Narrative Knowledge Research Articles

Empowering voices, shaping futures: digital storytelling for sustainable transformation

Digital storytelling has emerged as a powerful tool for advocating sustainability and driving social change, particularly in the diverse and rapidly developing context of Asia. This paper explores the transformative potential of digital storytelling in promoting sustainable practices across the region. By analyzing successful campaigns and case studies, the research examines how various storytelling formats and platforms effectively engage audiences, raise awareness of critical sustainability issues—such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss—and inspire action towards positive change. The study delves into the capacity of digital storytelling to amplify marginalized voices, foster empathy, and mobilize collective action. It investigates the crafting of narratives that resonate with diverse Asian cultures, effectively communicate complex issues, and motivate behavior change. The role of local communities and indigenous knowledge in shaping authentic and relevant narratives is also explored, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity and cultural sensitivity. Additionally, the paper addresses ethical considerations and challenges associated with digital storytelling for advocacy. It emphasizes responsible and inclusive storytelling practices that empower communities while safeguarding participants' rights and well-being. By providing insights into effective strategies and ethical guidelines, this research equips communicators and changemakers with the tools to harness the power of digital storytelling for a more sustainable future in Asia.

Pediatric oncology caregiving as narrative repair: Restor(y)ing disrupted family biographies and damaged moral identities.

Drawing on Arthur Frank's conceptualization of narrative repair, we consider how pediatric oncology nurses restore and re-story the narratives of patients and families whose biographies have been thrown off course by the diagnosis and death of a child from cancer, as well as their own narratives as caregivers. Frank argued that when one's life story is shipwrecked by chronic or life-threatening illness, storytelling is way to reorient one's biography to a new ending, repairing the narrative wreckage created by the illness experience. In this critical narrative study with nine pediatric oncology nurses in Ontario, Canada, we highlight how, through physical, narrative, and moral proximity, nurses become entwined in their patients' and families' illness narratives, and how developing this narrative knowledge provides nurses with opportunities to steer families onto new terrain. As well, we examine how nurses re-story and repair their own identities as "good" caregivers in situations when they are prevented from acting on behalf of their pediatric cancer patients. These findings contribute to literature on illness narratives by considering narrative repair as a relational process enacted as part of pediatric oncology caregiving.

Characterisation of the pedagogical knowledge of evolution content using the mapping approach

ABSTRACT The attributes of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) related to biological evolution in Biology teachers with varying years of professional experience were investigated. Unlike previous research that used questionnaires and interviews, we adopted a mapping approach, a more contemporary exploratory methodology. We conceptualised PCK as a narrative knowledge, which inquiring through a hypothetical classroom situation, reveals a teleological epistemological obstacle about evolution. We explored the perceptions, predictions, and justifications of 32 teachers, using their narratives as analysis units for mapping in accordance with their teaching experience. The results highlight that the most linked components of PCK are knowledge of the curriculum, knowledge of students, and teaching strategies. It was observed that novice teachers exhibit PCK with a greater number of linked components. Conversely, expert teachers recognise assessment knowledge in the structure of PCK, while novices emphasise the purposes and nature of the sciences. These findings suggest that the exploration of the relationships between components should not be viewed uniformly, but in terms of the type of the generating knowledge.

Cultural heritage digital twin: modeling and representing the visual narrative in Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

In this paper, Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Representation methods are used for the digital modeling of cultural heritage elements. Accordingly, the new concept of digital cultural heritage twin is presented as composed of a physical component and an immaterial component of the cultural entity. The former concerns the physical aspects, i.e. style, name of the artist, execution time, dimension, etc. The latter represents the emotional and intangible aspects transmitted by the entity, i.e. emotions, thoughts, opinions. In order to digitally model the physical and immaterial components of the twin, the Narrative Knowledge Representation Language has been formally introduced and described. It is particularly suitable for representing the immaterial aspects of the cultural entity, as it is capable of modeling in a simple but rigorous and efficient way complex situations and events, behaviours, attitudes, etc. As an experiment, NKRL has been adopted for representing some of the most relevant intangible items of the visual narrative underlying the hidden painting that lies beneath the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) image painted by Leonardo Da Vinci on the same poplar panel. Real-time application of the resulting knowledge base opens up novel possibilities for the development of virtual objects, chatbots and expert systems, as well as the definition of semantic search platforms related to cultural heritage.

