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What's ya Story: The making of a digital storytelling mobile app with Aboriginal young people

F Edmonds, C Rachinger, G Singh, R Chenhall, M Arnold, P de Souza, S Lowish

University of Melbourne | Published : 2014

Abstract

In 2013-2014, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) provided funding for a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Melbourne to collaborate with young Aboriginal participants (aged between 15 and 26) and their mentors from the Korin Gamadji Institute (KGI) at Richmond Football Club, Victoria. This collaboration led to the development and design of a prototype digital storytelling mobile application̠ ͈͗ ̥ύ͔͔̦̠ to be used by Aboriginal young people: the What͛s ya Story app (the WYS app).

Funding Acknowledgements

The University of Melbourne was supported by a grant from the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network. The operation of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network is made possible by funding provided by the Commonwealth of Australia under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. This funding is recovered from charges on telecommunications carriers.