The Conference
What is the Conference?
The annual Federation for European Storytelling Conference is the biggest meeting of its kind, a unique and diverse gathering of storytelling professionals from all over Europe and beyond. Attended by representatives of national and regional storytelling groups, storytelling trainers, festival organisers, promoters, education specialists, storytelling professionals and funding experts, this is the European storytelling networking opportunity of the year.
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Master’s course – Oral Storytelling as Artistic Research
This is a pilot course on masterlevel arranged as a collaboration between The Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) and OsloMet. Oral storytelling as an art form is a growing field in the contemporary performing art scene. This course places emphasis on the student’s academic and artistic ability to reflect, discuss
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Summer Course: What Are You Talking About – Oral Storytelling in Contemporary Society
What Are You Talking About - Oral Storytelling in Contemporary Society In this course, oral storytellers are invited to explore their repertoire of traditional folktales with a focus on racism, gender and hetero-normativity. Through hands-on exercises, the workshop supports the development of narrative and performing strategies to creatively overcome ethical
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Here Where I belong
The natural landscapes of Europe are an important part of its cultural heritage. Observing the changes taking place in our natural landscapes allows us to study the interaction of past with future, as they reflect the passage of time and the development of new technologies and their effect on society.
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Life is a Circle – Storycircles for elderly people
Fonkelvogel organised 2 inspiration days about storycircles for elderly people, 18 volunteers, storytellers, retirees, people working with elderly people in community centres and elderly homes, attended. A Storycircle was set up with 12-14 people aged between 70 en 93 and two facilitators.
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The People of the Sea
YARN Storytelling Festival Bray took place for the ninth year from 10-18 November 2018. A highlight of the festival was The People of the Sea event, kindly supported by FEST and Creative Europe. As 2018 is the European year of Cultural Heritage we chose the theme of stories from the
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Storytelling exchange between Hearing & Deaf
Storytelling exchange between Hearing & Deaf About the Project Coordinator & Partners Links & Downloads Gallery A group of thirteen young people, made of six deaf and seven hearing, of which 2 where interpreters, spent five days together in a beautiful Catalan villa outside Barcelona. The purpose of the retreat
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FEST Research
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Storytelling in times of COVID-19
Due to Corona the cultural & storytelling sector, where human gathering & interaction are inherent to its practice, is facing a major crisis. In the national strategies to fight the virus we were the first to be closed down and will be the last to start back up. The last
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A Competence Model for Oral Storytelling
Competence Model for Oral Storytelling About the Research Toolbox Authors & Publishers Links & Downloads A competence model? A competence model is a set of competences that together define successful performance in a certain professional field. Although a competence model can form the basis for a training program, it is
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Applied storytelling in education
FEST, would like to know more about the use of storytelling in teacher training and in education in Europe today. Through a survey we wish to detect needs, opportunities and collect good practice. Our findings are made available the report Applied Storytelling in education.
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Storytelling in Heritage Contexts
Storytelling in Heritage Contexts About the Research Authors & Publishers Links & Downloads Heritage may have different interpretations and meanings to various people however, at its core it represents a thread that runs from the past to the present. It provides a sense of belonging and continuity through the continuing
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Storytellers in Europe: A progress report – Indepth interviews
One of the main goals of the Federation for European Storytelling is to secure the professional development of storytellers in Europe. FEST pursues raising the quality of the storyteller in several ways: the analysis of training needs, the development of a curriculum for training, residencies and performance opportunities for young
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Research reports on the Storytelling Revival
Contributions to a Theoretical Bibliography In this report we offer a contribution to a theoretical bibliography on contemporary Oral Storytelling. It tries to cover a wide range of resources, from the Instruction Manuals of the beginning of the last Century to the Academic works of the 21th, including other theoretical
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FEST Forum
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FEST Online Forum #8 Storytelling, Sexuality and Gender Identity: a Journey for Representation
In the last few decades the world has been changing: the once static concepts of Gender and Sexuality has been growing and evolving turning into a multicoloured spectrum of endless identities
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FEST Online Forum #6 – Competence model for Oral Storytelling ‘Storytelling in 8 Colours’
In the FEST Forum#6 Veva Gerard will take you on a journey through the newly developed Competence model for oral Storytelling ‘Storytelling in 8 Colours’.
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FEST Online Forum #4 – Oral Storytelling & Video
In the FEST Forum #4 we will take a look at some examples and discuss the opportunities online media gives oral storytelling, our main focus will be the use of video.
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FEST online forum #3: Erasmus+ & Oral Storytelling – Rules and opportunities
FEST Forum #3 will give an insight in the opportunities and rules of the Erasmus + programme and what it could mean for oral storytelling.
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FEST CONFERENCE 2020 – Storytelling traditions in Turkey – Where Oral Literature Meets Performing Culture
At the virtual FEST conference 2020 Agnieszka Aysen Kaim presented 'Storytelling traditions in Turkey - - Where Oral Literature Meets Performing Culture' As being a part of Altaic and Middle Eastern oral traditions, influenced by Central Asian Shamanic and nomadic cultures, Persian ‘shahnameh’, Arabic ‘hakawati’ traditions, the performing potential of
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FEST Forum #2 Applied Storytelling in the Corona Crisis
Sharing stories was rediscovered in times of corona. Strangely enough we, the international storytelling community, story practitioners, storytelling coaches and narrative therapists, always knew how important it is to share stories, both for personal development as for creating social impact and building connection. And for giving meaning because: People make
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