hi all this is something that has come out of the Database Narrative Archive symposium held in May in Montréal. The work will be published via Scalar, a multimedia authoring/publishing platform (we do the work in Scalar, not you). a. the original outline: http://www.dnasymposium.com/2011/08/15/cfp/ b. blog entry of the actual call for proposals (which is only available as a pdf at above site) http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/2011/08/call-for-proposals-dna-post-symposium-publ... c. summary of the questions: 1. What new ethical considerations arise for producers/directors of nonlinear digital storytelling? (Sheila Schroeder) 2. What new inventions, tools and methods can be used for digital and database narrative? (Kim Sawchuk) 3. What about the Plot? (David Clark) 4. How do we give shape to a user’s cognitive and emotional engagement with database narratives? (Will Luers) 5. How do we think about the lifespan of a web-based project? (Dayna McLeod) 6. How might scholars explore interactive and digital technologies as forms of ‘procedural scholarship’? (Chris Hanson) 7. How do directors, audiences, and texts change as a consequence of database narrative? (Adrian Miles) feel free to distribute far and wide an appropriate closing Adrian Miles about.me/vogmae