Giant Whispers: Narrative Power, Radical Imagination and a Future Worth Fighting For…
Patrick Reinsborough
Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory Culture, and Action·Read paper
Abstract
Given the centrality of narrative to the human experience, any
strategy to create change must assess the interaction between
storytelling and relationships of power. This essay explores the
application of narrative power analysis to social movement
struggles in the current context of intersecting global crises.
Touching on examples from the 2010 U.S. Social Forum to the
framing battle around the climate destabilization, the essay
examines the power of collective imagination to create new types
of alliances, articulate visionary demands and catalyze
transformative changes.
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