7 lessons about storytelling and museums – Wrap up of the Kom Je Ook? 5 conference
Posted: June 1st, 2010 | Author: Jasper Visser | Filed under: Inspiration, People | Tags: community, connections, conversation, do's and don'ts, guidelines, Interaction, storytelling, tips | View Comments
Today was the fifth edition of Mediamatic’s Kom Je Ook? conference.* Today’s topic was storytelling. Storytelling seems to be hot. As some of the speakers at today’s conference pointed out today, however, it’s nothing new. Virgil’s Aeneid and Homer’s Iliad used to be told as stories. That’s a long time ago. Storytelling once was the only real source of information sharing we had. The Moroccan storytellers who still tell the stories of A Thousand and One Nights are one of the many examples of this ancient tradition, still present today.
So, what we’re doing is trying to reinvent an old tradition. Fortunately, most of today speakers showed that we haven’t thrown away X million years of experience with storytelling. Actually, we might have made some small steps forward. Or regained some lost skills.
