Creation Of Narratives Research Articles

Creation, Sin, Wisdom: Interpreting Genesis 1- 3 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context

The paper studies Gen 2-3 as one large narrative unit consisting of the second creation narrative (Gen 2:4b-25) and the account of the fall (Gen 3) to answer two questions: Who are human beings? Why is evil present in the world? An attentive reading of Gen 2-3 in the light of the Exodus event reveals that a human being is a free and responsible creature of God, who does not know how to deal with his/her freedom and responsibility. Though humans refused God’s offer of salvation and crossed the limits of their createdness, and consequently were punished, they have also experienced the forgiveness of God. Therefore, while Gen 2 represents God’s creative action and his plan for humankind, Gen 3 epitomizes human failure to welcome God’s gift, which God punishes, offering at the same time his mercy and forgiveness.

Troubling rhetoric: discourse theory and Irish Republican Army narratives (1962–1972)

ABSTRACT This paper examines rhetorical theory and narrative creation in the history of militant Irish Republicanism. The splintering of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was predicated on numerous ideological differences during the 1960s; these shifts were underpinned by modalities of discourse and performative speech. Drawing on Ronald Krebs’ work, the IRA’s internal narrative conflicts from the period of 1962–1972 are analysed. Further, it adapts the philosophy of communicative action to show how discourse – spoken and written – was deployed within the pre-split IRA organization and among the Republican community during the turbulent period of 1968–1970. The ideological changes conducted by IRA Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding and his allies offer opportunities to study the competing nationalist narratives and intra-organizational conflict. This work explores the rhetorical foundations of Goulding’s narrative contestations and argues their ‘moment’ was hampered by self-created political hurdles, due to their modes of linguistic deployment. The further application of discourse analysis – through an examination of ‘resistance communities’ – demonstrates how forms of ‘coercive speech’ allowed the fledgling Provisional Irish Republican movement to adapt during and after the split. These theoretical frameworks add to the historiography of this turbulent period and reassesses the how’s of narrative reformation.

‘E Hana i Kanaka’ (Let’s Make Humanity)

In the nineteenth century, foreigners to Hawai'i put forth many theories about the origin of Kanaka Hawai'i (Native Hawaiians). Rather than accept these theories, which often advanced colonial aims, Kanaka developed counternarratives that repurposed ideas brought from foreign lands. Some of these ideas came from the Bible, particularly the narratives of creation in its opening pages. The nineteenth-century Kanaka historian Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau recounts some of these narratives. In one of them, the entire world is patterned after Hawai'i, and all humanity originates from Hawai'i. Thus, rather than being on the margins of the known world, Hawai'i is positioned as the center; and rather than Kanaka simply being the first settlers of Hawai'i, they are instead literally made from its land. Other Kanaka, such as Joseph Nawahi, used similar accounts to galvanize Kanaka political consciousness in the wake of the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom. These are examples of ho'oku'i, or ‘combinations’ of new ideas with familiar ones, which served important political functions in the intellectual landscape of the time.

Adolescents’ perspectives on SSWs’ counselling practice in Swedish elementary schools: “plumb the depths and navigate to shore”

PurposeThis study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of adolescent’s experiences of individual school social work counselling in Swedish elementary schools.Design/methodology/approachThe study encompasses interviews with 16 adolescents about their experiences of individual counselling with school social workers (SSWs). The data was analysed using conventional content analysis.FindingsThe main result was the adolescents’ desire “to navigate to shore” to speak freely about their whole lives with a professional SSW and find a “ safe haven,” […] where a trusting professional cared for and comforted them in counselling. The counselling contact contributed to increased knowledge about oneself. The results reveal the importance of the SSWs paying attention and listening to the adolescents’ narratives. The creation of a coherent life narrative enables to finally end counselling and “Cast off.”Originality/valueThe results highlight the importance of Swedish SSWs focusing on individual counselling sessions with adolescents to provide a setting for growth.

