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Storying the Self: How Stories Shape our Identities

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Storying the Self: How Stories Shape our Identities

This course is part of Storying the Self for Leadership and Creativity Specialization

Instructor: Linds Roberts

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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9 hours to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

9 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Reflect on how our own life experiences and identities have shaped us as leaders and creators.
Connect course material to our lives, including prior knowledge and experiences.
Analyze life story texts/media.

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Explore how artists have come to understand their identities over time, through creative media and scholarly discussions. You will connect with your own sources of creative inspiration, and revisit a major moment in your life that has shaped who you are and how you understand yourself, with the invitation to engage with this story through literary analysis and creative expression. Discover how these themes and theories help leaders understand their own and others’ identities across the full range of human diversity, as they show up in workplaces and relationships.

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Engage with different ideas of a 'self' and explore creative practices that can help you consider your own life experiences in new ways.

What's included

3 videos4 readings3 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 12 minutes

Welcome to Storying the Self!2 minutes
Questioning the 'Self'5 minutes
Idea Generation & Creative Practices5 minutes

4 readingsTotal 31 minutes

Course Updates and Accessibility Support1 minute
Course Assessment10 minutes
“Cultures & Selves” & Related Optional Readings10 minutes
Glossary of Identity Terms10 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Reasons for Exploring Stories of Self10 minutes
Sources of Inspiration10 minutes
Headlines10 minutes

Consider how our social identities shape our lives and what we 'know.'

What's included

3 readings2 discussion prompts

Dive into the past as we imagine different possible futures through Dr. Stephanie Toliver's work combining storytelling and justice in ways that blend and defy genre and form.

What's included

1 video4 readings2 discussion prompts

1 videoTotal 59 minutes

A Conversation with Stephanie Toliver59 minutes

4 readingsTotal 70 minutes

Background for A Conversation with Stephanie Toliver20 minutes
Stephanie Toliver Readings30 minutes
Video: Storytelling & Leadership: How Your Brain Responds to Stories10 minutes
Glossary of Terms for Analyzing Media10 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Pre-writing for Major Assignment10 minutes
Activity: Applying Terms for Analyzing Media10 minutes

Consider the importance of context as a way stories are shaped and understood, and explore stories in your own life that engage sensory experiences and responses.