The Power of Storytelling in Various Aspects of Life
Humans are inherently tied to stories, influencing nearly every aspect of our lives. This connection is explored through research, business practices, healthcare interventions, and even political rhetoric. Stories inspire, educate, and connect us on a deep level, making them a powerful tool in shaping our realities.
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Humans are creatures of story, so Humans are creatures of story, so story touches nearly every aspect of story touches nearly every aspect of our lives our lives Jonathan Gottschall, Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal The Storytelling Animal Storytelling as Research: Research as Storytelling Storytelling as Research: Research as Storytelling Maureen Fitzpatrick and Janice Hodgkin Cavalier Conference, April 2018
Gillian Gillian ( (Pyrke Pyrke) Lynne ) Lynne
The Storytelling Animal The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall Why Story? The witchery of Story The mind is a storyteller Ink people change the world The future of Story
Lead with Story Lead with Story by Paul Smith Powerful business practice Stylistic elements and literary devices Customer service, doing the right thing, help others find the passion Ten reasons stories are so compelling
Ten Reasons to Tell Stories in a Ten Reasons to Tell Stories in a Business Setting Business Setting 1. Storytelling is simple. 2. Storytelling is timeless. 3. Stories are demographic- proof. 4. Stories are contagious. 5. Stories are easier to remember. 6. Stories inspire. 7. Stories appeal to all types of learners. 8. Stories fit better where most of the learning happens in the workplace. 9. Stories put the listener in a mental learning mode. 10.Telling stories shows respect for the audience.
Health/Science/Medicine Health/Science/Medicine Engaging Women who are Homeless in Community-Based Research using Emerging Qualitative Data Collection Techniques Storytelling Intervention for Patients with Cancer
Psychology/Counseling Psychology/Counseling Narrative Abilities in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Normal Peers
Business Business How Stories Argue: The Deep Roots of Storytelling in Political Rhetoric
Leisure Leisure Mining Learning and Crafting Scientific Experiments: A Literature Review on the Use of Minecraft in Education and Research
Humanities Humanities Introduction to the Special Issue Global Storytelling Storytelling as Research/Research as Storytelling
TED Talks TED Talks Book Talks on handout
The hero of the story is a narrative itself. . . . Narrative is there to help us compose ourselves when we meet difficulty or loss. It is there to ground abstract ideas, to help us see the pattern in a set of numerical data, to illuminate the human consequences of political action. It is home base. Tom Newkirk, Minds Made for Stories:
Do we teach academic narratives? Creswell (Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design) speaks of Creswell (Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design) speaks of Restorying Restorying. . In our discipline, we analyze and construct narratives In our discipline, we analyze and construct narratives - To Challenge: the Harvard narrative - To Critique: the racial difference narrative - To Give Meaning: the assessment narrative What do we teach FYC students when it comes to narration?
Even in 2018, when it comes to narrative, expressivists reign Even in 2018, when it comes to narrative, expressivists reign.
EM Forster famously distinguished story from plot: The king died and then the queen died is a story The king died and then the queen died of a broken heart is a plot We can modify this: We can modify this: The stock market was digitized and then high frequency trading rose The stock market was digitized and then high frequency trading rose to manipulate the market is a thesis for a narrative-based research text.
Accessible research narrative structures--linear Challenges: Challenges: Finding thesis Finding thesis Telescoping the narrative Telescoping the narrative span span Determining the most Determining the most sympathetic POV sympathetic POV
Teaching students to Restory Threaded narratives Frame-driven plotting Embbedding episodes in an overarching story
Accessible research narrative structures--threaded Your text here Techniques: Techniques: Intertwines personal Intertwines personal narrative with other s POV narrative with other s POV Intersections by structure, Intersections by structure, not necessarily time. not necessarily time.
Accessible research narrative structures--framed Atul Gwande I. Narrative pt 1 as exposition II. First act: diagnosis, initiatial treatment, complications III. Narrative Interlude: second turning point IV. Second act: resurrection, climax, resolution V. Narrative epilogue
Accessible research narrative structures embedded in story arch O v e r a rc h i n g s t o r y O v e r a rc h i n g s t o r y
