ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the participant’s relationship with the facilitator and the ways in which facilitators can engage in responsible practices. It turns to several theories to support the understanding of the responsible facilitator, including Oliver’s construction of response-ability, Hendry and Strumm’s discussions of witnessing, and Gilligan’s ethic of care. The chapter situates these theories as ones through which digital storytelling facilitators should approach planning, supporting, distributing, and communicating with digital storytelling workshop participants. It further contextualizes this with regard to participant voice and the facilitator as researcher, and highlights examples of digital storytelling practices from the field to support these theories.
