Storytelling Process Research Articles

Telling Reproductive Stories: Social Scripts, Relationality and Donor Conception

Storytelling is a fundamental part of human interaction; it is also deeply social and political in nature. In this article, I explore reproductive storytelling as a phenomenon of sociological consequence. I do so in the context of donor conception, which used to be managed through secrecy but where children are now perceived ‘to have the right’ to know about their genetic origins. I draw on original qualitative data with families of donor conceived children, and bringing my data into conversation with social script theory and the concept of relationality, I investigate the disjuncture between the value now placed on openness and storytelling, and the absence of an existing social script by which to do so. I show the nuanced ways in which this absence plays out on relational playing-fields, within multidimensional, intergenerational relationships. I suggest that in order to understand sociologically the significance and process of reproductive storytelling, it is vital to keep both the role of social scripts, and embedded relationality, firmly in view.

USE OF THE HEROIC JOURNEY NARRATIVE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW AND TREATMENT WITH FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The aim: To explore and corroborate personal and family narratives within the framework of “heroic journey”, delineate function of the narrative in the diagnosis and treatment of families of children with special needs, and to describe the process of improving psychological well-being of these families. Materials and methods: The study material consisted of articles on the subject found in American and international databases (Springer, Thompson ISI’s Web of Science, Scopus and PsycINFO, Google Scholar), using keywords “family and child psychotherapy”, “heroic journey”, “differentially able”, “attachment”, “narrative”, “therapeutic storytelling”. Two case vignettes, parents of a) a special-needs adult and b) a pre-teen psychotherapeutic patient, illustrate application of the heroic journey narrative in psychotherapeutic treatment. Conclusions: Formation of the narrative identity is simultaneously the ends and the means: while a parent is encouraged to tell the story repeatedly over time, a new narrative identity emerges. Purpose, roles, patterns, and the structure of the storytelling process are outlined. Increased coherence of the family stories leads to strengthening attachment patterns. Using personal and family narratives for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment; incorporating and interpreting stories told in treatment can become a useful tool in the clinicians’ toolbox.

Bridging the Divide: Uniting Broadcast, Social and Digital Team Workflows in the Newsroom

<italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Nowadays, journalists are generating content for many different channels—broadcast, digital, social, over-the-top (OTT), and more. As a result, they are often working within separate production silos for each content type, which, in turn, slows down the entire storytelling process. Using technology to tie disparate workflows more closely together can bring real benefits to the journalist and the newsroom</i> .

Putting the serial in context: Comparing the storytelling processes of contemporary primetime Kuwaiti television dramas with American network dramas

Strictly designed with distinct narrative characteristics to accommodate the thirty day schedule of the holy month of Ramadan, Kuwaiti television dramas broadcast in a proliferated television landscape confined by the Arabic language and consists of television institutions operating from various Arab countries that compete for the vast pan-Arab audience. These unique broadcasting conditions inform the programme-making practices that shape the construction of narratives across the pan-Arab region. Like American network dramas, Kuwaiti dramas depend on advertising and syndication to generate revenue but the pan-Arab region’s technological adaptation transformed the production conditions and the commissioning processes of these dramas. By comparing the commissioning process of Kuwaiti television dramas with American network dramas, this article examines the development of the storytelling practices involved in shaping their narrative conventions and illuminates the manifestation of their industrial specificities in their narrative designs. The analyses of primary interviews with writers and representative dramas suggest that the unique shared broadcasting conditions of the pan-Arab region, accompanied by the particular operations of a television industry within the region, contribute to the commissioning process and designs of television dramas, and the challenges of this competitive language-confined environment underpins the prominent and intense implementation of serialized elements in Kuwaiti television dramas.

Co-constructed storytelling as a site for socialization in parent–child interaction: A case from a Malay-English bilingual family in Singapore

This study investigates how socialization takes place at the micro-level of everyday parent–child interactions by examining one extended storytelling sequence from the perspectives of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA). Close examination of the sequential organization of the episode selected from approximately 12 hours of audio- and video recordings of parent–child interaction reveals 1) how the child's described event is interactively reconstructed and co-constructed through the child's recollecting and the father's inquiring, and 2) how the child and parent orient subtly to different underlying concerns: the child focuses on his emotional reactions to what happened while the father shows orientations to accountability, normative behavior and the moral order. The analysis illustrates how the daily experience of the child is given shape through the discursive practice of the co-constructed storytelling. By showing how members' sense-making procedures are made observable through the process of co-constructed storytelling, the study suggests that storytelling becomes a site for socialization. The study contributes to the limited but growing body of research on children's storytelling in parent–child interaction from an EMCA perspective.

PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER ANAK GEMAR MEMBACA MELALUI PEMBACAAN BUKU CERITA

This study aims to determine the process of building children's character who likes reading through reading story books. The research objectives are knowing the storytelling process and the benefits of storytelling in building the character of children who love reading. Qualitative research methods with a case study approach. The source of research data is one community leader, two managers of the Taman bacaan Permata Hati, and one person from the education office. Collecting data through interviews with key informants, direct observation of research objects, and literature studies. Test the validity of the data through triangulation. Descriptive data analysis through stages of reduction, presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the storytelling process to build the character of children who love reading is to set goals, form of storytelling, supporting facilities, storytelling steps, and assessment design.

Storytelling as a political act: towards a politics of complexity and counter-hegemonic narratives

Making accessible research findings through forms of storytelling is a useful method for activist and public scholarship. This article explores these possibilities through a project on migration and gender in the city of Durban, in South Africa. The research project collected oral histories of migrant women’s experiences in the city, and, in collaboration with artists, wove these narratives into a theatre performance titled The Last Country. The Last Country used an anti-essentialist politics to complicate, disrupt and make messy exclusionary hegemonic narratives on migration and gender that circulated within the contemporary social fabric. Storytelling as a political act is made visible through a reflection on the storytelling processes in the project. Building a chorus of voices, not just in the stories performed but in the design, data collection and analysis stage of a research project, is a productive and critical method for developing storytelling as an intentional political act. Public storytelling, such as The Last Country, used counter-hegemonic narratives to disrupt, disarticulate and expand dominant storylines, so that we may reimagine anew alternative ways of seeing and being in the city.

Digital storytelling in teacher education and its effect on the digital literacy of pre-service teachers

"Storytelling", existed long before the printed materials, has been replaced by digital storytelling with the development of technology. Digital storytelling has affected information gathering skills, problem solving and attitudes towards collaboration of education stakeholders. There is a necessity of studying digital storytelling process with pre-service teachers. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of digital storytelling process on digital literacy skills of pre-service teachers and examine the creation process in details. The study was carried out with 36 computer education pre-service teachers. Digital literacy assessment scale, digital storytelling assessment scale and opinion form of the digital story creation process are the data collection tools of this study. Findings show that digital literacy levels of pre-service teachers differ significantly after the digital story creation process. Digital story assessment scale shows that digital stories got high-level scores. Pre-service teachers’ opinions show some difficulties in digital story creation process and highlight the positive contribution of the process of digital storytelling in educational settings.

Designing for oral storytelling practices at home: A parental perspective

Abstract Storytelling at home is typically an oral practice that supports parents and children to make sense of their family identity. Parents play a key role in crafting the story plot and facilitating the child’s participation in the storytelling process. Yet in the context of digital technology, interaction design researchers have tended to focus on children and how digital storytelling tools can support them in their learning. Adopting a “family lens” the aim of this research is to understand the character of oral storytelling practice and identify opportunities for digital storytelling design. The findings outline a co-design workshop that involved a team of designers and parents, who regularly engaged in oral storytelling. Grounded in a systematic video analysis of the workshop alongside a reflection of the design decisions that unfolded, we contribute four new design opportunities centring on the themes of flexibility, shared experience, minimalism, and autobiographical memories. These opportunities can guide interaction design researchers interested in designing new digital oral storytelling tools for families.

From controlling to connecting: M'Wikwedong as a place of urban Indigenous health promotion in Canada.

