This week’s focus was on developing the final project idea from a concept into a plan with clear steps to complete. This was done following my first session with my supervisor where some initial potential challenges were raised, and following an informal conversation I had with two experts in game design and theory (which will […]

This week shone a spotlight on the course: Representing Data. This was due to our imminent group project which had more-or-less already secured its final form and was now being finalised. Although I have worked on a variety of group projects before, 8 in total across both semesters, this course’s group project has proven itself […]

This week I gave a lot of thought to perhaps the most interesting course of all: Ethical Data Futures.  If the final point is the midpoint of a crossroads, then this course isn’t a path but the signpost at the centre. Without it, there wouldn’t be the understanding and structure that exists in Narrative Futures […]

This week we combined a discipline I have experience and interest in (storytelling/narrative) with our program’s overarching area of interest (A.I./future [digital] narratives).  We’d already had an introduction to this course in the first semester which built a lot of interest in the two-day intensives, and had had a sampling of the course the previous […]

This week we looked at marketing our products to those in positions of power. We began with a lecture by the brilliant Dr. Teea Palo on the SUCCESs framework. This framework broke down the core points of pitching a product, as ensuring the marketing technique/pitch is: Simple. The pitch should be straightforward and accessible. It […]

This week we looked at various examples of religious identity in narratives. The first intensive day approached this from a predominantly Christian and Judaist approach. This was deeply insightful as it allowed us to learn about different religious practices whilst thinking of how narratives exist as a whole – and are structured according to denominational […]

This week I reflected on an ‘extra-curricular’ event that I have attended outside EFI, and it’s relevance to my final project. Over the winter break, I attended the Stories on the Way: Winter Solstice Stories at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, which was hosted by one of our guest lecturers from World of Story: Janis McKay. This […]

This semester’s first intensive was ‘World as Story’ which covered a range of disciplines from politics and anthropology to economic history. We began the first day with a discussion on narrative, which was encapsulated into the following points: A narrative tells us what could happen. It’s not static but dynamic. It isn’t a snapshot, it […]

This week I reflected on what I have learned over the course of Semester 1 and what I am looking forward to in Semester 2. This post will form the basis for my Reflective Blog Post Summative Assessment, as I assess each of the first-semester courses in turn and examine their individual contributions to my final […]

Text Remix The EFI shared core ‘Text Remix’ has had a great impact on the development of my project idea. It’s effect can be summarised as: inspiring the initial idea of combining a visual/creative narrative with AI to generate a response. furthering the development of this idea in response to Jane McKie’s use of Google […]