Can you offer a lift to a storyteller?
During the festival week, six Nordic storytellers will be hitchhiking, joining passers-by on the streets of Skellefteå. So if you see someone with an upraised thumb and a sign around their neck that says "Join me for a while!", take the chance and join in!
Hiking for Stories is a project exploring the feasibility of using the Urban Hitchhiking method to collect life stories from people living in cities in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The method involves a storyteller hitchhiking with a passer-by and walking and conversing for as long as both parties wish. The aim is to develop a method for this and ways and means for more people to listen to these stories.
You can follow the project work via social media #hikingforstories
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