Stories we tell Flashcards
What are restitution stories?
Associated with the recently ill rather than chronically ill
Sick today healthy tomorrow/medication is heroic & triumphant
Most people prefer these, stories we ‘ought’ to tell about illnesses
Storyline won’t fit for metaphysical elements/when treatment fails
What are Chaos stories?
These stories are not admired and are from people who have no distance from their illness in their life - they’re consumed by it
“and then… and then… and then…”
Moral duty to honour these stories by listening, difficult to bear for health care workers, renders all treatments pointless
Whirlpool effect - can ‘suck’ others in, no longer coherent, self consumed
What are Quest stories?
Stories where people go on a journey which changes them and shows other people how they can accept their problem, work with it and learns from it to help people in similar situations
e.g. alcoholics anonymous
What are testimonial stories?
Stories that you’ll listen to/see and believe, emotionally engaging
Can be amateur techniques shown in specific aesthetics with a message that is technologically deterministic
Presses you to witness and believe while excluding information
