Megaconference

[Eric Miller <>]

Dear Megaconference People,

Hello!

In an ongoing series of videoconferences between
students in Chennai (on India's southeast coast)
and elsewhere around the world,

The World Storytelling Institute presents 
an Ethnographic Videoconference
between 11th Standard/Grade students 
in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; and 
in Burlington, Wisconsin, USA.

You are invited to watch and listen to the
live webcast of this videoconference! 

Details are below, and are also on
www.storytellinginstitute.org/36.htm .

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The teenagers would be discussing their 
identities.

They would begin by discussing their uses of
Metaphors in Everyday Speech, Expressions, 
Sayings, Idioms, and Proverbs (in English,
Tamil, and other languages).

They would also discuss other things they do
and think about. In the process, they might
even address the question, "What does it mean 
to be a teenager in the world today?"

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Time of live webcast:

Tomorrow (Friday 4 Oct) at --

6am Pacific Daylight Time, USA.
7am Mountain Daylight Time, USA.
8am Central Daylight Time, USA.
9am Eastern Daylight Time, USA.
2pm British Summer Time.
6:30pm India time.
9pm, Singapore time.

The duration of the event would be approx 
75 minutes.

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To receive the live stream webcast of the 
videoconference:

1) Using Internet Explorer, or Firefox,

2) Please go to 
mms:\\124.124.15.163\vc 

3) If asked, please select Realplayer, or Windows 
Media Player.

If there might be any difficulties, please e-mail to
 .

Also, questions and comments for the videoconferencing
students could be sent to this same e-mail ID in the course
of the videoconference, and we would do our best to pass
these questions and comments on to the students during 
the event.

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A recording of the webcasted-videoconference might be 
available online some time after the event. For info 
about this, please see
www.storytellinginstitute.org/36.htm .

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Some of the Metaphors in Everyday Speech, Expressions, 
Sayings, Idioms, and Proverbs the students would be
discussing are at
www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/43.pdf .

An essay framing Ethnographic Videoconferencing 
as having evolved from Ethnographic Photography,
and Ethnographic Film and Video, is at
www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/44.pdf .

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Recordings of three recent Ethnographic Videoconferences 
facilitated by the WSI are at

1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXlKGaTN-t4 .
(The audio volume is a little low: an external speaker may be needed.)
20 March 2013 --
This is a recording of a videoconference between students at
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras, and at the University 
of Malaya, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The session topic was, 
"Everyday Creativity: Indian and Malaysian Ways of Doing Things". 
Students discussed their identities in terms of language use (such 
as sayings and proverbs), and other cultural practices. The faculty 
person on the Malaysia side is Dr Faridah Noor, Chair of the eCulture 
Working Group of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (www.apan.net), 
which facilitates regional and global research projects involving 
very highspeed Internet.

2
http://youtu.be/V2hLzX-Rs5A .
24 Oct 2012 --
This is a recording of a videoconference between students at
IIT-Madras, and at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
The session topic was, "Everyday Creativity: Indian and
Egyptian Ways of Doing Things". Students discussed their
identities in terms of personal experiences, language,
epics, and social-political events. The 2-page handout for
the event is at
http://www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/737.pdf .

3
http://tinyurl.com/archived-webcast-of-videoconf .
15 Oct 2011 --
This is a recording of a videoconference between people
(including a professional Mahabharata storyteller) at
IIT-Madras; and Folklore scholars at Indiana University,
in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. The session topic was,
"An Anti-War Sentiment in the Performance of Mahabharata,
an Epic about War". Additional info about the event is at
http://www.storytellinginstitute.org/36.html .

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Many thanks,

- Eric
Chennai

Dr Eric Miller (PhD in Folklore)
World Storytelling Institute 
www.storytellinginstitute.org 

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