The PTM Framework and parents of children with intellectual disability diagnoses: Experiences of narrative creation

It is recognised that parents of children diagnosed with ‘intellectual disability’ (ID) are marginalised through ableist social structures. This study was the first to explore if parents of diagnosed with ID found developing a Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) narrative useful for making sense of their experiences in non-pathologising ways. Data from repeated interviews with seven parents were synthesised using reflexive thematic analysis. Three superordinate themes were generated: Altered worldview, capturing how the PTMF supported parents to develop new insights; Reflections on the PTMF as an approach, outlining parents’ critiques of the Framework; The applicability of the PTMF to parents and ID services, highlighting how the PTMF is implemented within services needs careful consideration. Overall, participants found the PTMF to be a helpful approach which they thought could support development of less pathologising and more empowering understandings of parenting experiences.

‘장화신은 고양이’ 캐릭터를 활용한 트랜스미디어 스토리텔링 연구

In the era of digital convergence, transmedia storytelling, which expands narratives by intertwining and combining multiple media, is creating a new paradigm for narrative creation. Puss in Boots, who appeared as a supporting role in <Shrek2>, is a character derived from Charles Perrault's The Master Cat or Puss in Boots, and has gained significant popularity among the public. Due to its popularity, Puss in Boots became the main character in <Puss in Boots1>, a spin-off of <Shrek2>. Subsequently, as <Puss in Boots1> achieved success, various transmedia content featuring Puss in Boots as the main character was produced across different media platforms, including mobile games, theatrical animations, OTT animations and interactive animation.
 This article aims to provide a detailed examination of the requirements and characteristics of transmedia storytelling. It also analyzes various instances of transmedia content utilizing the character of Puss in Boots. To scrutinize the transformation of characters' roles and the expansion of narrative structures, which are essential aspects of transmedia storytelling, we apply the 'actantial model' developed by A.J. Greimas to each content. Through this analysis, we can explore how the character of Puss in Boots serves as a pivotal link between transmedia contents and functions as a narrative mechanism. It becomes evident that discovering archetypal and fantasy characters, adapting their roles and personalities, and strategically reintroducing secondary characters while setting up foreshadowing are crucial elements in successful transmedia storytelling. Furthermore, it is essential to create an “integral” story universe that considers various types of connections between content, such as sequels, prequels, spin-offs, and reboots. This should be done while leveraging diversified media platforms that engage users in immersion and participation.

Visual communicative practices in the context of the development of creative industries

The purpose of the article is to investigate visual communicative practices in the context of the development of creative industries and to reveal the interdependence of their development. The research methodology involves the use of a set of methods: analytical, synthetic, cultural, semantic, which will allow a comprehensive consideration of the given problem and obtain substantiated research results. The scientific novelty consists in the systematic generalization of the formation of modern communication based on the predominant visual factor and to reveal the interdependence with the trends of increasing the development of the sphere of creative industries, as well as the discovery of a characteristic semantic field as a factor in the retransmission of sign-symbolic cultural codes and corresponding messages. Conclusions. The technological capabilities of the modern information environment and visual communicative practices provide wide opportunities for the application and creation of visual images and meanings, not only representing objective reality, but also providing communicative needs, forming a separate space of the informational and communicative cultural environment capable of transmitting ideas, meanings and values cultures with a predominance of the visual component. Communicative strategies of creative industries are mostly oriented on visual perception, have their own symbolic and semantic load, are a way of understanding current events and phenomena of socio-cultural life and serve as a means of spreading relevant creative narratives and ideas.
 Keywords: visual culture, visual communicative practices, creative industries, sign-symbolic field, informational and communicative environment, cultural codes, messages, intercultural exchange.

Practical worlds: enskilment as pedagogical practice

ABSTRACT In 2000 Tim Ingold considered the nature of skill acquisition in physical locations where our attentive dwelling forms the basis from which learning occurs. He called this ‘enskilment’. Although generally considered in relation to ecological/anthropological study, enskilment has more recently been applied to areas like sports education (Woods et al. [2021]. “Enskilment: An ecological anthropological worldview of skill, learning and education in sport.” Sports Medicine - Open 7 (33).) and craft (Gowlland [2019]. “The sociality of enskilment.” Ethnos 84 (3): 508–524.). By extension, this article employs a case study to unpack the enskilment experience of six doctoral students who immersed themselves inside a feature film production (Punch – 2020–2022). The participants were all concurrently developing projects associated with narrative creation. Seeking opportunities for immersion across pre-production, production and postproduction phases of the project, they experienced a form of learning where skill acquisition was inseparable from collaborative practice and idiosyncratic environments, and insight emerged in non-linear ways. While the article draws correlations between their experiences and existing discourses on enskilment, it also suggests that this pedagogical model might contribute something useful to ongoing discussions around creative endeavours during, and after students have completed their degree studies.

