One of the goals of the After Coal project is to employ digital story telling technology to deepen connections between Appalachia and Wales.  Aaron Pardieu has been working on a “song map” that uses the Place Stories interface to enter music collected for After Coal on Google maps.  Aaron explains his work: Greetings to the After Coal community! Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Aaron Pardieu and I am a graduate student at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. While I have been living in the mountains of NC for roughly three years now, I am originally from Louisville, Kentucky and spent my college years in Richmond, KY. I am currently earning a Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies. I began working with the After Coal team in January as a Graduate Assistant. What attracted me most to the After Coal project was its neutral tone. The project […]