Immersive Narrative and Location-Based Activism for Community Impact
Track
The Value of Culture & Place
Format
The Collaborative Forum ((Up to 3 Facilitators/Speakers))
Speakers
- NameJenni Ogden
- TitleFounder / CEO
- OrganizationEye Q Productions
- NameJohn Heinsen
- TitleSenior Advisor - Creative Strategy & Partnerships
- OrganizationManabu Movement
- NameFaith 'Aya' Umoh
- TitleCEO | New Media Artist | Data Scientist
- OrganizationCreative Aya
Description
Story has always been how communities make sense of the world. What happens when you give it a location, a body, and a call to action?
Jenni Ogden (Eye Q Productions) shares how Metamorphosis uses immersive fulldome narrative to move audiences into gamified geolocation-enabled activism.
John Heinsen (MaNaBu Movement) shows how transmedia storytelling activates youth as agents of change globally.
Faith ‘Aya’ Umoh (Creative Aya) demonstrates how AI-driven immersive experiences rooted in Afrofuturism build new community narratives from the inside out.
Together they make the case that story is not a communication tool – it is community infrastructure. Placed in a specific location, it becomes a catalyst for collective action.
