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Storytelling and construction of knowledge

Storytelling and construction of knowledge. Framing & Frame Theory. Course Connection. To create and share stories is to be human. Stories : convey a culture’s memories entertain teach inspire What else?. Most stories are Framed .

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Storytelling and construction of knowledge

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  1. Storytelling and construction of knowledge Framing & Frame Theory

  2. Course Connection

  3. To create and share stories is to be human Stories: convey a culture’s memories entertain teach inspire What else?

  4. Most stories are Framed They do not include every detail or possible detail of a real or imagined event (information) The have a particular point to make that is part of the criteria for what is included & excluded from a story

  5. We are all framers! They are constructed by and for people…like us!

  6. Some everyday frames • “I had a great day at work.” • Bumper stickers & T-shirt logos, slogans etc • High school yearbook pictures • Ads • News reports • photos

  7. Some Everyday instances of frames: • Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean • Summaries: “the movie is about a cursed pirate whose always getting into trouble • political cartoons • Photos of a vacation

  8. We use frames everyday • To communicate & express: facts, feelings, ideas– everything! • To form judgments • To organize & coordinate with others • To accomplish tasks

  9. Frames- job description • To interpret and re-interpret info • To make decisions about our actions and utterances • To justify our decisions and judgments

  10. Essential ingredients • They don’t convey every possible fact or detail (framer probably doesn’t know the entire reality) • They choose what to include/exclude • How to include/exclude

  11. Stories and people are complex! More than one possible version of same ‘event’ Different versions can all have some credibility/accuracy Often no single person or version can account for all that is true and real

  12. Pirates of Caribbean as frames • Compared to real life, we can easily see how this film is systematically framed to be a fast-moving fantasy-adventure: • What’s framed in • What’s framed out: sleeping, meals, personal hygiene– • Why these omissions • Compressions: time, journeys

  13. Portraits: common type of frame

  14. Sept 11 cartoons • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Gm2jgHbhM

  15. http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=politicalhumor&cdn=entertainment&tm=33&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&st=31&zu=http%3A//cagle.com/Iraq.asphttp://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=politicalhumor&cdn=entertainment&tm=33&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&st=31&zu=http%3A//cagle.com/Iraq.asp

  16. December 17 2003 OsmaniSimanca Simanca is a Cuban-born cartoonist working in Brazil for A Tarde Newspaper. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons.

  17. Apply our frame theory to this cartoon • What is the artist doing? • What is the point the artist is making by constructing this particular frame? • What’s the ‘story’? • Does the cartoon’s publication date reveal or suggest anything important about public knowledge of

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