Storytelling in Libraries: Making Community

图书馆讲故事：打造社区

• 批准号: 2909123
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Kingston University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2909123
• 关键词: Storytelling; Libraries; Making; Community

The legacy of austerity in the UK has necessitated a rethinking of the role of public libraries and their scope and purpose within our communities, including the re-imagining of local libraries as 'Neighbourhood Spaces' (formerly known as 'Community Hubs'). This project will investigate storytelling as a tool for community development and well-being, focusing on how storytelling can be used by Library Services to bring together diverse local communities. By partnering with Camden Borough Library Services, this CDA will identify best practice in the design and delivery of library-based community-building storytelling initiatives, and model approaches to inclusive and sustainable communities through storytelling practices within public libraries. The thesis will include an adaptable and scalable storytelling toolkit that can be used as a blueprint to roll out across other libraries or contexts in future. Using the public library as a community space is not enough to enhance community cohesion, particularly in very diverse areas such as Camden. As Sunga and Hepworth (2013) argue, this needs specific and localised programmes, designed around the particular strengths and assets of local residents. This research will take a participatory action approach to collaborate with communities from the outset, in order to co-design storytelling focusing on the needs of particular communities. Rather than following a deficit-based approach to community development that focusses on identifying and servicing needs, this project will use an asset-based approach that identifies and mobilizes the micro-skills of individuals and macro-assets of existing associations and institutions towards collaborative development (Nurture Development, 2018). This research will result in a deeper understanding of how to strengthen community cohesion and engagement with libraries through storytelling by providing a series of test cases with groups across Camden in order to identify best practice for how libraries and stories can be used as community assets to engender social transformation

英国紧缩政策的遗产需要重新思考公共图书馆的作用及其在我们社区中的范围和目的，包括将当地图书馆重新想象为“邻里空间”（以前称为“社区中心”）。该项目将调查讲故事作为社区发展和福祉的工具，重点是如何讲故事可以由图书馆服务，汇集不同的当地社区。通过与卡姆登自治市图书馆服务合作，该CDA将确定基于图书馆的社区建设讲故事计划的设计和交付的最佳实践，并通过公共图书馆内的讲故事实践，为包容性和可持续社区提供示范方法。该论文将包括一个适应性强，可扩展的讲故事工具包，可以作为一个蓝图，在未来推出其他图书馆或上下文。将公共图书馆作为社区空间并不足以增强社区凝聚力，特别是在卡姆登等非常多样化的地区。正如Sunga和赫普沃思（2013）所指出的，这需要具体和本地化的方案，围绕当地居民的特定优势和资产进行设计。这项研究将采取参与性行动的方法，从一开始就与社区合作，以便共同设计注重特定社区需求的故事讲述。该项目将采用基于资产的方法，识别和调动个人的微观技能以及现有协会和机构的宏观资产，以实现合作发展，而不是采用基于赤字的方法来实现社区发展，重点是识别和服务需求（培育发展，2018）。这项研究将通过与卡姆登各地的团体提供一系列测试案例，更深入地了解如何通过讲故事来加强社区凝聚力和与图书馆的互动，以确定如何将图书馆和故事用作社区资产来促进社会变革的最佳实践。