The International Symposium to be organized by the Laboratory of Narrative Research of School of English at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on 28-29 November 2019 will focus on the theme of Experimental Narratives. Through a series of workshops and guest speaker presentations attention will be paid to the interdisciplinary exploration of what makes narrative practice intriguing, material, multimodal, hand-made or digital in an attempt to explore different and diverse ways of expression and communication of experience in a much more alternative manner, either this is verbal, visual, material, or tactile.

Invited Speakers

Konstantinos Blatanis
Russell Frank
Maria Letsiou
Manuel Portela
Danae Stefanou
Eleftheria Thanouli
Lia Yioka

The speakers/workshop organizers come from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Coimbra University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and PennState University while their work covers the areas of culture history and museums, digital media, education, film, literature, music, theater, journalism, and visual arts.

The Multimodal Research and Reading Group

The Multimodal Research and Reading Group

The Multimodal Research and Reading Group focuses on the examination of multimodal narrative techniques. Its members are Ph.D. candidates and holders from School of English (AUTh) with an interest in multimodality, digital and transmedia storytelling, and digital literary and visual production. Τhey are participating in the symposium with their own hybrid role-playing game.

 

Under Siege 2: The Resistance

Under Siege 2: The Resistance is a hybrid role-playing game which brings together elements of code-based interactive narratives and physical adventure games through the use of digital and material resources. Players participating in the game are asked to work collaboratively in teams so as to solve a series of puzzles and riddles.  The game blurs the boundaries between physical and virtual space, since gameplay takes place both in the physical space of the Aristotle University and in the digital space of the computer and the mobile phone.  The game is conceptualized, constructed and coordinated by the Multimodal Research and Reading Group of School of English (AUTh).

Under Siege 1 (pilot) – Trailer

Sponsors

School of English
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Research Committee