Ep 84: Dr. Ali Black on Narrative-based Research

On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Ali Black, senior lecturer in the School of Education, USC. Dr. Black is a narrative researcher and early childhood educator. Her arts-based research and scholarly work seeks to foster connectedness, community, wellbeing and meaning-making through the building of reflective and creative lives and identities. Ali is interested in storied and visual approaches for dismantling personal/professional binaries and representing lives. Her research and writing is concerned with the power and impact of collaborative and relational knowledge construction.

 

Segment 1: The Women Who Write [00:00-17:39]

In this first segment, Ali shares about a group of women writers she created.

Segment 2: Narrative-based Research [17:40-32:33]

In segment two, Ali discusses her experience as a narrative-based researcher.

Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:30]: Ali Requests Feedback for a 2018 Conference Project

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