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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 including:

 History of children's narrative from 1000

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

Children's development & their changing perception of narrative once they enter school

Myth of Narrative Climax: the Subjugation of Narrative Structure

Imaginative approaches to literacy in the 1700s

Disney stories from the 1920s to now

And other topics related to narrative, interactivity & new media.

This site is always under construction!

 

 

 

 

 



In this site I explore children's engagement
with narrative in different media - print, animation video games and 3-d environments such as museums

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Krystina Madej Quick Bio:

I'm Adjunct Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. My interest is Interactive Narrative, particularly for children. I'm constantly preaching that there should be more exploration and innovation and a better range of stories in digital narrative, in particular in video games. My background includes a Fine Arts undergrad degree from Concordia in Montreal, a Masters in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State in Atlanta, and a PhD in Digital Narrative from SFU in Vancouver. Before I made the rash decision to go back to graduate school in 1999, I spent more than twenty years as a designer and communication consultant in Toronto, Edmonton, and Calgary.
 

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This page last updated January 2010. Copyright Krystina Madej 2000 - 2010