The Researcher as Storyteller

Research as the Researcher ’ s

When we were given the challenge of expressing our views of research as the researcher‟s story, we intended to talk primarily about the ways in which our personal lives mediated our research work. While this remains one of the aspects of what we want to share, in our negotiations and conversations about writing this column we became aware of what brought us together to write a common article on...

Doctor as story-listener and storyteller.

At a music retreat in 2002, one of the coordinators asked me to tell a story at an evening gathering. “You seem to be a storyteller—where have you trained?” No, I’ve never trained as a storyteller per se. But for the past 25 years I have spent my days listening to stories, interpreting them, and offering stories of my own to illustrate a shared experience or illuminate a new insight. Medical ed...

Genome, diversity, and origins: the Y chromosome as a storyteller.

A of human genome variation may focus on one of two possible goals: understanding the genome region under study or solving historical and evolutionary questions specific to the population(s) analyzed. Understanding of variation of a given genome region has a genetic interest because it is a consequence of the dynamics of the genome and thus the evolutionary forces (mutation, selection in its va...

Artist As Researcher, Understanding The Tools

The paper begins with a response to the nature of contemporary artists relationships to how computers have permeated the fine art domain and how they affect the creative process. How should artists utilize this tool in order to fully understand and explore its potential? Using the example of a recent project I have undertaken called 'nGen', I shall discuss some aspects of how the computer tool ...

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