{"id":11588,"date":"2020-07-21T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=11588"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:40:17","slug":"why-communicate-science-through-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/why-communicate-science-through-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Communicate Science through Narratives?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you heard about communication through narratives? Storytelling? So, communicating through narratives is a way of telling, in a more playful and didactic way, any kind of thing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication through narratives is not exactly telling fictional stories, but speaking through stories that are more didactic than a text or number, such as images or videos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But who can use this type of narrative? All! Yes, storytelling is a highly effective way of teaching and passing on information. One of the greatest examples of storytelling is the fables for children, stories (in this case, fictional) teach lessons for children<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits of Communicating by Narratives<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the greatest benefit of communicating through narratives is the ease of understanding the content. The didacticization of information through alternative narratives promotes a unique experience for the user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The possibility of learning something through a narrative, can generate a connection and even identification between who is reading and the content that is being passed. This type of identification is seen a lot in films, for example, through the Hero&#8217;s journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hero&#8217;s Journey<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hero&#8217;s journey is a way of telling stories through 12 stages, with the aim of enchanting and fixing the content. This strategy was created by Christopher Vogler, with the intention of simply telling stories. The same, who loved Greek mythology and fables, created this journey to \u201corganize\u201d what we already saw in our day to day stories, how they touched us, made us identify and generated empathy and appreciation for the stories and characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hero&#8217;s journey consists of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the common world;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the call to adventure;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">refusal of the call;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meeting with the mentor;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0crossing the first threshold;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evidence, allies and enemies;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0approach to the secret cave;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ordeal;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the reward;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the way back;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the resurrection;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the return with the elixir.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, we can summarize and transform it into less playful ways for when we need to talk about subjects, like science for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, we must be aware that when we talk about subjects such as science, we must be a little more careful, to be able to speak in a serious way, with credibility, but without losing the sensitivity necessary to maintain the reader&#8217;s attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Thus, we can develop a story to communicate science thinking about a game, in which each point can be seen as a different mission, in which something needs to be done or analyzed. Thus, it would follow the following structure: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Introduction &#8211; It would be the introduction of the topic that you will work on in your article.<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Problem &#8211; Recognizing and demonstrating what is the problem that bothers you.\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Impact of the Problem &#8211; Demonstrate how relevant this problem is and how it impacts people&#8217;s lives. <br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Possible Solutions &#8211; Present the various solutions that may exist, from your research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Happy Ending &#8211; Problem solved, research implemented successfully!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/request_carol_tabuleiro_2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11608 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/request_carol_tabuleiro_2-1024x622.png\" alt=\"communicate science with narratives\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/request_carol_tabuleiro_2-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/request_carol_tabuleiro_2-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/request_carol_tabuleiro_2-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/request_carol_tabuleiro_2.png 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be a more simplified and VERY short form of the Hero&#8217;s journey so that we can work on communicating science to people outside the academy, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And a great way to work this type of communication through narratives within science, using the journey technique is from images, illustrations, which help the explanation in a more simple and didactic way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cool, huh? What are you waiting for to try? If you need help, you already know where to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/\"> find it!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,66,40,958,38,1],"tags":[793,224,112,51,792,554,256,962],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Communicate Science through Narratives? - Mind the Graph Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how to communicate science through narratives and have more impact with your researches! 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