In recent years, health promotion has come under critique for being framed according to the contexts and priorities of Western communities, with the notion of 'control' underpinning much of its theoretical and practical development. Ceding space to Indigenous voices and knowledge is one way forward to overcoming this limitation and decolonizing the field. This paper reports on insights gained from a participatory digital storytelling project focused on Indigenous health promotion that took place at M'Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre in the city of Owen Sound, Canada. The research team was formed by M'Wikwedong's Executive Director, five Indigenous youth and two university researchers. We co-created data through an 8-month digital storytelling process that involved 13 weekly research meetings, the creation of 4 digital stories and video screenings. We analysed data from seven group interview transcriptions, field notes and video transcripts through qualitative coding and theme building. The four themes we identified speak to the ways M'Wikwedong reinforced connections to youth, their sense of self, place in the city and Indigenous cultures. From our findings, we theorize that egalitarianism of knowledge, restoring balance in relationships and Indigenous leadership are core components of an 'ethos of connection' that underlies Indigenous health promotion. The 'ethos of connection' challenges Western notions of 'control' and brings attention to the unique expertise and practices of urban Indigenous communities and organizations as a primary basis for health promotion.

Collaborative storytelling and canon fluidity in The Adventure Zone podcast

Podcast fiction storytelling is an underdeveloped area of new media studies. There is a wealth of texts available suitable for exploration. The example of The Adventure Zone in particular presents a strong argument that the medium possesses its own singular strengths for storytelling. The Adventure Zone is a fictional, audio-only, serialised podcast in which a narrative of both considerable length and depth is constructed through the playing of tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons &amp; Dragons. It is hosted by the McElroy brothers, Griffin, Justin, and Travis, along with their father, Clint. The Adventure Zone demonstrates the unique qualities and noteworthy potential the podcast medium possesses. The McElroy family collaborates utilising comedy improv practices, which are strengthened by the game’s mechanics and rules. The line between characters and players – along with the line between textual and metatextual, canonical and non-canonical, diegetic and non-diegetic data – is significantly blurred through instances such as self-reflexivity and popular culture references. The fourth wall is inapplicable to The Adventure Zone. It is necessary to re-imagine it instead as a permeable curtain separating the players from the characters. The listeners are provided with a clear view of not only the story of The Adventure Zone, but the construction of its creation. There are few mediums in which the audience can so effectively and candidly witness the storytelling process. Comparisons drawn from the original text – The Adventure Zone podcast – to its ongoing adaptations – The Adventure Zone graphic novels – illustrates this fact further. The collaborative, improvisational, metafictional qualities of the dynamic audio-only medium of podcasts are absent from static visual mediums.

宋元話本形態演進新探

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.&#x0D; 宋元時期“話本”一詞，作爲説話伎藝的文本化產物，應釋爲“故事傳本”，即將故事按照一定次序組織起來的相對完整的口頭或書面傳本。宋元話本存在著從口頭傳本到書面文本，從簡本到繁本，從脚本式準話本、録本式話本到擬本式話本的演進態勢；擬本式話本還會經歷從文言擬本到白話擬本的發展脈絡。脚本式準話本，指尚無話本體式特徵但有爲説話伎藝而進行改編形跡的小説文本；録本式話本，指説話内容的記録加工本，從體式而言參差不齊但大都有説話伎藝痕跡；擬本式話本，乃是文人模擬説書口吻和話本體制，用文言體或者白話體編創而成的文本。從脚本到録本再到擬本，體現了話本從雛形到成型再到被模擬的演進邏輯，呈現出話本從粗糙到精緻、從民間發育到文人模擬的發展趨勢。&#x0D; The novella (huaben) of the Song and Yuan Dynasties was a product of the write-up process of storytelling and should therefore be understood as a “story script,” a relatively complete oral or written text in which stories are organized in a certain order. The evolution of the Song-Yuan novella outlines the changes from the oral version to the written, from simple to complex, and from script to recording to simulation. This last change also saw a transformation in language, from literary to vernacular. These evolutions illustrate a paradigm of changes from basing the writing on the prototype to simulation and imitation. This shows the process of formation and mutation of this genre, from rough in form and style in the hands of folklore writers to refined literati simulation.

Stories of feelings and things: intangible heritage from within the built heritage paradigm in the UK

ABSTRACT The changing nature of heritage over recent decades has stimulated a focus on intangible heritage – the understanding of which specifically from within the UK built heritage paradigm remains inconclusive. This is problematic when considering developments in policy and practice that demonstrate a steady dismantling of a material focus. To gain sector-specific insight into how the intangible heritage of buildings is conceptualised, a series of 16 semi-structured interviews were conducted with built heritage professionals. Data were collated into eight themes (stories; history; events; memory; use; discord; craft; emotion) and an explanatory model developed, revealing the understanding of intangible heritage as a collection of ‘narratives’ that contribute towards an overarching building ‘story’. Both ‘buildings’ and ‘people’ were acknowledged as co-authors of this story; however, professionals did not acknowledge their own role within the storytelling process. This downplays their role as curator of heritage, as well as their personal experiences that inevitably shape the storytelling process. Findings suggest built heritage practice should be reconceptualised as a storytelling activity. This will offer greater opportunities for intangible heritage to be consolidated within the built heritage paradigm, by encouraging professionals to see themselves as narrators of intangible heritage as well as custodians of physical heritage.

