Description
In response to global environmental challenges, storytelling offers a critical tool to explore the intersection of disparate narrative worlds—particularly the gap between human and nonhuman perspectives. Traditional anthropocentric narratives often isolate humans from the natural world, reinforcing a worldview where nature is instrumentalized or dominated. In contrast, more-than-human stories challenge existing divides by introducing nonhuman characters with agency and moral rights, enabling audiences to consider perspectives beyond the human sphere and fostering an understanding of a larger, interconnected system. This exploratory research presents the "more-than-human interview" as a narrative method designed to bridge the divide between human and nonhuman worlds. In this approach, a researcher embodies a fictional nonhuman character and interviews a real environmental activist about their experiences and memories, challenging anthropocentric norms. The result is a comic that integrates ethnographic research and creative storytelling to explore how human-nonhuman relationships shape environmental activism and systems of meaning. Through humor and a playful use of anthropomorphism, the comic form offers a medium that appeals to a broad audience, including those outside traditional environmental activist circles. By blending image and text, it creates a dynamic space for multiple interpretations, inviting readers to engage emotionally with the characters and their worlds. This method illustrates how disparate narrative worlds can intersect, offering a unique vantage point on the complex, interwoven relationships between human and nonhuman entities.| Period | 8 May 2025 |
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| Event title | Narrative Matters: Crisis, conflict, and the possibility of hope |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Paris, FranceShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |