Reflection -_Storytelling

Challenge and Selection

Storytelling is an excellent tool for innovative design solutions. Telling stories is one of the most  powerful means that leaders have to influence, teach, and inspire. What makes storytelling  so effective for learning? For starters, storytelling forges connections among people, and  between people and ideas. Stories convey the culture, history, and values that unite people. It  helps to convey the process, and the core essence that we would like to convey to the second  person, without the person getting bored or carried away with other thoughts. Stories are  narratives which almost all the people likes right from their childhood. The narratives could be  made interesting with the help of sufficient factors in the story telling act. That can create  interest in the listeners. Also in the process of storytelling, listeners tend to be creative enough  in their thoughts about the acts, events in the story and they form their own visual memory;  which can create an imaginary place, people, costumes, items and all the necessary objects  associated with the narration.

Application

For the project on Participatory design techniques for an urban public place design exercise, I  had tried out story telling exercise. In the urban public space, I had gathered the stakeholders  and in groups of 5-6 people, I had tried to narrate a story with an incident related to the design  of that particular urban public space. As a story teller I had tried to incorporate the major flaws of  the design of that particular urban space, also the major design positives of that particular place.  This way of narratives helped the stakeholders to think and look into minute aspects of the  urban public space and thereby it helped in the next phase of my participatory study.

Insight & Approach

After Introducing the narratives and getting the stakeholders in track with my area, I had  introduced the questionnaire survey forms, which incorporated the various design issues and  positives of that particular urban space.Since all the groups were very clearly narrated with the  help of the story, the stakeholder interest and participation in the questionnaire survey was  much better compared to a scenario, without explaining the narrative. Also by explaining the  flaws in the story, stakeholders tried to check into the issues and positives of the space then  and there and it helped them recheck into the suggestions provided during the survey.


Reflection -_Storytelling Challenge and Selection Storytelling is an excellent tool for innovative design solutions . Telling stories is one of the most powerful means that leaders have to influence , teach , and inspire . What makes storytelling so effective for learning ? For starters , storytelling forges connections among people , and between people and ideas . Stories convey the culture , history , and values that unite people . It helps to convey the process , and the core essence that we would like to convey to the second person , without the person getting bored or carried away with other thoughts . Stories are narratives which almost all the people likes right from their childhood . The narratives could be made interesting with the help of sufficient factors in the story telling act . That can create interest in the listeners . Also in the process of storytelling , listeners tend to be creative enough in their thoughts about the acts , events in the story and they form their own visual memory ; which can create an imaginary place , people , costumes , items and all the necessary objects associated with the narration . Application For the project on Participatory design techniques for an urban public place design exercise , I had tried out story telling exercise . In the urban public space , I had gathered the stakeholders and in groups of 5 - 6 people , I had tried to narrate a story with an incident related to the design of that particular urban public space . As a story teller I had tried to incorporate the major flaws of the design of that particular urban space , also the major design positives of that particular place . This way of narratives helped the stakeholders to think and look into minute aspects of the urban public space and thereby it helped in the next phase of my participatory study . Insight & Approach After Introducing the narratives and getting the stakeholders in track with my area , I had introduced the questionnaire survey forms , which incorporated the various design issues and positives of that particular urban space . Since all the groups were very clearly narrated with the help of the story , the stakeholder interest and participation in the questionnaire survey was much better compared to a scenario , without explaining the narrative . Also by explaining the flaws in the story , stakeholders tried to check into the issues and positives of the space then and there and it helped them recheck into the suggestions provided during the survey .