Narratives

Counter Narratives

Who gets to tell the story?

Essays, provocations and conversations that question received wisdom, bring overlooked perspectives into view and open up other ways of thinking, working and living.

A growing collection of questions. Some arise from research, some from conversations, some from the things we notice in everyday life. Each is an invitation to look again.

Four instant photographs of Nicky Torode on the beach

All provocations

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Provocation #1

Who gets to have a voice?

The patient voice. The employee voice. The student voice. We hear these phrases so often that they can begin to sound like evidence of participation. But what does having a voice actually mean?

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