Teoria organizacji i literatura piękna w jednym stoją domu?

ABSTRACT Organisation theory began to be appreciated in the 1960s when it became clear that neither economics nor psychology could explain the phenomena of organising purely in the language of economics, whereas these phenomena were becoming more and more central to the functioning of modern society. Enterprises and organised institutions were becoming increasingly complex and their activities could not be explained by a combination of economic laws and psychological observations. The machine metaphor that used to dominate before was now replaced by an organic metaphor that seemed complex enough to capture the complexity of the phenomenon itself. But the practices of organising outgrew even this metaphor and it became evident that we need even more complex ways to account for what organisations do. One of the propositions for how to live up to the living complexity is the language of fiction. Narrative knowledge and narrative form are good ways to an incisive insight into concrete and lived organisational experience.

Actinomycetes are a natural resource for sustainable pest control and safeguarding agriculture.

Actinomycetes, a diverse group of bacteria with filamentous growth characteristics, have long captivated researchers and biochemists for their prolific production of secondary metabolites. Among the myriad roles played by actinomycete secondary metabolites, their historical significance in the field of biocontrol stands out prominently. The fascinating journey begins with the discovery of antibiotics, where renowned compounds like streptomycin, tetracycline, and erythromycin revolutionized medicine and agriculture. The history of biocontrol traces its roots back to the early twentieth century, when scientists recognized the potential of naturally occurring agents to combat pests and diseases. The emergence of synthetic pesticides in the mid-twentieth century temporarily overshadowed interest in biocontrol. However, with growing environmental concerns and the realization of the negative ecological impacts of chemical pesticides, the pendulum swung back towards exploring sustainable alternatives. Beyond their historical role as antibiotics, actinomycete-produced secondary metabolites encompass a rich repertoire with biopesticide potential. The classification of these compounds based on chemical structure and mode of action is highlighted, demonstrating their versatility against both plant pathogens and insect pests. Additionally, this review provides in-depth insights into how endophytic actinomycete strains play a pivotal role in biocontrol strategies. Case studies elucidate their effectiveness in inhibiting Spodoptera spp. and nematodes through the production of bioactive compounds. By unraveling the multifunctional roles of endophytic actinomycetes, this review contributes compelling narrative knowledge to the field of sustainable agriculture, emphasizing the potential of these microbial allies in crafting effective, environmentally friendly biocontrol strategies for combating agricultural pests.

O paradoxical pioneer! repurposing steiner education in collage and scribble

ABSTRACT Steiner might be considered the prototypic pioneer from a previous century, whose alternative education vision continues to have huge international appeal and status. Yet Steiner’s ‘pioneering’ views of education are open to interpretation via the creation of an ironic visual collage work, ‘pioneer’ is examined as a paradox in itself, like a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that is found on investigation, to be true. A paradoxical person therefore combines contradictory elements. Exploring examples of Steiner’s global reach, such as storytelling in Steiner schools in New Zealand and the embedding of indigenous narrative knowledge in education, the danger of superficially rendering ancient cultural forms of knowledge to fit with western ‘scientific’ understanding is critiqued. Disrupting both what is meant by pioneer-led, ‘literate’ forms of communication such as educational tracts and curricula, this piece resists with the artistically pioneering and disruptive practices of scribble.

Design formation of a transmedia project

The modern media sphere is changing under the influence of socio-cultural, technical, technological and media processes. The article studies such a phenomenon of the media sphere as transmedia, which is characterized by the nonlinearity and hybridity of audiovisual forms. It is a new key feature of the media sphere and makes significant changes to screen art. As a result of the research, foreign theory and practice of forming the design of transmedia projects have been studied. The possibilities of using foreign experience in Russian conditions have been determined. Recommendations given for conducting a transmedia project in various areas have been, including improving the transmedia narrative in its basic concept using a systematic approach. The developed recommendation and methodological base for the formation of the design of transmedia projects has been practice-oriented. This method is aimed at solving problems, at the practical implementation of this approach to the implementation of transmedia projects. The recommendations demonstrate the need for narrative knowledge within the framework of a transmedia narrative, allowing users to engage and be motivated by a transmedia narrative, rather than simply distributing content through media channels. The possibility of using classical elements of an integrated approach to the formation of the design of a transmedia narrative in the transmedia approach has been investigated.

