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Stories bring us knowledge
of ourselves and our place in the world

Welcome! On this site you'll find info on recent and past talks, papers, & research.

NEWS:

New Book Published by Springer April 2012

Disney Stories: Getting to Digital

Co-authors: Newton Lee and Krystina Madej

Available from Springer and on Amazon



Engaging Imagination and Developing Creativity in Education

Co-Editors: Kieran Egan and Krystina Madej

Published by Cambridge Scholars Press, March 2010.

Available through Cambridge and at Amazon.

Areas of Research

History of children's narrative from 1000

Characteristics of narrative engagement in print & in games (such as interactivity & agency)

Children's changing perception of narrative once they enter school

Myth of Narrative Climax: the Subjugation of Narrative

Imaginative approaches to literacy in the 1700s

Disney stories from the 1920s to now

This site is regularly under construction



This site explores people's engagement
with narrative in different media - orality, print, radio, animated film, television, exhibits, and computer and gaming environments

Click below for more info

 

Viewpoint

Engagement,& Media

Narrative
Perception

Literacy

Narrative History

CV
Publications

 

 

 

Krystina Madej Quick Bio:

I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

My primary research interests are how we create meaning for ourselves through "Technologies of Representation" and "Narrative Across Media" including Digital Narrative. I'd like to encourage more exploration, innovation, and a better range of stories in digital narratives and video games, in particular for children.

I have a Fine Arts degree from Concordia in Montreal, a Masters in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State in Atlanta, and a PhD in Digital Narrative from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Before I returned to graduate school in 1999, I was a designer and communication consultant in Toronto, Edmonton, and Calgary for more than twenty years. Besides these cities, I've lived in Montreal, London, Champaign/Urbana, and currently share my time between Atlanta and Vancouver.

 

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