Stories as a Medium for Change: A Reflection on the Storied Lives Project
Stories have the power to make change; this is a driving idea behind the Storied Lives project, a SSHRC-funded research project hosted by the Live Work Well Research Centre, the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, and the Guelph-Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, that aims to improve peoples’ understandings of the complex experiences of individuals living with poverty in Ontario and beyond. At the heart of Storied Lives is a series of four podcasts, each telling a composite story. They are fictional narratives, based on a collection of true accounts, that allow people with lived experience to share their knowledge. Each composite story is followed by a short discussion with a community activist with expertise in combatting poverty. Listeners are asked to complete pre- and post-surveys, which aim to improve our understanding of how stories impact perceptions of poverty.
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