How can we tell our stories differently? How can we go beyond the academic article or sustainability report? All reports and all scholarly pieces are narratives of a sort, each choosing which evidence suits and each having some sense of beginning, middle and end.
Through their use of fiction, art and poetry the seven papers in this Special Issue of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship are challenging what might typically be expected as the form of an academic article. These challenges include identifying silent voices, linking of our hands, hearts and heads via art, a poem, a napkin to communicate, the life of an average academic, stories of gladiatorial combat for promotion, and a man's day in a non-specific future.
This mix of challenge in both form and message contributes to the ability of the papers to advance understanding, and reinforces how an innovative approach to conveying the message can advance debate.
Table of Contents Editorial Malcolm McIntosh, Professor and Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Guest Editorial Storytelling: Beyond the Academic Article - Using Fiction, Art and Literary Techniques to Communicate Nick Barter, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia and Helen Tregidga, AUT University, New Zealand Sacred Stories and Silent Voices: What the Big Bad Wolf Can Teach Us Ilja Simons, NHTV Breda, University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Hand/Heart/Head: Aesthetic Practice Pedagogy for Deep Sustainability Learning Vera Ivanaj, University of Lorraine, France, Kim Poldner, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Paul Shrivastava, Concordia University, Canada Is This OK? An Exploration of Extremes Nick Barter and Luke Houghton, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia The Quest Games: A Tale of Career Advancement Candice Harris, Katherine Ravenswood and Barbara Myers, AUT University, New Zealand Undermining the Corporate Citizen: An Academic Story Suzanne Ryan, University of Newcastle and James Guthrie, Macquarie University, Australia Mopping up Institutional Racism: Activism on a Napkin Heather Came, AUT University, New Zealand and Maria Humphries, Waikato University, New Zealand Storytelling beyond the Academy: Exploring Roles, Responsibilities and Regulations in the Open Access Dissemination of Research Outputs and Visual Data Dawn Mannay, Cardiff University, UK
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