Blog
Feb
26
26
2014
Weekly roundup: Story shapes, the imagination, and visual storytelling resources
THE SHAPES OF STORIES: Novelist Kurt Vonnegut’s rejected master’s thesis described the “shapes” of stories. Here, graphic designer Maya ...
Feb
19
19
2014
Media tropes and biases, and why activists should care
PERIODIC TABLE OF STORYTELLING: Above, an ingenious representation of the biggest tropes on television, broken down into categories of ...
Feb
12
12
2014
Storytelling against violence — two projects
In this video from the Texas After Violence Project, former corrections officer Jim Willett remembers the first execution he ...
Feb
5
5
2014
Methods in social change storytelling
THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED NYC: Last month I was thrilled to take a “Joker” training with the NYC branch ...
Jan
29
29
2014
“The Culture of Possibility”
From Arlene Goldbard’s book The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists & the Future “We are in the midst of ...
Jan
22
22
2014
Piggybacking on pop culture for social change
Check out a short video by Narrative Arts’ managing director, Paul VanDeCarr, on how to put pop culture to ...