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StoriedPlace Case Studies

Browse case studies of projects, stories and creative practitioners. These case studies illustrate challenges and opportunities of storytelling and help answer questions in this toolkit.

Cabrach

Stories come from people, places, landscapes, objects, and from a multitude of other sources. At their best, stories create a relationship between teller, audience, subject, time and place.

Little Norway Buckie refugees from the Press and Journal

Little Norway project set out to explore the stories of the Norwegian and Danish communities in Buckie and present the stories in an authentic, sensitive, and respectful fashion.

Culbin

The stories of Culbin exist in many forms. There are environmental, maritime, and coastal aspects as well as the history, heritage, and legends.

Cabrach - wind turbines on green and brown mountainscape

Storytelling experts gather oral histories on the lives of the people, embedded in the narrative of malt whisky distilling in the Cabrach, through traditional historic ethnographic approach, exploring the landscape and speaking with locals.

Cabrach bowl

The project aimed to collect tales of legends and folklore from across the North-East of Scotland and to explore their role in our contemporary world.

Boat at dock

One single word from the Little Norway project can serve to highlight the importance of getting language absolutely right, and illustrates voice beyond simply translations.

Northword logo with mountain scape in the background

Storytagging and the challenge of sharing stories from multiple regions, languages and dialects in one digital platform, in an accessible way that was sensitive to local communities.

Orkney seascape with houses and mountains

My Orkney Story project explored the sustainability of digital storytelling platforms, as a key challenge in storytelling projects.

Danielle Macleod photography and artwork

A photographer and mask maker, Danielle Macleod works in medium format film, taking inspiration from traditional Hebridean culture, local landscapes and stories.

Orkney Folklore Trail team

Orkney Folklore Trail is a free digital app trail of folklore in mainland Orkney, to encourage visitors to venture beyond the usual tourist routes to explore Orkney’s rick folklore heritage.

Brian Cromarty

Using contemporary story of renewable energy for composing musical pieces, Brian considers the context of Orkney Islands and its communities, where renewable energy plays a key role in people’s sense of place.

Andrea Chappell

Designer and kiltmaker Andrea Chappell creates a garment that reflects local history, traditions and culture in contemporary and creative way.

Culbin: the disappeared village event

This event is an example of a method to engage wider audience with creative storytelling through informational displays, works of art and other creative ways, tailored to the variety of audiences.

Rachel Challoner

Knitwork artist Rachel brings together traditional Fair Isle knitting with industrial heritage of Brora Coalfield, developing new skills and techniques to expand her work.

Culbin, black and white image of man on beach

‘Culbin: the disappeared village’ event aimed to raise awareness of local histories and make long-term impact on cultural and heritage preservation work in Scotland.

Series of old letters

Designer and printmaker Lorraine creates a story of the Highland Clearances, incorporating archival materials, photography and lived experience of the landscape in her work.

Mary Ann Kennedy

An award-winning musician and singer Mary Ann Turner and her husband Nick create a story of A Song for Lighthouse Bill into a piece of biomusic and an accompanying film.

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