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Multisensory Modalities

Visual

Video, photography and mixed media

Auditory

Music and soundscapes

Tactile

Dance, movement and touch

Olfactory

Smell

Gustatatory

Taste

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What is the Multisensory Studio?
The Multisensory Studio provides a space to create and share stories with the senses. We focus on blending sensory and arts-based methods in research design and knowledge translation.

The Multisensory Studio strives to provide an accessible environment to support the creation, engagement, and enactment of stories by, for, with, and alongside the disability community.

What does multisensory mean?
The concept of multisensory refers to the many ways we experience the world around us. The term multisensory is commonly used to discuss the following senses: visual (sight), auditory (sound), tactile (touch), olfactory (smell), and gustatory (taste).
What is multisensory storytelling?

To us, multisensory storytelling involves both the creating and sharing of life-stories that we can look at, listen to, smell and taste, feel and experience.

What is digital storytelling?
Digital storytelling combines the tradition of storytelling with digital technology. Often, digital storytelling invites storytellers to use multiple forms of media (e.g. still and moving images, music, narration) to tell a personal story.

Meet the Team

Drawing of Kathleen Sitter
Kathleen Sitter (She/Her)
Canada Research Chair, Multisensory Storytelling in Research and Knowledge Translation Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
Drawing of Mica Pabia
Mica Pabia (She/Her)
Coordinator (BSc. Hons. BSW)
Drawing of Alison L. Grittner
Alison L. Grittner (She/Her)
Artist in Residence (BA, MArch)
Drawing of Brooke Allemang
Brooke Allemang (She/Her)
Graduate Research Assistant (MSW, RSW)
Drawing of Carly-Ann Haney
Carly-Ann Haney (She/They)
Graduate Research Assistant (MSW, RSW)
Drawing of Mihaela Slabé
Mihaela Slabé (She/Her)
Graduate Research Assistant (BFA)
Drawing of Emma Gaunt
Emma Gaunt (She/Her)
Research Assistant (BSW)
Drawing of Asil El Galad
Asil El Galad (She/Her)
Facilitator
Drawing of Britney Lamb
Britney Lamb (She/Her)
Facilitator
Drawing of Ashlynn Weisberg
Ashlynn Weisberg (She/Her)
Facilitator
Drawing of Kevin Currie
Kevin Currie (He/Him)
Artist and Advisor
Drawing of Heath Birkholz
Heath Birkholz (He/Him)
Artistic Collaborator
Drawing of Sarah Empey
Sarah Empey (She/Her)
Accessibility Advisor
Drawing of Bruce Howell
Bruce Howell (He/Him)
Community Collaborator
Drawing of Tara Wickens
Tara Wickens (She/Her)
Volunteer (BSc, BSW)

Story Section

Franni McGuiness

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Story Section

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Story Section

Franni McGuiness

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Story Section

Terrance Farwark

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