Feral Arts has been contracted by Arts Queensland to develop a customised PlaceStories Digital Storytelling System for its Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). The work is taking place in stages over twelve months between July 2007 and December 2008, and aims to have a fully operational state-wide system in place by 2009. About RADF - The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between Arts Queensland and participating local governments across the State. Under RADF local Councils bid for an annual allocation of funding. Artists and cultural workers apply to their local Council hosted RADF funding program and applications are assessed by a local committee.
We aim to develop RADF PlaceStories into a unique, intuitive and easy to use system for RADF groups across Queensland to create and share digital stories, communicate and collaborate online. In the process our goal is to establish sustainable DIgital Storytelling Communities integrated within the RADF networks across Queensland and enhance the identity and effectiveness of the program as a whole.
The RADF PlaceStories system combines the PlaceStories software program (being developed by Feral Arts) with a customised web database system. The focus during Beta testing is on exploring a number of potential uses for the system including:
- documentation of RADF funded projects
- promotion of RADF funded projects (before, during, after).
- reporting on and acquitting RADF funded projects.
- how to - sharing knowledge about successful projects between Councils.
- collaborations between different regions and artists
- supporting local RADF digital story telling and oral history projects.
Beta Testing Stages
The RADF PlaceStories system is being developed in a series of stages. We are relying on our Beta testers in each stage to help give the software a solid workout and we look forward to your feedback, advice and input into the development of the system along the way.
Stage 1 - June 2007 - November 2007
This preliminary testing and development work has been undertaken in partnership with Dalrymple Shire Council and Charters Towers City CouncilRADF groups. A number of sample stories created by our partners in Dalrymple Shire and Charters Towers have been published as part of the RADF Beta Testing Stage 1 Project.
Stage 2 - November 2007 - December 2007
In this stage delegates at the Cairns RADF Conference were invited to participate in a workshop to get them started using the PlaceStories system and become the Stage 2 Beta Testing team. A packed workshop with representatives from 25 Queensland Councils have begun work on a collaborative Project aimed at documenting and evaluating the Cairns Conference - Cairns RADF Conference Project
Stage 3 - February 2008 - May 2008
In this stage the members of the Stage 2 Beta Testing team will be invited to become the first Regional RADF PlaceStories Managers and to help other people in their communities to start using the software, creating stories and collaborating on projects.
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