Post by HLTD50 student Lily Storytelling is a method for us all to share our stories and experiences. It’s a way for anyone to share their experience of illness and health and their experience of life. Expressing your experience as a digital story allows your story to extend far as the reach of digitalization which… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student SickSocietiesFromThe6 One of the most inspiring and informative experiences that I had in the HLTD50 course was when I had the opportunity to create a digital story with the help of Dr. Charise and the Project Re•Vision team. On the first day of the workshop, Dr. Carla Rice talked about stories as “constructions,”… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Catastrophe Survivor The Project Re*Vision workshop was a very empowering and emotional two days where I felt privileged to be given the opportunity to create a digital story using the tech gear – with the help of the Project Re*Vision facilitators. Because our class was awarded a $10,000 experiential learning grant,… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student ShalsHealth To say that I am moved by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” would be an understatement. In this lecture, Adichie talks about stereotyping and how today’s society tends to categorize individuals based off of a single story that we hear. Having lived in Scarborough… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Daddy’s Little Girl Since this is my last week here, and I have finally finished Scarborough and The Wounded Storyteller, I guess I can say I connected the best with Scarborough. The book made me want to jump in – there was just so much about it that made me never… Read More
Poem and post by HLTD50 student Peppermint_Lattes Pain— is haphazard. On a good day, I feel unrestrained from my body. Like the halcyon ocean, its tides are low, my body is tranquil and serene. I am reminded by the beauty of nature. I hear the distant squawks of seagulls, as they soar through the… Read More
Post and podcast by HLTD50 students Shining_Diamond_17 and hhhipster In this podcast, we talk about what it was like meeting Catherine Hernandez and reflect on what it means to connect art, health, and the humanities. We hope you enjoy! (click the image below to listen)… Read More
Post and podcast by Honourable_Baron The Baron explores and reflects the creative impact of Catherine Hernandez’s novel, Scarborough, on his life as a resident of the district of Scarborough.… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student Zainab Throughout his book The Wounded Storyteller, sociologist Arthur Frank does many comparisons of the various types of illness narratives. As a result, while I was reading the novel Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez, I couldn’t help but identify some of the illness narratives present in this novel. Besides the story line itself (which involves… Read More
Post by HLTD50 student KAKhalfan This week’s blog post will be a continuation of last week’s podcast on the importance of multiple stories for health-related storytelling. In the podcast I discussed the ways that Catherine Hernandez’s Scarborough depicted how multiple stories encapsulate Arthur Frank’s ‘web of stories’ (described in his book The Wounded Storyteller), effectively reducing the isolation many… Read More