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This week’s guest is Julie Knutson. Julie is an author and educator with a wide-ranging background in history, humanities, and the social sciences. She also serves as editorial director at ThinkCERCA.
The most fascinating thing about storytelling is how much it depends on interpersonal dynamics. The stories that we tell ourselves are the stories that inform our identities. They help us navigate through the world and make sense of the world around us.
This is a generational question that will touch on your own upbringing and your kids now and your students. You talked about one important pillar that you grew up with that's instilled by your parents is how to be an active member in the community. Creating spaces where people can actually engage in conversation with each other and be together is vital.
African philosophy called Ubuntu. The idea is I am, because you are. The whole idea is a relational identity. We're almost learning our identities through the space that we're surrounded with.
Is it that we can learn about ourselves through the landscapes we live in, that we form? The places where we find ourselves are shaping and they are formative and influential. One true threat that connects all identities is your ability to storytell.
The most fascinating thing about storytelling to me is how much it depends on interpersonal dynamics. There's nothing more powerful than a story told face to face. I think it's definitely something that I would love to see more happening in school spaces.
"There's so much interesting space to talk about who can tell a story, and who has the right to tell a story, and how we tell stories about ourselves and each other. I think that it's something to be handled with such intentionality and sensitivity." - Julie Knutson
This week’s guest is Julie Knutson.
Julie is an author and educator with a wide-ranging background in history, humanities, and the social sciences. She also serves as editorial director at ThinkCERCA.
A true multipotentialite, Julie holds an undergraduate degree in cultural studies from NYU, a master’s degree in Political Sociology from The London School of Economics, and additional post-grad degrees in education and art history from Rice University.
One of her recent books, “Global Citizenship: Engage in the Politics of a Changing World,” was awarded a Skipping Stones Honor for Multicultural books, and helps young readers examine what it means to be a global citizen.
Julie is an active member of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), having served as the Chair of its Middle School Teacher of the Year Award in 2018. She also maintains membership in the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
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Julie Knutson Website: http://www.julieknutsonauthor.com/
Julie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulieKnutson2
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Teaching to Transgress and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope by Bell Hooks
We Want to Do More than Survive by Bettina Love
Improv for Writers by Jorjeana Marie
Improvisation and the Theater by Viola Spolin
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