Welcome to the 263rd episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast! In celebration of Black History Month 2024, this month’s series will focus on Reclaiming Narratives. Today I delve into challenging dominant dorms.
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In today’s show on Challenging Dominant Narratives
- How is a narrative being defined? [00:57]
- How stories and our ways of thinking shape society. [03:10]
- The meaning of narrative change. [05:58]
- How to understand and move away from dominant narratives. [07:27]
- The importance of having sensitivity input. [09:26]
Quotes on Challenging Dominant Narratives
- A narrative is a story that you may write or tell someone in several mediums.
- Narratives enhance and reinforce assumptions from the perspective of a dominant group
- We know exposure to others’ views can shape our own, which is a key part of bias
- Understanding the dominant narrative is essential to be able to change the status quo.
- We go to work to solve problems, so it’s easy to jump into the usual way of doing things.
Resources on Challenging Dominant Narratives
- Check out what’s going on the UK for Black History Month.
- Michigan University’s definition of in a PDF Dominant Narratives
- The Narrative Initiative Working Definition
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk from 2010 Power of a Single Story.
- Louise Casey Review from 2016
- Episode #233: What are white Dominant Norms?
- Episode #234: Identifying white Dominant Norms
- Episode #235: Shifting white Dominant Norms
- Harvard University’s Disrupting Dominant Narratives in Learning
- Social Change Initiative on Narrative Change
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