Narratives of change and repair: how the study of storytelling in the social sciences can inspire peacebuilding research

Abstract

ABSTRACT While official conflict stories often feed the justifications for violence, new stories, rooted in the realities of the people who have experienced the chaos of violence, might provide a path to peace. In this review essay, I briefly explore examples of recent research that have valued a narrative approach both as an empirical strategy and a normative framework. I also point to some useful interactions with other bodies of theoretical and empirical work.