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 12: Healing Trauma through Creative Writing with Edwina Shaw
Narrative Now
27 minutes
2 years ago
Episode 12: Healing Trauma through Creative Writing with Edwina Shaw
For this episode we spoke to Edwina Shaw, who teaches creative writing in schools, libraries and at the University of Queensland, and also is a writer herself. Edwina’s work focuses on the healing power of stories and in this episode we explore how storytelling can be a way of working through trauma. We focus on Edwina’s creative writing sessions with people who grew up in out-of-home care and hear about how imaginative and creative writing exercises hold the potential to tell one’s story in ...
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...