Why Wounded Storytellers Need to be Vulnerable Readers

<p>The essay examines the interdependences between experience, narration, and dialogue. I begin by reflecting on my early work, The Wounded Storyteller, and progress to my current work on vulnerable reading. Questions raised include the extent to which people can tell stories they call their own, and where people acquire the resources to tell stories. Responses to these issues depend on the distinction between stories as particular, local, and contingent, and narratives as generally available cultural resources. Shared background knowledge of narratives makes specific stories tellable and recognizable. Experience, I argue, is given shape as it is articulated in stories, but it always exceeds what a story can tell.</p>

Calling the tune in maladaptive daydreaming: The impact of music on the experience of compulsive fantasizing

This study aimed to shed light on the role of music in maladaptive daydreaming (MD), a psychological condition characterized by excessive, immersive daydreaming that interferes with well-being and functioning. Forty-one individuals with probable MD participated in asynchronous in-depth email interviews. A thematic analysis yielded three themes describing the role of music in MD. Two homogeneous themes pertained to outlier experiences: Music necessary and Music not desired. The third theme, Music enhances the MD experience, encompassed most of the data retrieved in this study and was further divided into five subthemes: Music avoided in “low energy” daydreaming scenes, Music as white noise, Music enhances MD creativity, Music as an MD trigger compromises the sense of agency; and Music as a powerful immerser that sets MD’s emotional “soundtrack.” This study adds to the sparse knowledge of complex visual narratives and identifies the essential role of music in inducing and formatting MD. The results led to the conclusion that music might be instrumental in MD by distancing the person from the external reality, triggering complex visual storylines, deepening the altered state of consciousness, and intensifying the vividness of the daydreamed plot by invoking an emotional response. Furthermore, hypothesis-driven controlled research was recommended.

The Paraleptic Effect

This article examines the alleged narratological paradox of paralepsis. It is argued that the first-person narrators of Moby-Dick, À la recherche du temps perdu and The Great Gatsby (to name but three prominent examples) occasionally display an inexplicable awareness of facts that would be naturally inaccessible to them (knowledge of other people’s thoughts, minute familiarity with unwitnessed events, etc.). Paralepsis, as Genette calls it, can be defined as the class of situations in which a first-person narrator seems to exercise the impossible epistemic privilege. This paper argues against the existence of genuine paraleptic events on two levels. First, it is argued that this kind of narration is rarely epistemically paradoxical. Even some of the strongest candidates for paralepsis could be naturalized (the reader can detect possible natural ways in which the narrator might have obtained the seemingly impossible information). Second, even in cases where they cannot be convincingly naturalized, “paralepses” need not be mysterious. It is often possible to read them (as P. Dawson has done) as “authorial performances.” They can be explained as instances of a specific rhetorical procedure that we have termed raconteural narration: a mode of narration in which, for the sake of more convincing exposition, mere conjectures are offered without the usual modal phrases that indicate the speculative quality of such assertions and thus create the erroneous impression of uncanny narrative knowledge.

HISTORICAL NARRATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION MODEL AND DISSEMINATING ONLINE PUBLIC RELATIONS MATERIALS FOR THE ELDERLY IN KAMPHAENG PHET PROVINCE

