Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Maya Zuckerman:  "The metanarrative can be viewed as the synthesis of all stories, experiences, history, ideas, beliefs of all humanity. It is comprised of the narratives of all who ever lived. It is not so much a single narrative as it is an intertwining of all narratives reaching from the dawn of humanity and stretching to our destiny" ...

DRC: The image above is from The Collective Journey -- Part 2 which can be found here.

Maya Zuckerman:  "In the previous article in this series, we examined the potential evolution of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey beyond the drama triangle and the singular narrative. This time let's explore the possibility of evolving beyond a narrative that is overwhelmingly biased toward the masculine archetypes of the Hero/Savior. These are alternative journeys that rise out of feminine power and have not been, or are often barely discussed, portrayed and imagined in both historic and contemporary narratives."

Maya Zuckerman:  "Having a Champion who supports, protects, and promotes the Steward at their work, is an incredibly powerful partnership. They activate one another, which in turn empowers their community as a whole."

Maya Zuckerman:  "We've come a long way; we humans and the way we interact with narrative. Evolving from the days of stories round a campfire, epic tales of heroes fighting monsters in far away lands, the gods playing tricks with the mortals, the hubris of humanity and legends of beautiful and scary creatures who filled our oceans, our forests, and our skies."