Our Stories™ is a new project that encourages people to interview friends and loved ones, and to share these oral histories with others. Founding partners include UNICEF, One Laptop per Child, and Google. The idea is to create, share, and grow a global collection of personal stories collected through recorded … Continue reading
Author Archives: KatHansen
Followup on LoJo
I previously wrote about the “locative storytelling” project of a team of Northwestern University graduate students to study the intersection of journalism and emerging location-based technologies. The team has concluded its project and presented its findings, which they summed up here in 12 points and have made available as a … Continue reading
The Value-Added Memoir
Not long ago, USA Today ran a feature on memoirs about obsessions — such as the wife who vowed to have sex with her husband nightly for a year (somehow this one doesn’t seem all that obsessive to me), the couple that likes to vacation at sites related to atomic … Continue reading
A Storied Career in a Wordle
This week’s Wordle.net word/tag cloud based on A Storied Career.
Why Stories Work to Bring Us Together
Because, as Jon Graves writes, “shared experiences are the glue of relationships of all types.”
From the Generous World of Storytelling
I continue to be amazed at the generosity of spirit in the storytelling community. There is such an aura of sharing. Copious, rich material is offered on Web sites. Practitioners generously give of their time to answer questions and promote their craft. The latest gem I’ve found is a fabulous … Continue reading
Stories of the Departed
Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor got a bit of press when he announced that he was founding Tributes.com, “a central location to house online memorials for those who have passed on,” writes Marty Graham on Wired.com. Taylor’s idea is not revolutionary. Sites such as MyDeathSpace, RememberWell, SweetMemoriesSite.com, Celebrations of Life (which … Continue reading
Two Requests Regarding Stories and Health
Lisa Neal Gualtieri, Ph.D., of the Tufts University School of Medicine, who blogs about health and education, has two requests having to do with stories and health. She writes: First, I am helping on a proposal for a health web site and need citations about the benefits of storytelling for … Continue reading
Storytelling Terms I Like
I like the term Terrence Gargiulo uses: Return on Experiences (ROE). Telling stories in ways that “enhance your credibility and influence” provides ROE. I also like the idea of Social Collaborative Sharing (SCS) for social media. (OK, not precisely story-related)
Stories of PhD Mamas
I was pretty much past the hands-on mothering stage by the time I entered my PhD program in 2003 as my kids were almost grown and one was already out of the house. But I remain interested in the stories of PhD holders and students, especially those who share the … Continue reading