Abstract
Sustainable development can be thought of as changes required by a nation, a community and beyond that can foster a context for individuals to imagine and recreate parts of their tradition to live a different and better life. Intrusions, external or internal, whether in the form of technology, economic, environmental, educational or health can bring dramatic disruptions to those whose lives are based in deep-seated traditions. Adults who learn to fuse old ways of understandings with new can embrace the tension between the two and can emplot a narrative that makes sense to them. Moreover, this narrative holds one’s identity intact, which is particularly important for the adult undergoing major changes in life. Narrative identity is one of the mainstays of sustainable development because the identity of the adult living through development is not designated simply by one’s place or language, but by a story that becomes part of one’s past as well as future. Herein is a discussion of the place narrative identity, as a research directive, can have in sustainable development with practical application exemplified in a malaria reduction project.
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