Narrative strategy formation in the bilinguals’ stories in Russian: corpus study

The lexical parameters of oral stories of two generations of Russian-German bilinguals and the function of lexical means in the narrative strategy implementation are describes. Through addressing the oral narrative this study is included in the range of modern works considering the features of text generation by bilinguals. The relevance of the study lies both in the material and in the chosen methods of analysis. The aim of the study is to identify the degree of the narrative strategy formation at the lexical level among representatives of two generations of Russian-German bilinguals in comparison with monolingual Russian native speakers. The research material is a corpus of experimentally collected oral stories (47 texts) of German-Russian bilinguals. M. Mayer’s book “Frog, where are you?” was used as a stimulus for subjects. The test subjects were representatives of 22 families: children - 26 people aged 8 to 19 years, parents - 21 people aged 30 to 55 years. To compare the characteristics of the corpora, the similar corpus of oral stories of monolinguals (42 stories) was involved. Quantitative and statistical analysis, corpus analysis, thematic and semantic analysis of vocabulary, elements of structural analysis of narrative were used. The novelty of the study is the corpus analysis identification of lexical parameters of narrative strategies used by two generations of bilinguals. The analysis showed that the degree of lexical skills development in the implementation of narrative strategies in bilinguals is lower than in monolinguals in both age groups, despite the statistical similarity of the texts of both corpora. This concerns, first of all, the completeness and uniformity of the lexical expression of the mandatory components of the narrative stimulated by the material, and the relations between them in the text. At the same time, the general trend of narrative creation was in line with expectations. The identified parameters can be further methodically interpreted in order to prepare educational materials for bilinguals.

Нарративный дизайн в педагогическом проектировании

The study relevance is due to the fact that educational content is an excellent springboard for story development; story, in turn, is a fertile ground for gaining new experience and knowledge. Therefore, experienced educators often intuitively use narrative techniques in educational decisions. However, if one wants to maximize the power of history to improve the educational content effectiveness, it’s not so much intuitive as strategic to approach the matter. But one should not forget about the inspiration either: narrative and learning are creative processes. The author presents the narrative tools in developing educational solutions, their stages and educational benefits. In this study, answers are obtained why a narrative should be included in a serious learning process; what distinguishes a high-quality narrative from an episodic plot addition that has no meaning and purpose; how to turn a narrative into a working tool for programme design; what creative narrative formats can be applied in the full-time programme.

Modernisation of the historical memory and national identity in the Republic of Kazakhstan: a means of the formation and translation

In this paper, the problems of the construction of civic identity in the Republic of Kazakhstan are addressed. As the area for the research, Akmola Oblast was chosen. The purpose of the study is to identify the key means of the forma-tion and translation of the historical memory and to determine the role of their influence on the change of the national identity of the population of Northern Kazakhstan in the 1990s–2020s. The sources for the research include state strategies and programs, statutory legal documents, and materials of ethnographic expeditions. The methodological basis of the study was formed by the theoretical developments of P. Nora, estimates of the theory of ethnicity and iden-tity by V.A. Tishkov, and the research insights of L.P. Repina. The authors identify the main means of the formation of historical knowledge: state strategies and programs; names of the localities and streets; textbooks on the history of Kazakhstan; national and state holidays; and monuments to national heroes/events. The result of the study is the perio-disation of the modernization of the historical knowledge in Kazakhstan. In the first period (1991–2001), the creation of a historical narrative was taking place. Renaming the administrative units was the most efficient means of the formation of the historical knowledge. During this period, new holidays symbolising the sovereignty of Kazakhstan emerged. In the second period (2001–2012), there was observed the consolidation of the foundations of the national policy of indepen-dent Kazakhstan. The state holidays are approved at the legislative level; the textbooks on the history of Kazakhstan are continuously developed, the state programs are aimed at studying the historical and cultural heritage. New memo-rial complexes appear in the republic, the process of the street renaming continues. The third period (2012 — present time) is associated with the dramatic modernisation of the historical consciousness of the Kazakhstanis. The state pro-grams “Strategy-2050” and “Rukhani Zhangyru” form the basis for the modernisation. The renaming of the streets and localities continues, which is aimed at “reviving the indigenous Kazakh names”. History textbooks hold a prominent place in the modernisation of the historical memory of the younger generation. With the help of the public holidays, the foundations for national identity and patriotism are being laid.

