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Sophie's story: writing missing journeys.
Hester Parr1, Olivia Stevenson1
1University of Glasgow, UK.
Cultural Geographies
|May 2, 2018
Summary
This study explores using creative writing, like "Sophie's story," to develop new resources for understanding missing persons cases. It highlights how trauma narratives can offer novel ways to discuss difficult experiences and reshape social perceptions.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Psychology
- Narrative Therapy
Background:
- Research on missing persons often lacks nuanced narrative resources.
- Existing social scripts for missing people can be inadequate.
- Trauma narratives hold potential for processing difficult experiences.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce "Sophie's story" as a creative narrative intervention.
- To develop new narrative resources for police training, families of missing persons, and returned individuals.
- To explore the transformative potential of writing and sharing trauma stories.
Main Methods:
- Creative rendition of an interview narrative.
- Qualitative analysis of trauma storytelling.
- Contextualization within cultural and psychological frameworks.
Main Results:
- "Sophie's story" offers a new narrative resource.
- Trauma stories can evoke complex affects and facilitate discussion of unspeakable events.
- The narrative aims to challenge and rewrite existing social scripts.
Conclusions:
- Creative trauma narratives can be transformative tools.
- "Sophie's story" serves as a hopeful cultural geography in progress.
- This approach can foster new ways of understanding and communicating about missing persons.
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