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Narrative is one of the fundamental ways human beings organise their understandings of the world and their place in it. This narrative organisation happens at many levels and across many disciplines, as recent work in economics, science, psychology, history and law, as well as education, has shown (Nash, 1990). More informally, the stories that people tell — to each other, to themselves — shape the meanings that they give to their own lives and to their communities. The shaping of identity is intimately tied to the storylines that a particular society makes available and desirable to its members: from an early age children give evidence of their desire and ability to tell stories.
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Golden, J. (1997). Narrative and the Shaping of Identity. In: Davies, B., Corson, D. (eds) Oral Discourse and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4417-9_14
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