Era uma vez, para a alma: uma revisão dos efeitos do storytelling nas tradições religiosas

Stories are among our most basic units of communication. We are socialized through       narrativity, though we can be educated through rationality. The role of stories in a social explanation was analyzed in fields as diverse as psychology,sociolinguistics,political sciences, history, anthropology,law and communication. Human beings think, perceive, imagine and make moral choices according to their narrative structures. However the effects of sharing narratives have been well documented for children in educative environments, as culture carriers, and for the sick people, relatively small academic attention was focused on how listening to narratives affects the members of traditions and spiritual communities. Though, storytellers themselves have recognized for long time the power of narratives to take the listeners from the pain in a moment to the “and they all lived happily ever after”. Oral tales came before written texts in all spiritual traditions. To focus the discussion, three terms are clarified: spirituality, faith and religion. Here, an intersection is given to frame the discussion of stories: attention is given to the use of oral stories inside spiritual practices, to goals that generate faith and to religious institutions. People have a basic necessity of spirituality to help them in giving sense to the world and frame their choice on what to believe or reject, determine what to valorize and guide to behavioral choices. Religions offer more specific structure, support and foundation for a central spiritual need. Storytelling is a vital tool for reaching these necessities and goals.Histórias estão entre as nossas unidades mais básicas de comunicação. Somos socializados através da narratividadeembora possamos sê-lo também por meio, a racionalidadeuma explicação social foi analisado emcampos tão diversos como a psicologia,. O papel das histórias em sociolingüística, ciências políticas, história, antropologia, direito e comunicações. Os seres humanos pensam, percebem, imaginam e fazem escolhas morais de acordo com as estruturas de narrativa. Embora os efeitos de compartilhar narrativas tenham sido bem documentados entre crianças em ambientes educacionais, como portadoras de cultura, e entre aqueles que estão doentes, relativamente pouca atenção acadêmica direciona-se à questão de como ouvir as narrativas afeta os membros de tradições e comunidades espirituais. Os próprios contadores de histórias, entretanto, há muito tempo reconhecem o poder que as narrativas têm para transportar os ouvintes da dor do momento a um “e todos viveram felizes para sempre”. Os contos orais vieram antes dos textos escritos em todas as tradições religiosas. Para enfocar a discussão, são esclarecidos três termos: espiritualidade, fé e religião. Aqui, uma interseção é oferecida para enquadrar a discussão de histórias; dá-se atenção ao uso de histórias orais dentro de práticas espirituais, de metas que geram fé e dentro de instituições religiosas. As pessoas têm uma necessidade básica pela espiritualidade para ajudá-las a dar sentido ao mundo, enquadrar suas escolhas sobre em que crer ou rejeitar, determinar o que valorizar e para guiar escolhas comportamentais. As religiões oferecem uma estrutura, um suporte e uma fundação mais específicas para a necessidade espiritual central. O ato de contar histórias é uma ferramenta vital para alcançar essas necessidades e metas

Designing Hybrid Gifts

Hybrid gifting combines physical artefacts and experiences with digital interactivity to generate new kinds of gifts. Our review details how gifting is a complex social phenomenon and how digital gifting is less engaging than physical gifting for both givers and receivers. Employing a Research Through Design approach, we developed a portfolio of four hybrid gifting experiences: an augmented advent calendar; edible music tracks; personalised museum tours; and a narrated city walk. Our reflection addresses three concepts: hybrid wrapping where physical gifts become wrapped in digital media and vice versa; the importance of effortful interactions that are visible and pleasurable; and the need to consider social obligation, including opportunities for acknowledgement and reciprocation, dealing with embarrassment, and recognising the distinction between giving and sharing. Our concepts provide guidance to practitioners who wish to design future gifting experiences while helping HCI researchers engage with the concept of gifting in a nuanced way

Rx Storysharing, prn: Stories as Medicine; Prologue to the Special Healing Issue

The story of narrative medicine is dynamic and is examined here, exploring specific cross-disciplinary research involving both storytelling and storylistening in the context of health care. Specific findings concerning storysharing in a variety of health communities are described, and a functional model is offered for understanding the effects of storied communication for both caregivers and carereceivers. The current challenges of research into storytelling and healing are explored, positioning the special issue articles into future directions for scholarship on stories as medicine

God-Thinking: Every Juror\u27s Moral Brain, Religious Beliefs, and Their Effects on a Trial Verdict

A wide variety of moral compasses is sitting in every jury box! Jurors bring their religions and spiritual beliefs with them to court and rely upon personal moral compasses during deliberations. Every trial, civil or criminal, can become a battle of good and evil in the minds of the jurors, yet trial advocacy books have ignored this dynamic. This eBook invites trial practitioners, attorneys, judges, and consultants to engage in new thinking about how jurors\u27 moral compasses affect trial outcomes.https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/1112/thumbnail.jp

Once Upon a Time: An Introduction to the Inaugural Issue

Presents an introduction to the inaugural issue of the periodical Storytelling, Self, Society . Contemporary revival of storytelling; Storytelling as a performing art