Towards an embodied theory of narrative and storytelling
It is argued that storytelling activity is grounded in the bodies of the participants, in the situation including the material artifacts, relationships, and in the organization of the storytelling. Storytelling by persons with a brain disorder (Alzheimer’s disease) is taken as a case in point of what happens when a part of the body – the brain – no longer can be used as a storytelling tool. In telling stories both storyteller and listener use a number of functional networks as resources. Telling stories is about transforming various kinds of experiences through the use of shared semiotic resources into a story that is performed and perceived multimodally by the participants. An embodied approach puts a stronger emphasis on the performance of storytelling rather than on the text.
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Berendonk, Charlotte & Vera Caine
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Blix, Bodil H., Charlotte Berendonk, D. Jean Clandinin & Vera Caine
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Brinchmann, Berit Støre, Siri Lyngmo, Sine Maria Herholdt-Lomholdt & Bodil H. Blix
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Multiple perspectives and dialogue in understanding experiences of living with eating disorders: Two narratives—four unpackings.
Journal of Eating Disorders 10:1

Wright, Amy Conley, Sonja Wichelen, Margaret Spencer, Yu‐Wen Chen, Ching‐Hsuan Lin & Chin‐Wan Wang
2021.
Narrating connection in intercountry adoption: Complexities of openness in Taiwan‒Australia adoptions.
International Journal of Social Welfare 30:3
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