Illness narratives (Part 2) 240731

Elmo Pienaar Admin 31 July 2024

Introduction

This lesson is based on the second lecture of a mini three-part series on Illness Narratives.

It is presented by Dr Elmo Pienaar and goes into more depth on the scheme Restitution, Chaos, and Quest narratives. Students should see if they can answer the questions posed below as they make their way through extensive reading embedded in the slides for which the recordings offer a context.

Presentation

Questions for reflection

After reading through the presentation or having listened to the recordings see if you can answer the following reflective questions.

Restitution narratives

How does one’s own voice get lost in restitution stories?
Who’s story is being told in restitution narratives?
How would you describe this kind of story in narrative language?

Chaos (anti)narratives

Recall a time of chaos, what images can you think of to relate what the chaos was like?

Have you experienced chaos in other aspects of your life? (How did you deal with it and how did it affect others)?

Quest narratives

What do you regard greatest quest (physical, then other)? (Was it a welcome quest / or reluctant)
How do these quests differ?
What did you take back to the community on each of the quests?

General reflection

What is our role in society as people concerning illness?
What is our role as therapists in each of the story types?
In general, what is our narrative strategy? (Would it be different in the different illness narratives)
What does the different types of narratives obscure?

Recordings

Recorded media

Supervision 2024

Participants 782