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Dive into my journey using storytelling and XR tech

for social and climate justice.

Immersive Storytelling

Virtual Reality (VR) films can be powerful tools to create empathy, shift narratives and build meaningful connections with people's stories and the Environment.

 Workshops: VR for change

Is your organization or community interested in stepping into the XR world in a safe, thoughtful and impactful way? I curate and facilitate workshops with communities aiming to use technology to live and imagine healthier and fairer worlds. 

Discover, Demystify, and Design: Empowering Youth to Address GBV through VR

Trinidad and Tobago, 2024

Together with Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity we designed and co-facilitated a 3-day workshop on gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and immersive storytelling. Young participants explored the XR tech and exchanged their own experiences on GBV. They also created a 360-film on how a violence-free Trinidad would feel like. My role in this project included: 1) Facilitating an introductory workshop on XR 2) Match-making with VR producers to convene a tech demo with relevant content for the workshop. 3) Facilitated collective 360-storyboarding exercises. This initiative was in collaboration with Heroes Foundation, Dingole VR , Tisha, RumerX, and the AFSEE program.

VR and mental health for people on the move 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023

This project's aimed to explore with potential users the relevance and pertinence of immersive therapies for refugee’s wellbeing. As well as to create a space to exchange knowledge, experiences and concerns related to mental health services provided to refugees in different European contexts. The participant were asylum seekers and humanitarian workers in Ireland, UK and Bosnia and Herzegovina. As part of a multidisciplinary team of Atlantic Fellows, we were able to facilitate a joyful space where participants felt free and safe in the digital worlds - a rare sensation in their journeys into the search of better lives for themselves and their families. My role included: 1) Co-ideating with Atlantic Fellows interested on this use of VR. 2) Supporting grant-making, and project development for a multi-country pilot intervention. 3) Developing a partnership for impact distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4) Introducing VR technology to first-time users, ensuring safety and ethical protocols for their digital and in-person engagements. This workshop was a collaboration with Atlantic Fellows and the InterGreat Daily Integration Center.

Publications / Talks 

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Publication: Ethical Checklist for Immersive Storytelling

Conference: VR for healing Mother Earth and ourselves: engaging with emerging technology to spark social transformation

October 2024 - USA

Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco

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Conference: GAWI  co-creation and self-representation in VR

November 2024 - Mexico

Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuanse

Panel: Weaving technology with ancestrality to protect Mother Earth

October 2024 - Colombia 

COP 16 for Biodiversity 

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Panel: XR as a Liberatory Tool: Community-developed VR to Dream Fairer Futures 

July 2023 - United Kingdom 

Global Atlantic Fellows Annual Convening 

Panel: Revoluciones Sociales en VR

July 2024 - Mexico

Guanajuato International Film Festival 

Artist Talk: Immersive storytelling for social and climate justice

March 2024 - United Kingdom

XR Residency at the XR Lab 

Session: Immersive Storytelling 

May, 2023 

Hosted by the Narratives and Storytelling community at Atlantic Institute.

Publication: Interview with Myriam Hernandez

January, 2024 

XR Must article available here

INTERESTED IN A COLLABORATION/TALK/CONSULTING?

If you have a burning desire to create or apply XR technology for social change, I am here to help: myriam.hernandezvazquez@gmail.com

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