by restor67_wp | May 26, 2016 | (re)storying society, storyreading | 0 Comments
I’ve been quoted in the news a few times over the last couple of weeks, which is always exciting. The graphic novel Scottish Book Trust produced to tackle sectarianism has made the news here in Scotland, garnering coverage on the BBC, in the Scotsman...
by Alette | Apr 12, 2016 | (re)storying nature, (re)storying the personal, quotations, storyreading, storywriting | 0 Comments
Okay, so William James, the 19th century philosopher and psychologist, never actually wrote about science communication, but bear with me. In working on a chapter for a collection of papers on loneliness, I came across an essay by William James on blindness, which...
by Alette | Apr 27, 2015 | (re)storying society, (re)storying the personal, quotations, restorylab | 0 Comments
“Stories are habitations. We live in and through stories. They conjure worlds. We do not know the world other than as story world. Stories inform life. They hold us together and keep us apart.” – Miller...
by Alette | Jul 11, 2014 | (re)storying society, (re)storying the personal, restorylab, storytelling | 0 Comments
On the morning of July 4th, a group of 19 storytellers met at St Donat’s castle to share their work and research into using oral storytelling for healing people and communities. This colloquium was the first half of “The Well at the World’s End”, a full-day event on...
by Alette | Apr 28, 2014 | (re)storying society, (re)storying the personal, restorylab, storytelling | 0 Comments
The Third Space Toolkit was officially released a couple of weeks ago at a fun-filled weekend in the Old Town of Edinburgh. A gaggle of undergrad students showed up to be guinea pigs, trying out some of the activities we drew up to help them make the most of living...
by Alette | Mar 27, 2014 | restorylab, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Catherine Hartley and Chris Lee were in Edinburgh to give the final RSE Scottish Health Humanities Seminar yesterday. Their presentation, Austerity Detox, was exactly what I needed, a quietly subversive mix of sharp social analysis, visual art and theatre, laced with...
by Alette | Jan 24, 2014 | (re)storying society, restorylab, storyreading | 3 Comments
On Monday, I had breakfast with a friend and colleague. She’d emailed suggesting we meet at Starbucks to plan a project we’ve been mulling over these last few months. Starbucks has made a fortune out of being everyone’s global/local coffee shop, storying itself as a...
by Alette | Nov 24, 2013 | (re)storying nature, (re)storying the personal, restorylab | 0 Comments
The very first blog I kept was called “The Slow Knitter”. It was 2006, I’d learned to knit a couple of years before and I got hooked on all the crafting blogs popping up like wildflowers on the internet, especially the ones with free patterns. The “Slow” in the title...
by Alette | Jul 15, 2012 | (re)storying nature, restorylab, storytelling | 0 Comments
Just got home from an afternoon of storytelling at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, with the lovely and talented Claire Druett. We told stories about trees and conservation to a bunch of clued-in under-eights and their parents. After the session, a dad came up to...
by Alette | Nov 4, 2011 | restorylab, storytelling, storywriting | 1 Comment
Last night I debuted on stage at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in front of a sell-out crowd as part of the Once Upon a Universe project. Performing in front of a large audience, obscured by lighting, was nerve-racking, exhilarating and ultimately a whole lot of...
