Dr. Mitchell delivered a cool presentation on the narrative-research that informed his doctoral dissertation. The topic he explored involved tracing the deep disruptions and dislocations within communities that can be wrought by seemingly innocuous infrastructural developments such as interstate highways. The intertwining of personal and political storylines has deepening effect on the stories we listen to and tell, and this same intertwining also has the capacity expand storylines in an intersectional, horizontal way.
So this week as we build our stories deeper into personal narrative we also seek to build our stories out into social and historical contexts. Again it's the blend we are after.
