The Centre for Media History invites you to attend a presentation on geo-locative and immersive audio digital storytelling developments by Hamish Sewell, director and founder of SoundTrails. This presentation will be of particular interest to researchers and media practitioners interested in using digital storytelling and new immersive sound technologies and geo-locative applications in their projects. It should also be of interest to historians using oral history in their work, or creating public histories, or working with diverse communities in situ to create 'storied' projects. This presentation is also engaging with higher level students in radio and sound media in units ICOM890 and MMCS380.

About the presentation:

As digital technology enables us to move in and out of audio on location, producers and artists are responding to the new ‘storied space’ in a variety of ways. Hamish Sewell, independent audio storyteller, podcaster and founder of the geo-locative project, Soundtrails (http://soundtrails.com.au) will discuss his latest research trip to the UK and the project SoundTrails. He will share with us what he has learnt from some of the leading geo-locative projects happening in the UK today, and leaders behind these. From ‘experience designers’ to slow journalism to ambient literature, Hamish will discuss his findings, the current trends, opportunities and roadblocks in this new and exciting field.

Hamish Sewell is a location-based audio storyteller, international award-winning radio documentary maker, a podcaster and the founder of the geo-locative audio project, Soundtrails. The Soundtrails project spans 14 locations in northern NSW, operates on a commercial basis and is now moving into Queensland. Sewell is Director of Soundtrails, which he founded in 2014 and has also worked on a number of national oral history projects. Soundtrails is a geo-locative audio project drawing on the stories of place and community. Sewell has a Bachelor in Communications, first class Honours, and a Masters in Creative Writing. He studied at UTS in Sydney, and at the University of Queensland. He was shortlisted for the Premiers Literary Awards in 2009.