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Laurien Michiels was born and raised in Sint-Truiden (Belgium). She obtained her first MA at Ghent University in Literature and Linguistics, specialised in English and Scandinavian studies. During her studies in Ghent she participated in the Erasmus+ programme and travelled to Norway to study at the University of Bergen (UiB). At the UiB she enrolled in Digital Humanities courses, which led her to grow incredibly fond of this particular field. She has coded an adaptation of a poetry generator, as well as written and analysed interactive fiction at this institution. Over the course of her studies, Laurien has been active as a freelance visual artist with a prominent focus on photography. She has always been passionate about language learning and is currently fluent in 6 languages. In her free time she enjoys designing and programming social media filters. With her MA Digital Narratives, Laurien aspires to further deepen interactive storytelling as well as UX/UI coding.

Portrait of Laurien Michiels
Credits: Solveig Egeberg

Events

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LVR LandesMuseum

// Workshop II

Festival ticket required

Digital narratives as inspiration for multi-perspective journalism

With Laurien Michiels, Jimena Aguilar and Daniel Bangura

In this panel, three digital storytellers pull the audience into their respective creative stories: an augmented reality book on the topic of echo chambers, an audio walk collective memory project and an interactive web documentary about urban space. What unites them all: their social relevance, narrative strength and multi perspective character that seek to create dialogues with their audiences. Are digital narratives particularly apt at stifling polarization and unleashing innovation?