Story Sharing Cubes
The Story Sharing Cube (SSC) method is designed to advance qualitative, in-situ data collection methodologies within high-uncertainty and complex environments. Since 2019, the SSC devices have been tested and developed in week-long transformative festivals.[1], such as Burning Man in the US and biennial transformational festival BOOM in Portugal, where participants have reported profound, life-altering experiences in high uncertainty settings. Evidence of such transformative effects was documented in a 2022 study published in Nature Communications in 2022 [2].
Methodology
The Story Sharing Cube is based on the philosophical premise that individuals often interpret and attribute meaning to their experiences through storytelling [3]. Methodologically, in situ narratives involve the collection of stories within the environment where they naturally unfold. This approach contrasts with thematic interview methodology, as the two differ in contextual authenticity [4]. In in situ methodology, data is passively gathered in real-time within a natural setting, capturing spontaneous expressions and interactions. This approach is argued to provide a less filtered, more contextualized view of the experiences, while interview-based data collection typically involves active questioning, which may introduce external influences and structure that affect the responses [5].
Scientific outputs on the method (2019-)
- Field research report on applying the method in festive settings was published in article Transformation Through Connection? Insights From a Pilot Study of Story Sharing Cubes [1].
- Conference paper Exploring psychedelic experiences: Insights from narrative collections in transformational festivals [6]
- Usability of Story Sharing Cubes has been studied in MA thesis research Co-designing the Story Sharing Cube: a novel experience-driven data collection method for exploring transformative experiences in participatory culture communities[7].
- The methodology and its potential applications in artificial intelligence have been discussed in article From Myth to Cyberrealism? An Overview of the Joint Future of Artificial Intelligence and Art.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toomistu, Terje; Heikkilä, Jukka-Pekka (2020-11-16). "Transformation Through Connection? Insights From a Pilot Study of Story Sharing Cubes at Burning Man Events". Dancecult. 12 (1). doi:10.12801/1947-5403.2020.12.01.07.
- ↑ Yudkin, Daniel A.; Prosser, Annayah M. B.; Heller, S. Megan; McRae, Kateri; Chakroff, Aleksandr; Crockett, M. J. (2022-05-27). "Prosocial correlates of transformative experiences at secular multi-day mass gatherings". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 2600. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.2600Y. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29600-1. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9142525 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 35624086 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Vaara, Eero; Sonenshein, Scott; Boje, David (January 2016). "Narratives as Sources of Stability and Change in Organizations: Approaches and Directions for Future Research". Academy of Management Annals. 10 (1): 495–560. doi:10.5465/19416520.2016.1120963. ISSN 1941-6520.
- ↑ Van De Mieroop, Dorien; Clifton, Jonathan; Schnurr, Stephanie (2022-01-31). "Narratives as social practice in organisational contexts". Narrative Inquiry. 32 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1075/ni.21090.van. ISSN 1387-6740.
- ↑ Celuch, Krzysztof; Neuhofer, Barbara (2024-01-29). "Transformative event experiences: a visual in-situ study of change". Current Issues in Tourism: 1–22. doi:10.1080/13683500.2024.2309147. ISSN 1368-3500. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Heikkilä, J-P.; Toomistu, T. (2023). "Exploring psychedelic experiences: Insights from narrative collections in transformational festivals" (PDF). The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics 11/ 2023 Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland.
- ↑ Ruijs, Hilda (2021). "Co-designing the Story Sharing Cube a novel experience driven data collection method for exploring transformative experiences in participatory culture communities". Aalto University Press. Master thesis.
- ↑ Heikkilä, Jukka-Pekka (2021). "From Myth to Cyberrealism? An Overview of the Joint Future of Artificial Intelligence and Art". Futura (in English abstract and article in Finnish). 21 (1). ISSN 0785-5494.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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