Developing concept

Narrative Sovereignty

How can people participate meaningfully in the accounts that represent and shape their lives?

A research question approached in conversation with Indigenous studies, disability scholarship, feminist epistemology, and political theory.

Area of inquiry

This inquiry considers access, response, contextualization, and revision without assuming that any single participant holds an exclusive account of truth.

Questions in development

The project follows the practical conditions under which participation becomes consequential rather than merely procedural.

References and further reading

  1. Ricoeur, Paul. 1992. Oneself as Another. Translated by Kathleen Blamey. University of Chicago Press.