Digital Post by Ally_EdwardSaid I believe that creative storytelling, such as through movies, poems, digital stories and so on, has the potential to re-enchant our lives, and in doing so, helps us better manage our sadness and suffering. I will use Arthur Frank’s concept of the quest narrative to explore Daniel Tysdal’s lived experience… Read More
Digital Post by Zai (As in Frank’s borrowed narratives and Something Borrowed, a tradition in weddings that is said to symbolize borrowed happiness) Daniel Tysdal’s essay, TIFF is more to me than a film festival, explores how film can be an immersive experience for those who experience mental illnesses. In Tysdal’s own experience, movies… Read More
Digital post by Yirby Content warning: death, suicide In his book, The Wounded Storyteller, Arthur Frank introduces three narrative types used to describe illness. Put briefly, restitution narratives look at illness as something to be cured, chaos narratives imagine illness as something that never gets better, and quest narratives are ones that accept illness… Read More
Blog post by Katana Rider The creative text by Laura Shepherd, “Forgiving the Future,” published in GUTS Magazine (2016) was a great connection and exemplar for one of Arthur Frank’s narrative he discusses in The Wounded Storyteller. The most intriguing aspect of this creative text is possibly the image that Shepherd used; which I understood… Read More
Digital Post by Ally_EdwardSaid De Jager et al. (2017) explain that digital storytelling (DST) practices are often underfunded as there is an expectation to conform to traditional research formats. This is unfortunate, as DST holds much promise for countering dominant ways of knowing. I argue that while traditional research methods in biomedicine (such as Randomized Controlled… Read More
Digital Post by Yirby A year ago, Chika Stacy Oriuwa was completing her degree at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine. As a member of an underserved and radicalized group, she became accustomed to micro- and macro-aggressions that questioned how she could succeed in academic spaces as a Black woman and medical student.… Read More
Starting in September 2019, HLTD54 students will continue the work of submitting weekly blog entries that explore the intersection of arts, health, and illness experience in Toronto. Stay tuned for blog posts, podcasts, and video work that engages with this term’s course readings!… Read More