VIRTUAL: Applying Education

Abstract

The power of storytelling is defined by how it connects people and represents reality (or realities). Since post-structuralists may see narrative as a whole dimension of human language, we may relate the way we imagine and develop stories to the way we sense and make meaning out of the world we live in. Considering the complexity of this world, a review – or even a broader view – of storytelling techniques seems to be required, in order to achieve a greater comprehension of contemporary society. In an attempt to escape an exclusive eurocentrical perspective of narrative – and the remarkable mythical structures studied by Joseph Campbell – we can focus our attention on myths from peripheral cultures, trying to set different means of thinking, and therefore, of knowledge. Thus, we believe it’s possible to work more properly to / with a larger audience, to whom we might offer a larger number of themes, approaches, and styles. Perhaps then we may face the complexity of reality by expanding our imagination and assimilating more subtle variations of the structure, so we can finally reach to the question: what stories should / could / shall we tell?