I wrote the first article on the research for my project ‘Our craft is our heritage’. Starting with the basketry skills of the Roma community in Europe I am presenting contemporary artisans, artists and designers who modernise this craft. These …
I am working on a new project: – Our craft is our heritage – Ons ambacht is onze nalatenschap – Unser Handwerk ist unser Vermächtnis– Meșteșugul nostru este moștenirea noastră Taking the crafts of the Transylvanian Saxons as a starting …
I interviewed Dragoș Alexandru on his exceptional photo documentary of Bucharest (RO). The interview is part of my long-term project Archiving family memories and dreams (English/Deutsch) on cultural heritage and customs, family legacies and dreams, migration and trauma. You can …
I gave a presentation on how to communicate an infinite narrative, at the Conference Disclosing Future – Rethinking Heritage. Taking my research project The Infinite Narrative as starting point, I described how complex stories can be effectively communicated and increase …
I developed the method Systematic Storytelling for communicating storylines of high complexity. During the last half year I applied this method in two projects: Building up the overal storyline systematicallyfrom large to small and vice versa For Follow the Money, …
“Conducting research in archives is similar to laying out a jigsaw puzzle. From pictures and snippets, past times can be brought to life. The overall image often remains fragmentary and can only be completed by conjecture and imagination.” Archiving family memories …
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How can a complex story be effectively communicated? This is the opening question of the research project The Infinite Narrative which examines to what extent a synthesis of systems design and storytelling can facilitate and enrich the communication of complicated, …
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I started teaching Data Journalism and Visual Journalism at the School of Journalism, HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht (NL). The COVID-19 pandemic gave data journalism an incredible boost. The Corona-virus provided us with interesting data stories and new data visualizations in …
I have summarized the theoretical research on my project The Infinite Narrative in an interactive theme cloud. The books and lectures by Jonathan Gottschall, Lidewijde Paris, Will Storr and Andy Kirk have broadened and enriched my view on storytelling. The presentations by …
“We are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result at the centre of a media narrative characterised by unprecedented complexity and dynamism. How can information design assist in effectively communicating this explosion of news and data?” The Infinite …
