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I cheer for Morocco
How narratives of dominance have a very strong influence on our society, and how you’re starting to see this more and more clearly, for example in the Morocco v Netherlands match.
Which story will you choose?
People often have a choice as to which story they associate with an event or a memory. We can decide what value and what meaning we attach to it. Which story do you choose?
More isn’t always better; insights into the single story
In this article, Arjen Barel reflects on the concept of the ‘single story’; the reduction of an identity to a single narrative.
The difference
It’s a question that comes up in almost every training session or presentation: “What is the real difference between applied storytelling and therapy?”
The naked truth: Bullshit part 2
The plain truth can be woven into a narrative to make it more appealing and easier for audiences to accept, but the narrative must never obscure the truth.
Bullshit
When slick marketing types use the term storytelling only as a means to sell stuff you don’t need with bullshit stories, where is the authenticity?
Arjen Barel
Director of the Storytelling Centre and Theatre Lab and Storytelling Coach.
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Hij schreef eerder twee boeken:
‘The Power of Art Bouwstenen’
en
‘Storytelling en de Wereld’
en hij is bezig met zijn derde.
Hij geeft regelmatig lezingen over storytelling in de maatschappelijke sector.