Aliens as Creator Gods in Hollywood Cinema

Cinema, which incorporates visual and auditory elements, has been one of the most important inventions of humanity. In particular, its effective reach to the masses has enabled it to emerge as an effective power over societies. Any film of cinema is not only a work that aims to entertain the masses, but also a product that sets the agenda of individuals and societies, affects their world of thought, and imposes the reality it contains on societies. Cinema, which tries to produce new realities in every field, has also tried to create virtual realities in areas that religions attach importance to. One of the new truths that cinema tries to create is the subject of creation. Creation, which is also the main subject of religions, is the phenomenon that cinema has processed and reconstructed the most. Aliens are one of the myths that cinema uses against the creation narrative of theistic thought. While fictionalising the subject of creation and creating virtual realities through this fiction, cinema creates a new reality through the idea of aliens. By combining the agenda of popular culture with religious, cultural and mythological elements, cinema brings new explanations to life on earth. This fiction is used effectively in fantasy and science fiction films. At this point, the aim of our study is to analyse the creation fictions of Hollywood films and the alien myths used in these fictions in the context of aliens, the most colourful element of popular culture.

Challenging cultured meat naturalness perceptions: The role of consumers’ mindset

Cultured meat, produced through in vitro cultivation of animal cells, has emerged as a promising solution to environmental, health, and ethical issues resulting from conventional meat production. However, acceptance remains a crucial challenge, significantly influenced by perceptions of unnaturalness. Previous research has demonstrated the limited success of messaging strategies aimed at countering these perceptions. Across two experimental studies, this research breaks new ground by examining these strategies through the lens of mindset theory—i.e., beliefs about the fixedness or malleability of human attributes. In Study 1, we present findings illustrating that a strategy challenging the importance of naturalness is effective at increasing cultured meat acceptance among consumers with a growth mindset. In Study 2, we demonstrate how complementing such messaging strategy with a specific form of creative narrative can make it effective among consumers with a fixed mindset too. Our findings are informative theoretically, extending mindset and narrative theories to the context of cultured meat and, practically, examining the effectiveness of different communication strategies in driving consumer acceptance of the product.

The emergence of post-narrativity in the era of artificial intelligence: a non-anthropocentric perspective on the new ecology of narrative agency

AbstractIn the age of artificial intelligence, writing machines or robot authors have already begun to produce narrative texts in a variety of genres, including short stories and poetry, as well as journalistic articles. This article is based on the prospect that the narrative ecosystem is in a transitional period of decisive disconnection as it enters the era of artificial intelligence. The primary force driving this transition is the formidable execution of artificial intelligence algorithms, which fully automate narrative communication and narrative works. This article attempts to lay the groundwork for building a new paradigm of post-narrativity through a critical examination of several detailed themes in narrative semiotics and non-anthropocentric narratology. The process of narrative creation based on artificial intelligence algorithms is a key condition that constitutes post-narrativity. This presupposes a non-anthropocentric view. In the landscape of post-narrativity, human writers, paper books, computer screens, and invisible narrative algorithms are all agents with equal influence. Automated narrative production by algorithms accelerates the repositioning of other existing media and actors, and changes the narrative ecosystem by incorporating new elements into activities such as production, distribution, and reception of narratives.

