Tag: narrative insurgency
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Seek Common Ground (Beautiful Trouble – Essay 4)
When disagreeing with someone else’s ideas, it can be tempting to engage in narrative attack; to make a direct attack on one narrative from the vantage point, and in the language, of your opposing narrative. For example, when someone wraps climate change-denial views in the rhetoric of creationist beliefs, it is tempting to directly attack…
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Narrative insurgency | grassroots communications tips pt.3
Progressive change agents often engage in something that I call narrative attack; they make a direct attack on one narrative or worldview from the vantage point-and in the language-of their own opposing narrative or worldview. For example, when some people wrap up their anti-environmental views (e.g. climate change denial) in the rhetoric of their creationist…
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Speak the Truth, Tell a Story | Building a Successful Antiwar Movement (Role 1: Interpretive)
This is the second installment in a four-part series written by Jonathan Matthew Smucker in collaboration with Madeline Gardner, originally published in 2007. Click here to read the previous essay, Three Roles of an Antiwar Core Interpretation The first primary role of an antiwar core that we will discuss is to attach meaning to unfolding…
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