My story defines who I am. If I want to know myself, to gain insight into the meaning of my own life, then I …must come to know my own story. (McAdams, 1993:11)
Coming to know own stories is the beginning of becoming critical and self-critical. Participatory practitioners listen to and share everyday stories as respectful opening of a mutual partnership. It is a relationship founded on the fundamental belief in people to be autonomous subjects in their word. Our stories embody process begins so early in our lives that our identities are shaped by what is reflected back to us about who we are, and we tend to accept these messages with all their flawed contradictions unquestioningly. Therefore, our stories contain the values and attitudes of the status quo that rank us in order of perceived importance in society. What happens when you suddenly surrounded by another and different society? When your embodied values are questioned? This would be an uncomfortable process, and a distressing experience.
Ultimately we must ask ourselves what kind of a society we wish to live in and what we are going to do … (Darder, 2002:231) Praxis can not happen without respect, dignity, trust, reciprocity and mutuality neither can dialogue exist without humility.
The way we see the world influences the way we act in the world: epistemologies and ontologies work in dynamic relationship.
Coming to know own stories is the beginning of becoming critical and self-critical. Participatory practitioners listen to and share everyday stories as respectful opening of a mutual partnership. It is a relationship founded on the fundamental belief in people to be autonomous subjects in their word. Our stories embody process begins so early in our lives that our identities are shaped by what is reflected back to us about who we are, and we tend to accept these messages with all their flawed contradictions unquestioningly. Therefore, our stories contain the values and attitudes of the status quo that rank us in order of perceived importance in society. What happens when you suddenly surrounded by another and different society? When your embodied values are questioned? This would be an uncomfortable process, and a distressing experience.
Ultimately we must ask ourselves what kind of a society we wish to live in and what we are going to do … (Darder, 2002:231) Praxis can not happen without respect, dignity, trust, reciprocity and mutuality neither can dialogue exist without humility.
The way we see the world influences the way we act in the world: epistemologies and ontologies work in dynamic relationship.
Our story is (or shoud be) a community based "action" for transformative change.
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