Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and

Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit

Indigenous oral narratives are an important source for, and component of, Coast Salish knowledge systems. Stories are not only to be recounted and passed down; they are also intended as tools for teaching.

Jo-ann Archibald worked closely with elders and storytellers, who shared both traditional and personal life- experience stories, in order to develop ways of bringing storytelling into educational contexts. Indigenous Storywork is the result of this research and it demonstrates how stories have the power to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. It builds on the seven principles of respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, holism, interrelatedness, and synergy that form a framework for understanding the characteristics of stories, appreciating the process of storytelling, establishing a receptive learning context, and engaging in holistic meaning-making.
Country USA
Brand University of British Columbia Press
Manufacturer UBC Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2008-06-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780774814027

Country	USA
Brand	University of British Columbia Press
Manufacturer	UBC Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2008-06-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780774814027

Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit