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==== A Day In The Life... ==== | ==== A Day In The Life... ==== | ||
- | Describing | + | This storytelling technique describes |
=== Process === | === Process === | ||
- | (a step by step process) | + | This technique works best as an individual writing or [[closed eye visioning]] exercise, but it can be conducted as a group discussion as well. If time and resources are available, you can also make a storyboard, a short video, or a [[prehearsal]]. |
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+ | * Step 1: Frame the exercise as a storytelling technique that describes a specific situation and (human) character that exist within the global description of a scenario. The story should include answers to the following questions: What would happen during an ordinary day in the life of your character? Think of specific details and events: how and where do they wake up, what do they do, how do they travel, what do they eat, how do they communicate, | ||
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+ | * Step 1a (optional): Identify different characters and situations with the whole group (or in breakout groups). Alternatively you can skip this step and let the individual participants describe their own. | ||
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+ | * Step 2: Invite participants to spend an allocated amount of time (10--20 minutes minimum) describing one day in the life of a specific character in the chosen scenario. You can suggest some additional guiding questions (verbally or written on a worksheet) to encourage the development of concrete detail in the stories: | ||
+ | * What is your character like? What does your character look like? Think of internal and external characteristics like emotional, intellectual, | ||
+ | * What does your character believe in? How does your character think and feel about the world? Do they have an ideology, a worldview? | ||
+ | * What larger (social) systems have an impact on your character' | ||
+ | * What is the setting? Where does your character live? Think of the visible surroundings like interiors, exteriors, landscapes, geopolitical entities (cities, states, regions)... | ||
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+ | Step 3: Share (some of) the stories with the group. The participants can either read their stories out loud, or you can invite answers to the guiding questions from step 1 and 2 and get short reports from different people. You can record and cluster the responses thematically if appropriate. | ||
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+ | === References === | ||
- | ==== References ==== | ||
- | (a list of references and/or further reading) | ||