by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota. For the past ten years, I have worked with at-risk youth. One of the facilities I visit regularly is a residential treatment center or minimum- security detention center. Although it originally housed only girls, three years ago the facility added two boys’ cottages. It currently houses up to 30 boys in […]
Healing Storytelling: An Old Technique that Reaches the Young Details »
by Laura Simms. A strong disease needs a strong medicine. – Mende proverb, Sierra Leone For 10 years, an unimaginable atrocity of civil war took place in Sierra Leone, a West African country, previously known for its hospitality, natural beauty and kind people. Hearing about what occurred there from the lips of children forced to
The Free Press (Mankato, MN), January 8, 2012 Summary: The Blue Earth County Historical Society is presenting 12 monthly events aimed at helping southern Minnesota learn about Dakota culture. “Am I doing OK?” asked Joe Whitehawk, a Dakota, speaking to an almost exclusively white audience at the first event. Dave Larsen, a Dakota, said
Dakota Have Stories to Tell, Culture to Share Details »
Stanford Medicine April 20, 2017 Summary Data Needs Narrative: Communicating Science to the Public Science is complex. And like many professionals in fields with their own terms unknown to the general public, medical researchers often have difficulty explaining their research to the public. However, stories can animate data. Dhruv Khullar, a resident in internal medicine
On the importance of storytelling in medicine Details »
by Suzanne Montz Adams. I used to think that myths were simply old stories that had little relevance for twenty-first century dilemmas. Yes, I admired their wildly imaginative content, the occasional unexpected twist, and the characters’ fantastical feats; but important to me personally? Not a chance. There was a slight glimmer of contemporary relevance, however,
Presented as part of the 2021 Earth Up Conference Margaret Read MacDonald (Washington) | HostJen and Nat Whitman (Bangkok) | Mikku and the TreesJenni Cargill-Strong (Australia) | Mosquito Extermination ProjectJoe Hayes (New Mexico) | Frog and LocustGecko Cannot SleepJudith Black (Massachusetts) | Spider and the Palm-Nut TreeRoger Jenkins (Singapore) and Paula Martín (Argentina) | The
Earth Care Performance 1: Lively Tales Details »
by Charles Temple Storytelling can teach by imparting truths. But storytelling can also teach by inviting people to think for themselves and create their own truths. When people come up with interpretations and support them with reasons, they are doing what is called critical thinking. And when different people work together to create responses to
Storytelling and Critical Thinking Details »
After decades of providing race-themed video stories, the website www.RacebridgesStudio.com announced it is closing its doors on July 1st.
A Tribute to Race Bridges Studio Details »
It is close to 7:00 P.M, the library closes in two hours. People come in from the cold, some faces are familiar, there is older Flora and her daughter who consistently arrive before anyone else. Strangers find a seat in the back only to hear “the best seats are up front.” The new bright purple
Every Town Should have a Storyville Details »
The Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling supports a model storytelling project that is service-oriented, based in a community or organization, and to some extent replicable in other places and situations. We are confident that the four projects above will inspire excellence in applied storytelling work and communicate to new audiences the humanitarian possibilities of storytelling.
2011-12 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
