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 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
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
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 T.Kamen Before enrolling into HLTD50 as a health and mental health studies major, a lot of my views on healthcare were very simple. I had a single perspective on understanding health and health stories as that is what I was taught in all my undergraduate classes. Looking back, my understanding of… 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
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 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