Syllabus/content/session/centeringmargins.md

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title: ‘Centering margins’ using storying as ‘agents of change’
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# Methodologies
- How do we get people to understand our situation or context?
- How can we use stories (informally) as a centre for research to respond to dangers which have been over-looked?
- How can we use stories and performative memory for personal safety and solidarity in the here and now?

‘Co-creating empathy’ using personal narratives (ref) and inquisitive non-judgmental validating conversations. Stories give new insight into what people have endured and with it the time and space to reflect on those experiences helping ‘co-create empathy’.

# References

Video: Paul Parking, “[Reimagining Empathy: The Transformative Nature of Empathy](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4aHb_GTRVo)”, TEDxTalks, July 9 th , 2015. 

Video: Dr. Jane Goodall explains how she uses stories in conversations with people thinking polar opposite. [Dr. Jane Goodall's Advice for Getting Others to Care About the Environment](https://nowthisnews.com/videos/her/dr-jane-goodalls-on-getting-others-to-care-about-the-environment)

Digital Learning Platform: [The living library](https://humanlibrary.org) is a world-wide movement creating a safe space for dialogue challenging stereotypes and stigma using the praxis of personal narratives (stories). Topics are openly discussed between people and readers. First Person Discourse: first-person discourse 6 (embodied knowledge 7).