Urban Latitude Series: Storytelling and Community

This session engages the intertwining of storytelling and community-led lived experience to emphasise dialogic exchange, interdisciplinary approaches and inclusive co-production of place-based knowledge. Presenters: Prof Mike Wilson (UNESCO Chair in Storytelling Education for Sustainability & Director of the Storytelling Academy: Loughborough University, United Kingdom) & Dr Cristina Goldschmidt-Kiminami (Research Associate in Data Visualisation for Urban Studies: TOWN Observatory, United Kingdom) | Shamsunisaa Miles-Timotheus (Junior Researcher: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa) & Thembani Mkhize (Researcher: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa). This session was convened and facilitated by Dr Yolandi Burger as part of the seedcorn project titled "Exploring urban heritage storytelling in digital urban observatories through international collaboration and knowledge exchange". © the authors