projects

REVIVE

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REVIVE (Community-centred language REVItalisation powered by heritage-led storytellling and digital innoVation in Europe) is a €3M project funded by Horizon Europe, led by the StoryLab Research Institute at ARU. The project brings together an international consortium of European academic and industry partners from the UK, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Estonia. The aim of ... Read more

Let’s Go Fly the Kite

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"Let’s Go Fly the Kite" is a National Heritage Lottery Fund project led by Together Culture, in partnership with the StoryLab Research Institute and the Cambridge Room.  This citizen science project explores the history of the Kite area in Cambridge and aims to create a roadmap for how its residents and visitors can build upon ... Read more

Heritage-led Resilience to Conflict, Scarcity and Climate Change With Syrian Refugees in Jordan

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Click here to explore the digital diagrams About Cultural heritage can enhance resilience and integration amongst displaced communities forced to flee from their own countries due to climate change, scarcity and conflict. These factors can, in combination, result in devastating consequences for communities and populations, including displacement, death and loss of cultural connection and identity, ... Read more

Italia Terremotata

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Italia Terremotata
This interactive documentary combines 3D visualisation and multi-modal storytelling to tell the story of Senerchia terremotata, that is, the earthquake that devastated the Irpinia region (South Italy) in 1980. Forty years after one of the most devastating earthquakes in Italian history, Italia Terremotata investigates its long-term impact on rural communities in Irpinia (South Italy). Italian ... Read more

Simulated Nature

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Urban/Nature
Simulated Nature Using digital technology to promote better mental health Decades of research has shown that exposure to natural environments – such as forests and parks – can promote improved mental health. Drawing on this research, StoryLab and Professor Viren Swami have collaborated to evaluate the extent to which “simulated nature” – natural environments in ... Read more

Immersive Antarctica

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Immersive Antarctica is an InnovateUK funded project, enabling the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) to make its unique Antarctic bases, heritage, climate, and archival stories available to a global audience through the use of immersive technologies and the integration of 3D visualisation, gaming, film and audio-visual archive. This collaboration between UKAHT and StoryLab aims to demonstrate ... Read more

Reviving Kusunda

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The Kusunda Project is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary collaboration between academic researchers and artistic expression, aimed at exploring the integrated use of multimodal storytelling and immersive visualisation for the revitalisation of the endangered heritage and language of the Kusunda Indigenous community in Nepal. By evaluating two works – an interactive virtual reality experience and a short ... Read more

From The Frontline Film

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'How much do we value life?' From The Frontline is the story of healthcare workers on both sides of the Atlantic who harnessed the power of their creative voices to make sense of their world during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. 'Raw, powerful & magnificent’ In March 2020 healthcare workers saw their lives ... Read more

RELOADED

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About Co-created with secondary-school students, RELOADED explores how immersive storytelling can foster stronger emotional connections and enhance understanding of knife crime among 14- and 15-year-olds.  The VR immersive film – RELOADED – leverages innovative creative practice workflows within an interdisciplinary landscape to maximise the creativity and efficiency of producing stories for meaningful, impactful, and attitude-changing ... Read more