Sustelling: Storytelling for sustainability
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Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling. ed. / Daniel Fischer; Sonja Fücker; Hanna Selm; Anna Sundermann. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2022. p. 13-25.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Sustelling
T2 - Storytelling for sustainability
AU - Fischer, Daniel
AU - Fücker, Sonja
AU - Selm, Hanna
AU - Storksdieck, Martin
AU - Sundermann, Anna
PY - 2022/12/8
Y1 - 2022/12/8
N2 - This chapter covers a comprehensive understanding of storytelling, followed by a focus on storytelling for sustainability and its possible uses. The first section is about the meaning of storytelling and distinguishes between the characteristics of stories themselves and the characteristics of the contexts in which they are told. The second section introduces a definition of storytelling for sustainability that combines the characteristics mentioned in the first section with the inherent normativity in the concept of sustainability and the theoretical foundations of sustainability communication. To further elucidate this definition, a case study is discussed. The third section discusses the opportunities and risks of sustainability storytelling. It describes not only how stories can provide a way for audiences to engage with complex contexts but how stories can also lead to oversimplification that discourages independent thought. This chapter ends with a description of the goals of the SusTelling project, showing how the project contributed to filling research gaps and promoting an evidence-based use of storytelling in sustainability communication.
AB - This chapter covers a comprehensive understanding of storytelling, followed by a focus on storytelling for sustainability and its possible uses. The first section is about the meaning of storytelling and distinguishes between the characteristics of stories themselves and the characteristics of the contexts in which they are told. The second section introduces a definition of storytelling for sustainability that combines the characteristics mentioned in the first section with the inherent normativity in the concept of sustainability and the theoretical foundations of sustainability communication. To further elucidate this definition, a case study is discussed. The third section discusses the opportunities and risks of sustainability storytelling. It describes not only how stories can provide a way for audiences to engage with complex contexts but how stories can also lead to oversimplification that discourages independent thought. This chapter ends with a description of the goals of the SusTelling project, showing how the project contributed to filling research gaps and promoting an evidence-based use of storytelling in sustainability communication.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141172139&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6f3cded2-2309-3ddd-a438-f31f85937d53/
U2 - 10.4324/9781003326144-4
DO - 10.4324/9781003326144-4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85141172139
SN - 9781032352695
SN - 9781032352701
SP - 13
EP - 25
BT - Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling
A2 - Fischer, Daniel
A2 - Fücker, Sonja
A2 - Selm, Hanna
A2 - Sundermann, Anna
PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.
ER -