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RollingMaster’s students & researchersART × TECHNOLOGY

Retelling old stories for children in Europe

Grandparents’ stories from South Asia, retold for small children growing up in Europe.

Format
Master’s thesis or project
Fields
South Asian studies, literature, media
Where
Berlin or remote

The context

We are an independent innovation lab in Berlin. We work at the intersection of art and technology: characters, stories, sound and objects for children, made by artists and engineers together.

Stories travel with families. We want the old stories of South Asia to reach the children growing up with them in Europe, and their friends, in a way that feels like theirs.

Who it’s for

  • Master’s students in South Asian studies, comparative literature, children’s literature or media studies
  • Researchers interested in oral traditions, migration and childhood
  • German or English as working language; Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi or Bengali a plus

What we’d make together

  • A short collection of stories gathered with families
  • Three retellings for two- to five-year-olds, ready to illustrate and record
  • A short guide: what to keep, what to change, and why

What you get

  • Access to families and advisers through our network
  • Your retellings turned into books and audio, with your name on them
  • Co-supervision alongside your university supervisor; the right to publish your research

How it works

  1. Any timeRegister interest; we meet you and your supervisor
  2. Months 1–2Collecting stories with families
  3. Months 3–4Retelling, reviews with advisers
  4. Months 5–6Writing up; first illustrations

Rights & credit

You keep the copyright in your texts and research. Use in our books and audio is agreed in a written licence, with credit and a fee or share.