Transformative story
I don’t want to lose the link to this organization, which has two scholars who work on transformative forms of storytelling in organizations. Or this link to the Big Stories Small Towns project.
Examples
ELCA faith stories
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has begun to share stories of faith online, in some digital formats. It’s a step in the direction of digital storytelling, although not quite fully there.
Memories of September 11th site
This project has a great curriculum for gleaning and sharing stories, as well as a deep collection of stories people have already shared.
Interfaith Photovoice
Here is a powerful project that is using a photovoice methodology to support interfaith learning.
Stories have conflict
Kyle Oliver has just successfully defended his dissertation in the program at Teachers College — and the whole thing is a set of podcast episodes! More on it, soon, but here’s a taste of it engaging the reality that all stories have conflict.
Stories build empathy
Yet another example of how stories can build empathy, this time from our nation’s newest Youth Poet Laureate, Alexandra Huỳnh.
Psychology of storytelling
A brief reflection on the psychology of storytelling offers insight.
USDAC Digital Storytelling a crisis
The USDAC group, which is a collection of creative people who do justice work, held a webinar on digital storytelling in a crisis. In addition to the video of the event, they have also posted a collection of resources.
Datastories
A “data story” is a practice of building a narrative around a set of data and its accompanying visualizations to help convey the meaning of that data in a powerful and compelling fashion. The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island has been working with a group called FaithX to put together a data story that draws on …
The Reciprocity Project
Facing a climate crisis, the Reciprocity Project “embraces Indigenous value systems that have bolstered communities since the beginning of time. To heal, we must recognize that we are in relationship with Earth, a place that was in balance for millennia. This short film series and multimedia platform, made in partnership with Indigenous storytellers and their …