Digital Storytelling Experiences and Outcomes with Different Recording Media: An Exploratory Case Study with Older Adults

Digital storytelling is an advantageous practice for older adults. Although researchers have widely studied the effects of various recording media on users, including even their feelings of loneliness, to the best of our knowledge, there is no study that distinguishes and compares those effects within the digital storytelling process. In this exploratory case study, we tried to gain further insights into older adults' technology-mediated storytelling, the interactions, and the outcomes that different kinds of recording media have on users. Therefore, three storytelling components (paper notebook, voice recorder, and web platform) were used to probe their usability and emotional outcomes on five pensioners in Greece. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, among others, were implemented for data collection. According to the results, there was a variety of benefits and shortcomings for each tool. However, the web platform had a clear effect on decreasing users’ loneliness. Implications and future work on digital storytelling are discussed.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Uses Ensemble Storytelling Processes to Overcome Enslavement in Corporate Supply Chains

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has successfully combated modern-day slavery by transforming the ways that over a dozen major brands, including Taco Bell, Subway, and Wal-Mart, manage their supply chains. The CIW’s efforts over more than 20 years have effectively stopped enslavement practices, including abuses such as wage theft and peonage indebtedness. We conducted a field ethnography, interviews, and archival analyses to understand this success. We find that the CIW employs a decentered, egalitarian, and ensemble approach to their multiplicities of alliances by collectively “animating” themselves and their partners through ensemble leadership. This combination of alliances, along with worker-driven monitoring, brings life to the CIW motto “We are all leaders.” Translating this motto into daily practice is how the CIW virtually eradicates enslavement practices in corporate supply chains.

Activist identity construction of Madam C.J. Walker

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold. First, this paper seeks to formalize a definition of activist entrepreneurship and differentiate it from social entrepreneurship. Second, this paper proposes a model that explains how the storytelling process, in the form of the message and means of communication, influences the activist identity process and consequently the legitimacy of the activist entrepreneur.Design/methodology/approachThis paper explains the historical method and offers an overview of the unique case of Madam C.J. Walker and analyzes how she gained legitimacy as an activist entrepreneur by conveying psychological capital (Psycap) concepts in her message and political skill in the means of her communication. The paper also analyzed books being written on her and also letters that were exchanged between herself and her lawyer F.B. Ransom.FindingsThe authors have found out that Madam Walker used Psycap elements such as self-efficacy, hope, resiliency and optimism as message and elements of political skill such as social astuteness, interpersonal skill, networking ability and apparent sincerity as means to communicate the message toward her followers and built a legitimate social identity where she had won the trust of them.Research limitations/implicationsThe primary limitation of this paper is that it is theoretical in nature and uses only one case study to support the theoretical model. However, when analyzing complex relationships, historical cases offer a wealth of insight to solve the problem at hand.Originality/valueBy using the elements of the model discussed in the research paper properly, people could create a legitimate identity for themselves where any message they give to their employees, colleagues and sub-ordinates would be viewed as a selfless one and that would increase the chances of their messages or orders being accepted and obeyed by the followers.

Storytelling for Making Cartographic Design Decisions for Climate Change Communication in the United States

Recent research in cartography has described how maps can tell stories; however, little research has empirically evaluated how storytelling can guide how map design decisions are made. I argue that storytelling allows cartographers to decide on basic map design elements by narrowing the focus of a map. First, cartographers decide on the driving story. The story is then used as a guide for every design decision, from what data to search for and use to the design of symbolism within the map. This research focuses on the case of climate change communication in the United States. Empirical evidence based on interviews with map-makers at major media organizations and government agencies creating maps of climate change illustrates how storytelling as a process provided these cartographers with a way to effectively convey the multidimensional and complex impacts of climate change across multiple scales. It is this storytelling process that enables cartographers to better connect with readers to communicate the impacts of complex environmental problems such as climate change. The article concludes with implications for using storytelling as an alternative way to think about cartographic communication and the map design process.

