Using Public History in Storytelling for Community Engagement

Brian Koscho will discuss the multimedia project Invisible Ground, focusing on public history in southeast Ohio communities and beyond and how that process can engage communities in their own stories. Learn about Invisible Ground's work in podcasting and augmented reality Immersive Historic Markers and how media and storytelling can bring history to life and engage communities.

Bio: Brian Koscho is a media artist living in Athens, Ohio. He is the director and founder of Invisible Ground, a project centered on place-based storytelling in local history using a podcast and a series of augmented reality Immersive Historic Markers. Koscho completed his MFA in Communication Media Arts at Ohio University in April 2022. Along with his work in media, Brian is an adjunct instructor at Ohio University in the Scripps College of Communication, teaching podcasting at the School of Media Arts & Studies. Out in the community, he has taught Community Storytelling, Audio…