Brave Space-Making: The Poetics & Politics of Storytelling

Author(s): Brittany L. Peterson, Lynn M. Harter

Storytelling is a meaning-making process with catalytic capacity.Brave Space-Making: The Poetics & Politics of Storytelling explores the generative potential of storytelling by focusing on its centrality in brave space-making. Brave spaces are spheres of possibility where participants undo in order ...

Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research

Author(s): Lynn M. Harter, Judith Millesen, Jane Hamel-Lambert

Academic institutions are often disconnected from broader communities in spite of their reliance on social resources and subsidies for their existence.Numerous organizations, including the Carnegie and Kellogg Foundations, have challenged academics to partner with community members to respond more a...