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Jan 14, 20215 min read
Narrative change happens fast
Narrative change happens fast in times of crisis and national trauma. Let’s look at how the “terrorist” stories of this past week (and...
Nov 19, 20205 min read
Polyvocal narrative strategy: Turning many voices into durable change
What would it mean for many voices to come together, each voice individual and distinct, and speak for change in the same direction? A...
Sep 17, 20206 min read
Thinking with our eyes: Understanding the power of visual narrative
Visual narrative includes the photos and video we see in front of us every day. It’s also the fuzzy scenes stored in our memory. These...
Sep 1, 20206 min read
Our futures now: Turning imagination into narrative power
Narrative Initiative connects futures and narrative to create power. Futures work gives people space and tools to imagine a world free...
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Constructing Gravity: Frameworks and tools for narrative change
The Constructing Gravity series will share skills, strategies and frameworks to guide narrative change work. These articles present...
May 7, 20209 min read
Narrative and COVID-19: Resources and reading lists
The Coronavirus pandemic is shaping (and being shaped by) narratives. These articles, essays, research and resources offer insights into...
Apr 20, 20209 min read
Making meaning in a global pandemic
Today, tens of millions of Americans are losing their jobs, worried about the health of their families and friends, and feeling fear and...
Dec 20, 20194 min read
Narrative change in 2019
Deep narratives are built upon deep connections between people. Narrative is a thing (and narrative change is a practice). Deep narrative...
Oct 31, 201910 min read
Flooding the channels: Information abundance and narrative change
Five experts who joined Narrative Initiative and Open Society Foundations at Meeting the Populist Moment weigh in on narrative practice.
Oct 18, 20195 min read
Narrative research: Access, methods and pathways to a stronger field
Successful narrative change projects require practitioners to know what strategies work. When to use them. Who their audience is. That...
Sep 17, 20195 min read
Decoding Narrative Technology
Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral. – Melvin Kranzberg I was born in Washington DC in the early 1980s. I have seen...
Sep 13, 20195 min read
Narrative infrastructure to build a bigger we
Campaigners, funders, strategists and storytellers are all thinking about the systems and tools needed to measure, teach and test...
Sep 3, 20197 min read
Three lessons for creating powerful collaborative gatherings
Narrative Initiative recently brought 100 people from around the world to Berlin for Meeting the Populist Moment. From idea to execution,...
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