Prefigurative Disaster Organizing by The Collective Story
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This is a strong proposal that has improved considerably since the last version, and responded effectively to the earlier feedback given by the judges. The more narrow focus on the Boston region is more feasible and well thought out than the initial proposal. Successfully demonstrating the strength of this idea in the Boston area could be a good starting point for creating partnerships in other cities throughout the United States (and elsewhere). That said, I would have liked to hear more about your strategies for sharing stories, both locally and more broadly. To be effective the stories, and story-tellers, need to reach (and also draw from) a broad variety of communities and experiences. I would have liked to see more on how you were going to reach out to audiences beyond those that would usually be drawn to story-telling events. Targeting schools, community centers, retirement homes and other defined groups. But exploring partnerships with story-telling groups and on-line podcasting could also be an possible approach
This proposal seeks to build on the power of stories to prepare communities to better respond to disasters in the future and to more firmly link the abstract threats of climate change to today. Certainly an inexpensive proposal and worthy of more effort for that reason. Overall all I am not entirely clear on the benefits of the proposed work. Let's say it worked out better than anyone would ever imagine. What would the outcomes be exactly? We respond better to future disasters? If so, this relative measure would be hard to show, I think. It might be better to have an example or two of what a great community response looked like/. Perhaps this is the idea just at the level of the individual story rather than an overall response. Perhaps the proposal lacks the very stories it describes but doesn't tell. Why rob your proposal of the very power of the stories? Examples of the actions proposed for replication could really help make the case. On the whole sounds like something worth further development.
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Your proposal, Prefigurative Disaster Organizing in the Adaptation contest, has been selected to advance to the Semi-Finalists round.
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This is a very interesting proposal. Narrative can be a powerful tool to communicate information, build community, and mobilize action. It is also something that is often overlooked by standard approaches to building resilience.
We would like to see more reflection on how exactly to act on this narrative focused approach. As it stands, the concrete actions proposed here seem overly vague, and also too focused on support and training for members of the story telling collective. As you point out, many communities have already responded to these types of crises. Yet you have no concrete plans to engage with storytellers from other communities. You also highlight the need to make the stories available, but your plans for this are vague. The mention of creating an on-line and mobile platform seems unnecessary. Time would be better spent using existing platforms effectively).
We would also expect to see some concrete plans for events, communications campaigns, or other venues for sharing stories. We would also like to see some ideas of possible partners, both in Boston, elsewhere in the US and internationally, that you could involve in this work.
Finally, some information about the project team and your previous work in this area would also strengthen this proposal.
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 Ian Adelman Jul 12, 2015 05:32  | Proposal creator
Thank you for the feedback. We decided to narrow our proposal by focusing on recruiting and developing a group of story tellers to participate in a live audience event.
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