The objectives of this research are as follows: 1) to study the historical narrative knowledge of Kamphaeng Phet Province and other provinces related to the historical narrative of Kamphaeng Phet Province 2) to study the development of the curriculum and conduct practical training on the curriculum for the elderly individuals narrating the historical narrative of Kamphaeng Phet Province and 3) to study the production format of historical narrative media and the online dissemination of public relations media by the elderly in Kamphaeng Phet Province. This research will utilize a mixed research methodology, including quantitative methods through surveys, with a total of 300 sets. This research utilized a mixed research methodology, combining quantitative research through surveys and qualitative research through primary data collection. The quantitative part involved 300 sets of questionnaires, while the qualitative part included interviews with 150 individuals and group discussions with 20 participants from two sub-districts: Nakhon Chum Sub-district and the urban area of Kamphaeng Phet Province. The research findings were found as follows: 1) regarding the historical narrative knowledge of Kamphaeng Phet Province, the study identified key historical sites such as Wat PhraBorommathat, Sala PhraIsuan, Wat Chang Rob, and Rajabhat Kamphaeng Phet University 2) concerning the curriculum development, it was found that participants in the training program should possess a basic understanding of history, be physically fit elderly individuals, and community leaders. The important learning outcomes included storytelling skills and the safe and creative production of online public relations media 3) regarding the production and dissemination of online historical narrative media, specifically four video clips, the research revealed the following stages: pre-production involved elderly individuals contributing to scriptwriting, production involved elderly narrators recounting various events, and post-production involved the participation of elderly individuals in reviewing the sequence of images and sound. Additionally, the research examined the online media consumption behavior of the elderly and found that mobile phones were the main device used, with a high average rating of 3.98. The most common time for using online media was in the morning (4:00 am to 10:00 am) with an average rating of 3.47. Websites were the most popular type of online media, with an average rating of 3.44. Regarding the dissemination of online public relations media, the overall satisfaction level among the sample group was high, with an average rating of 4.13. The content of the media received the highest average rating of 4.16, followed by video editing with an average rating of 4.09, and program hosts with an average rating of 4.07.

Narrative knowledge of farmers in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

Narrative knowledge of farmers in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

Álbumes sin palabras y creatividad: propuesta didáctica para los grados de Educación Infantil y Primaria

The expressive possibilities of wordless picturebooks offer us a tool to work on multiple subjects at any educational stage. Scientific attention shows both a clinical interest in using these books to promote narrative skills and many studies and didactic proposals that recognise these visual narratives, which are not restricted by the understanding of the written text. In this research, a didactic sequence is proposed for teacher education, carried out in the Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Education Degrees to reinforce the knowledge of visual narratives through wordless picturebooks. It is based on the use of eight picturebooks, focusing on three different categories: (1) recognition of the different elements of the narrative discourse based on the importance of the central fold; (2) the narration of the passage of time based on the sequence centred on an unaltered space, (3) the identification of a visual narrative with accumulative narrations. Based on their analysis and explanation, seven wordless picturebooks are proposed and are distributed in the same categories to carry out different creative writing activities to confirm the learning of students in teacher training. The selected wordless picturebooks also present different topics and meanings in their illustrations, thus demonstrating their narrative possibilities. The selection of these books and the reasons for their inclusion in this didactic sequence are presented, showing that wordless picturebooks are a suitable tool for literary education.

Mobilising Situated Local Knowledge for Participatory Urban Planning Through Storytelling

Participatory urban planning does not take place outside of social systems of privilege and discrimination; likewise, the negotiation of knowledge claims in planning processes is embedded in social relations defined by “gender,” “race,” and “class.” In this article, we argue that positionalities play out in the social construction of knowledge in participatory planning and that, consequently, a certain type of knowledge—typically represented by well-educated and resourceful residential groups—is privileged over other forms of everyday knowledge. We present storytelling as an inclusive approach to co-producing knowledge and reflecting on the extent to which the findings can be applied to participatory urban planning. This article is based on a three-year inter- and transdisciplinary research project based on real-world laboratories in two German neighbourhoods. Regarding feminist geographies, we first explore the role of power, positionality, and situated knowledge in shaping participatory planning, both theoretically and empirically. We outline the extent to which the methodological framework and the socio-spatial setting have an impact on the co-production of knowledge. We present insights from two storytelling interventions and reflect on the possibilities and limits of narrative knowledge production for participatory urban planning.

Transdisciplinary Teacher Education

This position paper proposes that teacher education programs should shift from preparing teachers who are consumers and perpetuators of grand narrative knowledge to teachers who are creators and knowers of transdisciplinary (TD) knowledge and perpetuators of a TD narrative. To that end, the Nicolescuian TD methodology, especially epistemology, was introduced as a new grounding for knowledge that can lead to transdisciplinary teacher education. This paper explores what teacher education might look like through a Nicolescuian TD lens with its innovative focus on epistemology—the knowledge required to function in a complex, modern world confronting wicked problems. As this is currently a nascent and untested idea, recommendations for future research are suggested (practice, policy, and theory).

