Introduction to Narrative Practices

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Narrative practices believes that, all the problems are rooted in oppressive structures rather than in communities, beings and people's bodies and identities. Communities and people are experts of their own life and exist in relationship with each other. We all are performing our stories or being made to perform them and that stories are how we make sense of our experience, of our world and of ourselves. Stories from our everyday lived experience help us in co-creating maps to navigate through these oppressive systems to exist in worlds of imperfect solidarities.

This introductory workshop will explore

- the key ideas that guide narrative practices

- the metaphor of Landscape of stories. what is a story ? what are the parts of a story ? how do stories shape our identities and they we perceive ourselves and the world around us ?

- Deconstruction of dominant oppressive systems of power ( we will explore the idea that communities and people’s bodies and identities are not the problem, but the problem is the problem. How do we locate where the problem lies? how do we make visible everyday practices of dominant cultural discourses in creating the problems ?)

  • Rich story development of local know-hows generated in community and people’s lived experiences. Practising the stance of partnering with community and people as knowledge producers. How do we witness these knowledges and trace their histories ? how do we partner with in the knowing that they are map makers navigating territories of life ?

  • In this workshop we will look at case stories, practise interview exs, explore children's picture books and play as a way to learn narrative practices. 

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Dates: 28th & 29th Sept 2024

Timings: 10 am to 5 pm IST

Venue: In-person, Monfort Spirituality Center, Bangalore

Fees - 5000 INR for individual registrations

4000 INR per person for a group of three and more registering together.

4000 INR for students

( plus 18 % GST )

( The fees include workshop handbook, tea and snacks.)

Workshop will be facilitated in English language

The workshop is for social workers, mental health practioners, therapists, students, doctors, educators, writers, story-tellers, library educators, and anyone who is interested in the idea of stories.

For any queries please write to sathwiknpi@gmail.com

Facilitator