Sharing Stories, Building Bonds: The Reconciliating Power of a Narrative (original) (raw)
for reading every single section of this paper hundreds of times, supporting and motivating me over the last years of my education. I am also grateful to the director of Vusumnotfo Katherine J. Gau and all other staff at Vusumnotfo, James Tsabedze, Nomcebo Shezie and Sikhumbuzo Mkhabela, for giving me the space to work and supporting me with translations, cultural insight and never ending acceptance. Lastly, the greatest thank you to my advisor John Ungerleider for seeing me through to the end of my Capstone, even though it took longer than planned. Without all of you this Capstone would never have been completed! Dedication This paper is dedicated to my sweet Khosi, you can do everything you set your mind to, I love you Khos! 4 "Sharing Stories, Building Bonds: The Reconciliating Power of a Narrative"
Sign up for access to the world's latest research.
checkGet notified about relevant papers
checkSave papers to use in your research
checkJoin the discussion with peers
checkTrack your impact
Related papers
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 2017
Structures supported by narratives can play a dominating role in bureaucratic systems, democratic processes, and in an extensive range of social, legal, and political practices. Narratives, in supporting the formation of institutions, traditions, practices, etc. can be rigid protectors of the status quo, promoters of corporate and nationalist interests, and hinder innovative thinking. For this reason some critical theorists are suspicious of narrative. I argue they shouldn't be.
yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say shame would not hold down your eyes but rather you would speak about what is just" -Sappho "The seed of a creative idea does not die in mud and scum. Even there it will germinate and spread its blossom like a star shining in darkness." -Petr Ginz Rape. Incest. Violence. Suicide. Failure. Ridicule. Other-ing. All of these events cause or are caused because one feels shame. Shame is perhaps one of the least talked about and most uncomfortable subjects in any society. While shame may seem more conducive to one group of people or another-what many of would think of as "shame cultures"-the more it is understood the more psychologists are realizing that it is a global emotion-felt by women and men, young and old, East and West. It is only within the last twenty years that psychologists have begun to devote a substantial amount of research to addressing this painful experience.
Andrews, M., Squire, C., Tamboukou, M. (eds) (2008/2013) Doing Narrative Research, London, Sage
"Examining narrative methods in the context of its multi-disciplinary social science origins, this text looks at its theoretical underpinnings, while retaining an emphasis on the process of doing narrative research. The authors provide a comprehensive guide to narrative methods, taking the reader from initial decisions about forms of narrative analysis, through more complex issues of reflexivity, interpretation and the research context. The contributions included here clearly demonstrate the value of narrative methods for contemporary social research and practice. This book will be invaluable for all social science postgraduate students and researchers looking to use narrative methods in their own research."
Loading Preview
Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. You can download the paper by clicking the button above.