Sharpie script on the inside door of a blue bathroom stall at Kane Hall on the University…

  • This Prezi was designed by MCDM’er Roni Ayalla, building off of my earlier presentations (also check out my Seattle Town Hall talk last year, “Storytelling and the Repression of Communication.”  Here are my talking points from the Seattle Arts & Lectures kick-off talk, “Storyteller Uprising: Trust & Persuasion in the Digital Age.” Download the lecture…