DiD Special #2 – Polyphony: a Metamodernist Grand Narrative for Digital Documentary Kammerflimmern und Mediales Rauschen

In this episode – which is based on a live recording of a talk within the context of the lecture series "Digital documentary practices. Topical paradigm shifts in negotiating 'the Real'", Judith Aston outlines her latest thinking around polyphony and multi-perspectivity. Linking it to her work of over thirty years with interactive media in the fields of creative media practice, documentary and visual anthropology, she introduces the concept of metamodernism into discourses on interactive narrative and discusses it in a wider public.
In her inspiring presentation – followed by a lively Q & A session –, Judith explains why metamodernism can be useful to engage with complexity and uncertainty in documentary making, how it helps us to overcome simplistic binary thinking and why it prepares us to tackle future challenges.