Abstract
This paper briefly reflects on two aspects of narrative: the use of multimodal analysis to understand the relationships between the senses and the narrative, as well as digital and physical content, and the implications brought from this analytical perspective on the design of interactive narratives. The latter, in particular, concerns narratives that involve tangible interaction and physical manipulation of objects. The creative process of Letters to José, a physical-digital hybrid nonfiction narrative, exemplifies this reflection. In this narrative, the person interacting with the story takes upon multiple roles, among them performatively enacting the story and unfolding the narrative through different mechanics of play.
Highlights
Letters to José is an interactive physical-digital hybrid nonfiction narrative in the form of a series of tangible unfolding story worlds, powered by paper-based physical computing, and combining paper mechanisms with various embodied, visual, and auditory modes. This narrative is based on a compilation of letters written between 1948 and 1957 by Jesús – a young medical student – to his brother José
Janet Murray (1997) examines the Holodeck – a holographic storytelling device from the TV series Star Trek – t o illustrate some relevant considerations within these experiences that allow people to observe, but to manipulate tangible objects to engage with different characters and events of the narrative
In regard to this type of experience, MarieLaure Ryan questions whether people will be playing “...a role, inwardly distanced from their characters and simulating emotions they do not really have, or if they will experience their character as their own self” (2002, 593)
Summary
PERFORMATIVE TRAJECTORY comes from previous user journey audio starts playing: Touch the words “This way”. You can pose and i place the puppet in the last panel on the other side to complete this chapter
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