(Un)housed and (Un)heard: The Power of Narrative in Reimagining Long-Term Crisis Communication

Abstract

While much previous TPC scholarship has explored the value of narratives and storytelling and have thus more recently been committed to employing these methodologies in crisis communication, more work is needed to examine how narratives may also be used in longer-term crisis scenarios. Using 12 narratives collected as part of a homelessness intervention and prevention community initiative based out of Lexington, Kentucky, USA, I identify how facets of these stories, such as embodied responses, emotional reactions, and experiential knowledge, can be used to reimagine long-term crisis communication in ways that are both effective and committed to justice.