Telling Stories: How Narratives Create Identity, Make Life Meaningful, and Potentially Oppress Others

Explore the topic of narrative identity – the view that we establish our sense of self by telling a story that links the events of our life into a coherent whole. This view provides rich insights into how we establish what is and isn’t meaningful in our lives. See how we can be creative and responsible for our life story, and how cultural narratives can oppress us and others.