July 21, 2018

Our job as scientists is to find the truth. But we must also be storytellers

Education, Medical, Storytelling It's News! / July 21, 2018 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

The Guardian July 19, 2018 Summary How should scientists communicate their discoveries? By using stories, so says Nature magazine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as well as other articles.

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The danger of a single story

Diversity, Education, Personal Storytelling, Social Justice, Storytelling It's News!, TED Talk / July 21, 2018 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

TEDGlobal 2009 July, 2009 Summary People and cultures are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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