“Method and meaning”: Storytelling as decolonial praxis in the psychology of racialized peoples

Samuel, Cara A.; Ortiz, Drexler L.

doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2021.100868

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“…Collective storytelling about the lived experiences of people is a culturally grounded method of communicating their values, norms and their culture to naturalise their beliefs and existential experiences. It is a decolonising way of constructing meaning and transmitting community knowledge intergenerationally-a culturally meaningful method to shift the dominant culture of psychological science and contribute to decolonising the approach to the study and application of psychological knowledge (Samuel & Ortiz, 2021).…”

Section: Repairing the Ill-effects Of Colonisation Associated With Ma...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonising Mind and Being Associated with Marriage: Perspectives from Ghana

Adjei

Mpiani

2023

Psychology and Developing Societies

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Colonialism was not only a political imposition but also a cultural one that both affected and infected institutions and ways of knowing and being of colonised societies. The vestiges of colonial power that originated during the colonial period of European global domination persistently influence minds and behaviour associated with the institution of marriage through the axes of meta-colonialism, and represent forms of epistemic violence against indigenous people. The depiction of modern/colonial mentalities about marriage (e.g., the so-called White wedding) as an optimal expression of human nature and love—and thus a key to personal happiness—have become part of the Ghanaian/African cultural experience. For example, Eurocentric practice of White wedding has been systematically naturalised and pushed down on Ghanaian/African people as the most enlightened, valid and standard form of marriage, supplanting the indigenous and ancestral forms of knowledge and being associated with marriage. Drawing insights from cultural psychology, we discuss the coloniality of mind and being associated with marriage, particularly the popular practice of White wedding, and examine how marriage practices in Ghana have become associated with Western social, cultural and economic interests propagated by colonial discourses of modernity, social change and development. We argue that the valorisation of European White wedding and the inferiorisation of African traditional marriage practices are corollary of colonial and meta-colonial narratives that promote(d) White normativity. We posit that psychological knowledge and practice, informed by Western ontologies and epistemologies, provided ideological support for colonisation and the perpetration and perpetuation of scientific racism. We thus contend that, given its complicity, the present discipline of scientific psychology cannot be an effective tool to dismantle the ill-effects of past and present unequal power relationships that result(ed) from colonisation. A decolonial psychological science that enables critical consciousness and serves as a necessary catalyst for liberating minds and being is thus required.

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Section: Repairing the Ill-effects Of Colonisation Associated With Ma...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonising Mind and Being Associated with Marriage: Perspectives from Ghana

Adjei

Mpiani

2023

Psychology and Developing Societies

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“…Adopting a storytelling framework that does not consider the context and lived experiences of the participants, particularly in formerly colonized countries, reinforces colonial power, stereotypes, and power over those who are marginalized. Of central importance here is that decolonizing storytelling is an intentional practice because storytelling is not innately decolonizing (Samuel & Ortiz, 2021).…”

Section: Dignified Storytelling Principles: a Decolonizing Practicementioning

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Ethical images and storytelling amidst differing expectations

Ogbu¹

2023

JCSWB

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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and non-profit organizations (NPOs) seek creative ways to raise awareness about issues and connect with donors to raise the resources required to address the needs of the communities they work with. This paper highlights ethical challenges and lessons learned in using images and storytelling in the development sector. This article resulted from a capacity-building event on the ethical use of images from development projects. It draws from the event itself, which was organized by the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) in 2022, and from conversations leading up to and following the event between the author, guest speakers, and additional stakeholders. The workshop was led by two representatives from MCIC member organizations. These two guest speakers shared experiences of using images and storytelling in their work in the Global South. Based on these conversations, this article highlights unequal power relations around the use of images from development projects, emphasizing organizations’ ethical challenges and how storytelling is (re)constructed amidst competing needs and expectations. The paper contributes to the ongoing discourse on ethical storytelling in fundraising and the need for decolonial storytelling.

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“…In sum, storytelling can be explored through a decolonial lens by creating a space for participants to recall events and experiences, by appreciating diversity of lived experience, by honoring such as a powerful teacher [45], and by afrming the collaborative creation of knowledge [38,45]. In shared storytelling spaces, the collaborative nature may also open a dialogue from individual experience to a larger collective worldview [57].…”

Section: Decolonial Theory and Sound Studiesmentioning

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Storywork & Reciprocity: On the Design of an Audio Documentary that Extends HCI Research back to Participants

Yoo

Knight

Odom

et al. 2022

Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Participatory design means building reciprocal relationships with research participants and opening up conversations with larger communities. We describe and refect on our design-led research of creating an hour-long audio documentary. Participants' desires to better understand the experiences of others within our study is our key motivation. We see the creation of the documentary as an important reciprocal step to invite further participation within a longer-term, multi-year project. Rooted in a decolonial perspective on translating academic knowledge to the general public, our work builds on our own prior feldwork with 9 people with blindness on their reminiscence experiences. The audio documentary aims to deliver insights from research fndings and inquiries, inspired by participants' stories through their voices in the interview recordings. The documentary serves as a gift for participation and a genuine invitation for future research. We conclude with opportunities for future HCI research and practice.

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“Method and meaning”: Storytelling as decolonial praxis in the psychology of racialized peoples

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

Decolonising Mind and Being Associated with Marriage: Perspectives from Ghana

Decolonising Mind and Being Associated with Marriage: Perspectives from Ghana

Ethical images and storytelling amidst differing expectations

Storywork & Reciprocity: On the Design of an Audio Documentary that Extends HCI Research back to Participants

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