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Story Sensing

experiences

Welcome

Making Sense Of Our World

Asking "why" about our direct experiences with the world.

each word Mikhail Bakhtin tastes of the context and contexts in which it has lived a socially charged life

What's your story?

Sociality

Temporal & Spatial

Individuals act within certain narratives.

an earlier story Arthur W. Frank (2010) works to hold people to a particular understanding of their lives

What takes form?

Uncertainty

Actualities & Possibilities

Uncertainty demands frameworks and processes that can move beyond the fragmentations, reductions, and causal explanations that are all too often privileged in our world.

human needs Abraham Maslow (1968) we communicate to meet a range of human needs

How does it inform?

Trauma

Narratives Of Selfhood

Early attachment experiences echo their stories through our bodies, nervous systems, and relationships as we grow and develop.

trauma Peter Levine a loss of connection

Who are we?

Narratives

Inquiries & Performances

Our narratives are how we co-create and share meanings with others as we navigate our experiences in and through the temporal, spatial, and social realities of our world. Moving beyond what has been psychologized, what has been institutionalized, and those who have been granted a certain status.

experience John Dewey (1938) continuity and interaction enacted in situations

Who are we becoming?

Stories

Listening & Storytelling

Focusing on storying our bodies and minds toward the possibilities of creating new experiences with others and our world.

narrative ground Walter Fisher (1987) we need to be able to articulate and offer a public account of the good in which we believe and that propels our communicative action in public and private life

How are our borders structured?

Credits:

Created with images by Zofia - "Handwriting text What'S Your Story Question.,Concept meaning asking someone to tell me about himself Messages object location yellow banner frame metal board billboard yellow" • opu - "Child peeking through wooden planks black and white" • tang90246 - "Maslow hierarchy of needs for human"