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How it all began ...
Momo Heiss
storyteller, musician and founder of Storybox Munich
Project manager of "Cultural Awareness and Storytelling".
"The idea for the project "Cultural Awareness and Storytelling" was born out of a personal and artist's question - and crisis - and evolved at a huge pace and from one momentum to the next, beginning with a post on Facebook and online-meetings with storytellers in Germany.
After an exciting, work-filled and successful crowdfunding in the end of 2022, there was an overwhelming support of the storytellers from the German-speaking countries. Thank you so much! We collectively hoped for government funding as a result of the Crowdfunding. But what a pity. Unexpectedly, due to formalities, an application for the funding could not be submitted.
As a result, I built up a website and crafted the first three interviews and Community Calls on a voluntary basis. The last open funds of the crowdfunding enabled me to travel for international networking. So 2023 was an incredible, intensive year of work and personal growth. In this year this project thrived from an artists question to an international project.
I am so very happy about the growing team.
Thank you Ursula Stroux for accompanying the project in the beginning. Due to your input and your mission, all of this has become possible!
So wonderful ,Viktoria Behem, you joined in to craft the Community Calls and Interviews together with me, it is a joy working with you!
Rkia Ardaoui, thank you for following the open call for translation and translating the website into Arabic! What a task!
Julian Ospina, you joined in just at the right time to do the Spanish subtitles. And you are supporting for social media and branding strategies.Thank so much you for your great energy for this project!
For the future we hope to inspire and reach even more of storytellers and storylovers.
Please spread the word :)
Our hearts beat for
Cultural Awareness and Storytelling!
Momo Heiss
storyteller and musician
The tasks in the project:
project management, organizing and taking interviews, website, emails, administration, fundraising as well as organizing the workshops and community calls.
After my lateral entry into the world of storytelling as a musician many questions evolved about cultural awareness, which finally led to this project. I am looking forward to the exchange and all the encounters!
Ursula Stroux
Ursula Stroux, Cultural Studies (M.A.), language trainings, life coaching in nature.
Story lover, writer and traveller.
The tasks within the project
Co-founder and door opener to the broad field of cultural studies.
Blog article: On my role in the start-up phase and now (English below)
Viktoria Behem
Advisor for culture of connection and connection-enhancing social design, nature culture educator, landscape ecologist, grief process facilitator and advisor for nature-connected ritual work.
The tasks within the project:
As cultural mindfulness and decolonisation as well as vivid oral storytelling culture are very close to my heart, I am very happy to moderate the Community Calls and to create a fertile space for encounter within them.
Rkia Ardaoui
Morrocan student, Arabic translator and big fan of storytelling.
The tasks within the project
Rkia Ardaoui is taking the website into the Ararbic language and helping with the subtitles of the interviews. With Rkia Ardaouis help, the project takes the first step to get multilingual.
Julian Ospina
A dedicated programmer who helps businesses and organizations grow through algorithms and branding strategies. Passionate about traveling and making a positive impact in society.
The tasks within the projectR
I'm bridging linguistic gaps by translating the website into Spanish and adding subtitles to videos. My goal is to blend technology with storytelling, creating digital experiences that resonate with diverse audiences, especially the younger generation.
Would you like to join us?
Is it you we are looking for?
We want to make the website accessible in several languages!
Therefore, we are currently looking for native speakers to help us translate this website into their mother tongue. The concrete task is to translate all texts on this website with the help of Deepl or Google Translator and take them into a good reading stile. In addition to your mother tongue, you need good English (or German) skills and, of course, passion for the project!
The same support is needed for the videos of the interviews. We need help to improve the subtitles, which are created by an app in your native language and can be easily edited in the app.
We would be very happy if you get in touch!
Payment
Whenever the nonprofit Storybox gets grands for a project, that is presented on this website or when it gets enough donations, it can pay for your work.
If you want to support the project by volunteering,
you are also welcome to contact us.
Send us an email if you want to join in the team with your expertise.
Support the Storybox
In order to be able to pay for interview partners, subtitles, coherent translations, research, advice, maintenance of the website, Zoom, apps, fees, workshop leaders, media relations and team members, we invite you to join into the supporting community.
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