University of Colorado Boulder
Storying the Self: (Re)Claiming our Voices
University of Colorado Boulder

Storying the Self: (Re)Claiming our Voices

This course is part of Storying the Self for Leadership and Creativity Specialization

Taught in English

Linds Roberts

Instructor: Linds Roberts

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level

Recommended experience

8 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn

  • Engage active listening towards others’ life stories with empathy and curiosity.

  • Identify the interaction between sociocultural and interpersonal dynamics in life stories.

  • Value our own life experiences and identities as leaders and creators.

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Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level

Recommended experience

8 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

This week we'll dive more deeply into aspects of our social identities, how they relate to our access to resources, voice, and choice, and how they shape our stories of ourselves. We'll also take a look at the four types of stories: stock stories, concealed stories, resistance stories, and transformative stories to better understand how stories are used within our cultural contexts.

What's included

3 videos6 readings2 discussion prompts

This week we reflect on what it means to receive the stories others share. We'll also practice deep listening and noticing.

What's included

1 video5 readings1 discussion prompt

This week we consider stories of individual experiences within structures and systems that add greater nuance to the stock or dominant narratives we hear. We will consider what is possible when we complicate common stereotypes and consider the ways that power interacts with these stories.

What's included

3 readings1 discussion prompt

This week we consider how honoring the stories in our bodies and the empathy that arises when we deeply hear others' stories and perspectives can move us into action.

What's included

1 video4 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt1 plugin

Instructor

Linds Roberts
University of Colorado Boulder
3 Courses1,759 learners

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