Linking Scholarship and Practice: Narrative and Identity in Science
Linking Scholarship and Practice: Narrative and Identity in Science
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10.3389/fcomm.2020.00035
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2020-06
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L. Neeley;Erin Barker;S. Bayer;Reyhaneh Maktoufi;Katherine J. Wu;Maryam Zaringhalam
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L. Neeley;Erin Barker;S. Bayer;Reyhaneh Maktoufi;Katherine J. Wu;Maryam Zaringhalam
近年来，科学传播者热情地将讲故事作为一种手段，将科学过程戏剧化，并使进行科学过程的科学家人性化。与基于证据的论证相比，叙事往往更吸引人，更容易理解，更可信，对非专业观众更有说服力。然而，这一领域的研究和实践之间的差距是相当大的，部分原因是两者都包括许多不同的专业领域。在这里，我们借鉴了我们作为一个专业讲故事组织的经验，并试图通过将学术与我们的实践联系起来来缩小其中的一些差距，并鼓励与学者就该领域未来的方向进行接触。这篇视角的文章试图综合理论和实践来解决两个主要问题：故事对观众的影响是什么？故事对他们的讲述者有什么影响？我们考虑这两个问题是因为我们知道，科学和科学传播才刚刚开始解决许多种族、民族、文化、宗教、性别和社会经济群体的故事在历史上和目前的代表性不足的问题。我们专注于故事如何影响社会对科学家的刻板印象，以及科学中的身份和归属感，并总结出叙事身份与心理健康和幸福之间的联系。
In recent years, science communicators have enthusiastically embraced storytelling as a means of dramatizing the process of science and humanizing the scientists who conduct it. Compared to evidence-based argumentation, narratives do tend to be more engaging, more comprehensible, more believable, and more persuasive to non-specialist audiences. However, the gaps between research and practice in this field are considerable, in part because both comprise many distinct areas of expertise. Here, we draw on our experience as a professional storytelling organization and seek to narrow some of these gaps by linking the scholarship to our practice, and to encourage engagement with scholars about future directions in the field. This perspective article intends to synthesize theory and practice to address two major questions: What is the impact of stories on audiences? What is the impact of stories on their tellers? We consider both questions in the knowledge that science and science communication are only beginning to address the historic and ongoing underrepresentation of stories from many racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, and socioeconomic groups. We focus on how stories influence social stereotypes about scientists, as well as identity and belonging within science, and conclude with the link between narrative identity and mental health and well-being.