Indigenous Knowledge About Disaster in Folk Prose Narratives of Indonesian Coast

Indonesian people consists of various ethnic groups living in urban, rural, mountainous, and coastal areas. The people who inhabit each region have stories that describe the topography of the region and its culture. An example is people from coastal areas. The location of their residences which are close to the ocean makes them experts in recognizing natural signs and disaster characteristics from the sea. Their knowledge is shared with the social environment by verbal. One type of oral tradition originating from the natives is folk prose narratives such as legends, fairy tales, and stories of the origin of a place. This study aims to explore indigenous knowledge in folk prose narratives from the Indonesian coast. The results showed that the knowledge contained in folk prose narratives was how to recognize disaster signs from the sky (roaring wind, lightning flashes, pitch-dark sky, black cloud, and very heavy rain), disaster signs from the sea (low tides, hurricanes), ways to save yourself (climbing trees, climbing hills, and going to higher ground), and disaster prevention (not killing animals and cutting down trees carelessly). The conclusion is indigenous knowledge about disasters in folk prose narratives from the Indonesian coast is how to recognize natural signs, how to save themselves, and mitigation. The findings in this study are that Indonesian ancestors had knowledge in making flying vehicle and making fish feed on natural ingredient (chicken feathers).

“They Are Khawārij of Our Time:” Relying on Background Knowledge and Long-Term Memory to Justify Fighting ISIS in Jordanian Political Discourse

Abstract This study focuses on a discourse practice that metaphorically associates ISIS with an early Islamic sect known as the Kharijites. This practice constructs a discourse that calls back the background knowledge and memory of historical narratives and experiences that create conceptual frames that communicate meanings of war and atrocities. These meanings were used by King Abdullah II of Jordan to justify Jordan’s military participation against ISIS (circa 2014–2018). On the basis of the “blending theory” of conceptual metaphor, this study shows how the discourse practice of depicting ISIS as the Kharijites has undergone selective associations with the ideological aim of constructing persuasive and coercive discourses to justify military intervention against ISIS, primarily by foregrounding scripts of threat and victimization. That, in turn, leads to the instigation of illusive and incomplete associations.

Filozofija postmoderne i poučni tekst / The philosophy of postmodern age and edifying texts

Starting with a concept of conflict between scientific and narrative knowledge, which is used for explanation of whole history of cultural imperialism of the West, the philosophy of postmodern age ends with emphasizing the need for accepting inevitable existence of different language games in practical discourse. It means the prescription of certain coexistence between different types of knowledge and their protagonists. The source of lasting inclination towards dominance is hidden in flexible nature of scientific knowledge, which ensures for it the self-questioning adaptive capacity, and rigid nature of the narrative knowledge, which has no intention to change at all. On the other side, edifying texts from the times of revival of Bosnian- Muslim literature, start from the idea that science and faith do not collide, and that they are complement in Islamic and other eastern civilisations.

Explaining risk perception of microplastics: Results from a representative survey in Germany

Plastic pollution through small particles, so-called microplastics, is acknowledged as an environmental problem of global dimension by both politicians, and the public. An increasing number of environmental studies investigate the exposure and effects of microplastics. Although there are many open questions, current scientific evidence does not confirm a high risk for the environment. At the same time, the issue receives great public attention, which in turn motivates various political and policy actions. So far, little research has examined the underlying social dimensions, i.e., the factors explaining individual risk perception of microplastics. This paper studies the perception of risks associated with microplastics concerning the environment and human health using data from a representative online survey conducted in Germany (n = 1027). We particularly examine the role of socio-demographics, individual awareness, knowledge factors, and the media’s influence on risk perception. Our results show that a majority of the respondents rates the risks through microplastics very high for both the environment and human health. Regression analyses demonstrate that environmental awareness and knowledge of media narratives are the strongest predictors for this risk perception. Our study illustrates the incongruence between scientific knowledge, media framing, and the public opinion concerning the risk posed by microplastics.