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1、So,I'llstartwiththis:acoupleyearsago,aneventplannercalledmebecauseIwasgoingtodoaspeakingevent.Andshecalled,andshesaid,"I'mreallystrugglingwithhowtowriteaboutyouonthelittleflyer."AndIthought,"Well,what'sthestruggle?"Andshesaid,"Well,Isawyouspeak,andI'mgoingtocallyouaresearcher,I
2、think,butI'mafraidifIcallyouaresearcher,noonewillcome,becausethey'llthinkyou'reboringandirrelevant."(Laughter)AndIwaslike,"Okay."Andshesaid,"ButthethingIlikedaboutyourtalkisyou'reastoryteller.SoIthinkwhatI'lldoisjustcallyouastoryteller."Andofcourse,theacademic,insecurepartofmew
3、aslike,"You'regoingtocallmeawhat?"Andshesaid,"I'mgoingtocallyouastoryteller."AndIwaslike,"Whynotmagicpixie?"(Laughter)Iwaslike,"Letmethinkaboutthisforasecond."Itriedtocalldeeponmycourage.AndIthought,youknow,Iamastoryteller.I'maqualitativeresearcher.Icollectstories;that'swhatIdo
4、.Andmaybestoriesarejustdatawithasoul.AndmaybeI'mjustastoryteller.AndsoIsaid,"Youknowwhat?Whydon'tyoujustsayI'maresearcher-storyteller."Andshewent,"Haha.There'snosuchthing."(Laughter)SoI'maresearcher-storyteller,andI'mgoingtotalktoyoutoday--we'retalkingaboutexpandingperception--
5、andsoIwanttotalktoyouandtellsomestoriesaboutapieceofmyresearchthatfundamentallyexpandedmyperceptionandreallyactuallychangedthewaythatIliveandloveandworkandparent.那我就這么開始吧:幾年前,一個活動策劃人打電話給我,因為我當(dāng)時要做一個演講。她在電話里說:“我真很苦惱該如何在宣傳單上介紹你?!蔽倚南?,怎么會苦惱呢?她繼續(xù)道:“你看,我聽過你的演講,我覺得我可以稱你為研究者,可我擔(dān)心的是,如果我這
6、么稱呼你,沒人會來聽,因為大家普遍認(rèn)為研究員很無趣而且脫離現(xiàn)實。”(笑聲)好。然后她說:“但是我喜歡你的演講,就跟講故事一樣很吸引人。我想來想去,還是覺得稱你為講故事的人比較妥當(dāng)?!倍莻€做學(xué)術(shù)的,感到不安的我脫口而出道:“你要叫我什么?”她說:“我要稱你為講故事的人。"我心想:”為什么不干脆叫魔法小精靈?“(笑聲)我說:”讓我考慮一下?!拔以囍钠鹩職?。我對自己說,我是一個講故事的人。我是一個從事定性研究的科研人員。我收集故事;這就是我的工作?;蛟S故事就是有靈魂的數(shù)據(jù)。或許我就是一個講故事的人。于是我說:”聽著,要不你就稱我為做研究兼講故事的人。“
7、她說:”哈哈,沒這么個說法呀?!埃ㄐβ暎┧晕沂莻€做研究兼講故事的人,我今天想跟大家談?wù)摰?-我們要談?wù)摰脑掝}是關(guān)于拓展認(rèn)知--我想給你們講幾個故事是關(guān)于我的一份研究的,這份研究從本質(zhì)上拓寬了我個人的認(rèn)知,也確確實實改變了我生活、愛、工作還有教育孩子的方式。Andthisiswheremystorystarts.WhenIwasayoungresearcher,doctoralstudent,myfirstyearIhadaresearchprofessorwhosaidtous,"Here'sthething,ifyoucannotmeasurei
8、t,itdoesnotexist."AndIthoughthewasjustsweet-talkingme.