Add to ORKGThere is a growing interest in narrative for policy making in community development. The implicit assumption in most projects is that just making stories available will increase recognition in readers and by some automatic process it will enhance understanding and thereby a sense of community. In this essay I want to explore this assumption, as it makes the value of narrative self-evident, but may leave its full potential for community development untouched. To find answers, I look for a starting point in what we all share: our biology. From there, I propose that narrative is the language we use to communicate about our relations in the world. It’s true you can’t live here by chance, You have to do and be, not simply watch Or even describe....
This article suggests that by analyzing vernacular narratives of a community through a qualitative r...
This article introduces and describes an emerging discipline, the design of narrative environments. ...
Paul Ricoeur argues that there is a certain reciprocal relation between our experiences of lived tim...
There is a growing interest in narrative for policy making in community development. The implicit as...
“Simply put, narrative is the representation of an event or a series of events” (Abbott 2008: 13). ...
We present a theoretical discussion conceptualizing “community as story„—narrative...
The authors argue that narratives—the plural being very important—are crucial for the representation...
How can we research others’ professional identities if we acknowledge they are in a constant state o...
The authors argue that narratives—the plural being very important—are crucial for the representation...
When we arrive in urban situations they often have a problematic narrative through the palimpsest of...
In this paper, I argue that the most salient aspect of narrative is not the arrangement of speech el...
Narrative can be intensely pleasurable because storytelling is central to human existence. Narrative...
Applying long-term thinking to placemaking is challenging when practitioners work within short timef...
It\u27s human nature to desire stories – both to absorb other people\u27s narratives and to relate o...
Narrative change and strategic communications are attractive tools for city officials setting policy...
This article suggests that by analyzing vernacular narratives of a community through a qualitative r...
This article introduces and describes an emerging discipline, the design of narrative environments. ...
Paul Ricoeur argues that there is a certain reciprocal relation between our experiences of lived tim...
There is a growing interest in narrative for policy making in community development. The implicit as...
“Simply put, narrative is the representation of an event or a series of events” (Abbott 2008: 13). ...
We present a theoretical discussion conceptualizing “community as story„—narrative...
The authors argue that narratives—the plural being very important—are crucial for the representation...
How can we research others’ professional identities if we acknowledge they are in a constant state o...
The authors argue that narratives—the plural being very important—are crucial for the representation...
When we arrive in urban situations they often have a problematic narrative through the palimpsest of...
In this paper, I argue that the most salient aspect of narrative is not the arrangement of speech el...
Narrative can be intensely pleasurable because storytelling is central to human existence. Narrative...
Applying long-term thinking to placemaking is challenging when practitioners work within short timef...
It\u27s human nature to desire stories – both to absorb other people\u27s narratives and to relate o...
Narrative change and strategic communications are attractive tools for city officials setting policy...
This article suggests that by analyzing vernacular narratives of a community through a qualitative r...
This article introduces and describes an emerging discipline, the design of narrative environments. ...
Paul Ricoeur argues that there is a certain reciprocal relation between our experiences of lived tim...