In this episode of Narrative Now we speak to Nikki Hennigham and Wajeehah Aayeshah about the ethical aspects and challenges of telling stories that are silenced, traumatic, or socially taboo. The discussion takes its starting point in Nikki and Wajeehah’s respective chapters in our recent book, Narrative Research Now but also goes beyond these chapters to touch on broader aspects that unite their two chapters. One thorny topic is ownership – who can tell whose stories – while another is the t...
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In this episode of Narrative Now we speak to Nikki Hennigham and Wajeehah Aayeshah about the ethical aspects and challenges of telling stories that are silenced, traumatic, or socially taboo. The discussion takes its starting point in Nikki and Wajeehah’s respective chapters in our recent book, Narrative Research Now but also goes beyond these chapters to touch on broader aspects that unite their two chapters. One thorny topic is ownership – who can tell whose stories – while another is the t...
Episode 10: Talking Wounded Storytelling and Vulnerable Reading with Arthur Frank
Narrative Now
42 minutes
2 years ago
Episode 10: Talking Wounded Storytelling and Vulnerable Reading with Arthur Frank
In this episode we speak to Arthur Frank about his life’s work on narrative. Frank is an Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada, and has won many accolades for his work on illness narratives and ethics of care. We discuss Frank’s most well-known work The Wounded Storyteller (1995), now a central text in the narrative canon, and why this book became so influential. We also chat about Frank’s new book, King Lear: Shakespeare's Dark Consolations, where he coins the ...
Narrative Now
In this episode of Narrative Now we speak to Nikki Hennigham and Wajeehah Aayeshah about the ethical aspects and challenges of telling stories that are silenced, traumatic, or socially taboo. The discussion takes its starting point in Nikki and Wajeehah’s respective chapters in our recent book, Narrative Research Now but also goes beyond these chapters to touch on broader aspects that unite their two chapters. One thorny topic is ownership – who can tell whose stories – while another is the t...
