Minett-Stories: A Transmedia Project on a Steel Production Region in Luxembourg

The online exhibition “Minett Stories” (https://minett-stories.lu) tells the history of the Minett, the industrial region in the south of Luxembourg. Instead of telling the history of mining and smelting technologies, large iron works and steel barons, the project team decided to present the everyday history of an industrial region, focusing on the time span from the industrialization of the region in around 1870 to the steel crisis of the 1970s. The project embraced the concept of transmedia storytelling for the production of narratives and media: the team worked in collaboration with several artists, stage actors and designers to produce graphic novels, interactive videos and maps, radio plays and video essays. The paper will present several examples to highlight this approach, before reflecting on the lessons learned and the success of the exhibition.