Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • "The Danger of a Single Story"
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Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.
Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • "The Danger of a Single Story"
“We live in a world shaped by stories. Stories are the threads of our lives and the fabric of human cultures. A story can unite or divide people(s), obscure issues, or spotlight new perspectives. A story can inform or deceive, enlighten or entertain, or even do all of the above. Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives,... See more
Designing Systems Interventions – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Storytellers, reclaim your power to shape the future through stories. You are descendants of the bards and the wonder-workers.
Ben Okri • The Mystery Feast: Thoughts on Storytelling
The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • "The Danger of a Single Story"
Personal stories can make the complex more tangible, spark associations, and offer entry into things that might otherwise leave one cold.”
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon)
True storytelling inspires people to see the world and themselves differently or perhaps more honestly and courageously. Reporting
Matthew Dicks • Stories Sell: Storyworthy Strategies to Grow Your Business and Brand
“What is it about stories—what are their particularities—that enables them to work as they do? More than mere curiosity is at stake in this question, because human life depends on the stories we tell: the sense of self that those stories impart, the relationships constructed around shared stories, and the sense of purpose that stories both propose ... See more