Meredith Silverman

For my final project, I’d like to try the idea I proposed in class in response to my classmate’s amazing project, Analoguer.

The site isn’t built yet, but this is the email I will send out to a group of 30 friends:

I’d like to invite you to participate in a project I’m doing for a class called Collective Storytelling. The class is about all types of narratives that can be created cooperatively.

My final project for this class is about how we know the people we know, and the stories we tell about each other.

I’ve set up a website with a page for each of the people on this list. I’d like you to look through the list of invitees and pick a couple of people you know. Add a story or an impression of that person to their page – it could be the story of how you met, a couple of sentences that explain what they mean to you, or just a brief impression. You can even add images or links if you wish.

As people participate in this experiment, your page will grow and you will learn about what you mean to other people.

All posts will be anonymous, so no one will know who wrote what about them, unless you choose sign your posts. At the end of the project, I will change the names on each of the pages to protect your privacy.

If you enjoy the process, you can invite others to contribute. Create a page on the site with their name and send them these instructions. I would love to include other people we know in common, or people I don’t know at all.

If you would like to get involved, please visit the site this week and write something down. It’s also okay not to participate if you aren’t interested or don’t think you’ll have time.

Thanks for reading, and I’ll hope you’ll give this experiment a shot!

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 11:31 pm and is filed under Collective Storytelling.