Analysis of Exhibition Storytelling of Major Ethnic Museums in Singapore: Focused on Four Heritage Centres and Peranakan Museum

싱가포르는 지정학적 입지 덕분에 인근 대륙에서 많은 이주민들이 몰려들어 인구를 구성했다. 1819년 영국에 의해 개항이 되면서 중국계, 말레이계, 인도계, 유라시안계 등 4대 주요 민족의 거주지를 구분해 배치한 정책은 지금도 유지되고 있으며, 모두가 섞여 지내는 ‘멜팅 팟’이 아니라 이른바 ‘서로 투과되면서도 각자 뚜껑이 덮인 민족성’이라 불리는 다민족, 다문화 사회를 유지하는 노선을 지키고 있다. 이에 따라 민족의 자부심을 표출하는 도구로서의 뮤지엄인 ‘헤리티지 센터’를 각 민족별로 설립했으며, 이들 4대 민족과 현지인이 결합해 생겨난 혼혈 민족도 독자적으로 ‘페라나칸 뮤지엄’을 세웠다. 뮤지엄은 전시를 통해 의도를 전달한다. 관람객의 동선을 고려해서 전시물의 수와 순서를 조정하는 작업은 의도에 따라 요소들을 재배치해서 이야기에 공감하게 만드는 스토리텔링과 유사한 면이 있다. 이에 본 연구는 싱가포르의 5개 민족별 뮤지엄의 전시 스토리텔링을 서사기호학을 통해 분석함으로써 그 속에 숨은 전략을 밝혀내고자 했다. 방법론으로는 그레마스가 주창한 서사 프로그램, 서사 도식, 행위소 모델, 기호 사각형을 사용했다.Singapore s geopolitical location has resulted in a large population of migrants from nearby continents. After the port was opened by the British in 1819, the policy of dividing and inhabiting the residences of four major ethnic groups, including Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian, is still maintained. It is not a “melting pot,” where everyone is mixed, but maintains a multiethnic and multicultural society called “permeable and canopied ethnicity”. As a result, the “Heritage Centre,” a museum that expresses pride of each ethnic group, was established behind one another, and the mixed-race people created by combining these four ethnic groups with local people independently established the “Peranakan Museum”. Museums communicate their intentions through the exhibition. Adjusting the number and order of exhibits in consideration of the audience s movements is similar to storytelling process, in which elements are relocated according to the intention to make the readers empathize with the story. This paper tried to find out the strategy behind the exhibition storytelling of five ethnic museums, four Heritage Centres and Peranakan Museum in Singapore through structuralist narrative semiotics. The methodologies used were narrative program, narrative scheme, actantial model and semiotic square advocated by structuralist semiologist A. J. Gremas.

Digital Storytelling Experiences of Social Studies Pre-Service Teachers

The purpose of the present study is to determine the pre-service social studies teachers’ opinions about digital storytelling process that they were experienced during 2018-2019 fall term. Mainly, their attitudes towards learning and teaching are tried to determine according to their opinions after their digital storytelling experiences. This study employed an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as a framework. Pre-service teachers were encouraged to create their own digital stories by telling the story along with the pictures through programs like windows movie maker, IMovie and so on. Data were collected through a survey and with semi-structured face to face interviews. A survey developed by researcher was given to all students who were enrolled to democracy and human rights course in 2018-2019 fall term and a total of 37 students completed it. Six pre-service social studies teachers in the group were selected for face to face interviews depended on their answers to survey questions. Three of them were who generally stated most positive views towards the digital storytelling process and other three were who generally reflected the challenges and difficulties during the process.

Making the Invisible Visible: Applying Digital Storytelling for Immersive, Transformative and Anti-Colonial Learning

Abstract This article examines the potential for digital storytelling in students’ local environments to produce transformative, anti-colonial learning. Using a process of mindful, embodied and emplaced observation, social work and human services students at one Australian university were asked to create a digital story about the visibility and valuing of First Nations’ peoples, culture and country in their local area. This article reports on a mixed-methods research evaluation of transformative learning outcomes from that assessment. It details the Indigenist and intercultural conceptual framework that underpinned the assessment and research evaluation. This article provides resources, findings and insights that can assist social work educators and professionals to adapt the digital storytelling process for their own contexts.