Correspondence of Linguistic Content and Creative Narratives of Composer Yuriy Shevchenko

The purpose of the article is to determine the correspondence between the linguistic content and creative narratives of the contemporary Ukrainian composer Yuriy Shevchenko, taking into account the general intentions in music as an emotional mood. It also aims to investigate the linguistic content of the composer expressed in interviews in close connection with the reading of the artistic intent of the composer's work. The research methodology is related to the study of human thinking, the consideration of narrative as a certain discursive structure that is formed on the basis of a person's own experience, and is presented by systematic and comparative approaches that help to determine the specifics of certain compositional structures in music in comparison with the author's approach to his own creativity in the linguistic content of the interview. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the disclosure of narratives in the author’s music, taking into account the composer's thinking, his feelings and socio-cultural influences on his work, for example, in the author's appeal to fairy-tale "worlds" as a sign-sound space. Conclusions. The existence of social contradictions leads to the emergence of the idea of "pure classics" among composers and is expressed in the appeal to symbolic attitudes through the synthetic genres of theatre, opera, ballet, and musical. The narratives of new thinking are also expressed in the composer's frank interviews, as opposed to the music itself, in which these directions are expressed in a veiled playful form. Key words: linguistic content, creative narratives, intentions in music, symbolic settings, synthetic genres.

A TRANSMEDIA NARRATION OF CIRCE THROUGH MADELINE MILLER’S ADAPTATION OF THE ANCIENT GODDESS

Transmedia storytelling involves unfolding several narratives across differing platforms while each text makes a distinctive contribution to the creation of a unique grand narrative. According to Hen- ry Jenkins, one of the ways in which contemporary writers are using transmedia literature is by recreating old stories in a new way. Madeline Miller has challenged the dominant male perspective by re-writing an ancient myth through the female point of view and renegotiating the female pres- ence in literary history. Transmedia has allowed the writer to rewrite mythical history and partici- pate in the recreation of literary history. Through transmedia, the readers are no longer passive observers, but rather active participants involved in the creation of the literary world that in Circe’s case is an enhanced myth.

Exhibiting the Nation: Identity and (Post)colonial Aesthetics in Hannah Khalil’s A Museum in Baghdad

Hannah Khalil’s play A Museum in Baghdad and its 2019 staging by the Royal Shakespeare Company focus on the complex relationship between museum and theatre as memory institutions. This relationship was enhanced by metatheatrical connections between the performance of the museum on stage, the accompanying displays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre lobby and gift shop, and the spectators who entered the Swan Theatre auditorium. The exploration of the intricate exchange between performance, space, and audience reveals the paramount importance of two specific issues: the politics of display and the performative aspect of nation-making within national institutions. Using postcolonial and decolonial frameworks, my analysis probes the ways in which theatre may offer a better understanding of dramaturgies of display in museums through the exposure and critique of the complex cultural and social challenges that emerge from the interdependence between national cultural institutions and official narratives of belonging (such as the lack of representation of marginalized communities, homogenized views of cultural development, or targeted financial support for institutions that adhere to state narratives). Khalil’s theatrical depiction of the political intricacies of curatorial decision-making allows for a sobering examination of both the role of museums in the creation of national narratives of identity and the responsibility of the theatre to uncover the cultural mechanisms used to enforce such narratives.

Нарративный дизайн в педагогическом проектировании

The study relevance is due to the fact that educational content is an excellent springboard for story development; story, in turn, is a fertile ground for gaining new experience and knowledge. Therefore, experienced educators often intuitively use narrative techniques in educational decisions. However, if one wants to maximize the power of history to improve the educational content effectiveness, it’s not so much intuitive as strategic to approach the matter. But one should not forget about the inspiration either: narrative and learning are creative processes. The author presents the narrative tools in developing educational solutions, their stages and educational benefits. In this study, answers are obtained why a narrative should be included in a serious learning process; what distinguishes a high-quality narrative from an episodic plot addition that has no meaning and purpose; how to turn a narrative into a working tool for programme design; what creative narrative formats can be applied in the full-time programme.

디지털서사 창작교육의 필요성과 사례 소개

디지털서사 창작교육의 필요성과 사례 소개

Linear tourism, multiculturalism, creative district: The case of Charoenkrung creative district in Thailand

The paper examines the relationship between tourism and the creative district, a connection often assumed but undertheorized. While conventional wisdom appears to be that creative districts promote tourism, this paper shows that the reverse can also be true. In the case of the Charoenkrung Creative District in Bangkok, tourism has been deployed as a top-down initiative to popularize and publicize the district. This paper examines how walking tours—a particular kind of linear tourism—are used to weave disparate sites into a singular narrative that frames Charoenkrung as a multicultural district with much creative potential. In particular, it sheds light on the role of the tour guide in charting this entangled narrative of multiculturalism and creativity.