Unit+8

= Unit 8. Devices that generate meaning, construct reality and shape identity, Part 1: Storytelling =

Click on the below icon to view the power-point presentation of the eighth unit of the course:

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 Additional resources:
Here you will find some food for thought and inspiration relevant to the theme of Unit 8 to tickle your imagination even more: // (these are just mere suggestions, this is not mandatory literature for the course): //


 * An interesting article by Haruki Murakami (Japanese writer) that focuses on the power of narratives and how these relate to reality construction: [|"Reality A en Reality B"]
 * An interesting article on how [|People process information best in story form] from a psychologists' perspective
 * "Amsterdam as a character in an ongoing story". This video is copied from a Dutch documentary where Zef Hemel, the city planner of Amsterdam is successfully using storytelling as a way to quickly and effectively share knowledge.

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 * Storytelling as the way to give presentations: