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1、.So,I'llstartwiththis:acoupleyearsago,aneventplannercalledmebecauseIwasgoingtodoaspeakingevent.Andshecalled,andshesaid,"I'mreallystrugglingwithhowtowriteaboutyouonthelittleflyer."AndIthought,"Well,what'sthestruggle?"Andshesaid,"Well,Isawyouspeak,andI'mgoingtocallyouaresearc
2、her,Ithink,butI'mafraidifIcallyouaresearcher,noonewillcome,becausethey'llthinkyou'reboringandirrelevant."(Laughter)AndIwaslike,"Okay."Andshesaid,"ButthethingIlikedaboutyourtalkisyou'reastoryteller.SoIthinkwhatI'lldoisjustcallyouastoryteller."Andofcourse,theacademic,insecure
3、partofmewaslike,"You'regoingtocallmeawhat?"Andshesaid,"I'mgoingtocallyouastoryteller."AndIwaslike,"Whynotmagicpixie?"(Laughter)Iwaslike,"Letmethinkaboutthisforasecond."Itriedtocalldeeponmycourage.AndIthought,youknow,Iamastoryteller.I'maqualitativeresearcher.Icollectstories;
4、that'swhatIdo.Andmaybestoriesarejustdatawithasoul.AndmaybeI'mjustastoryteller.AndsoIsaid,"Youknowwhat?Whydon'tyoujustsayI'maresearcher-storyteller."Andshewent,"Haha.There'snosuchthing."(Laughter)SoI'maresearcher-storyteller,andI'mgoingtotalktoyoutoday--we'retalkingaboutexpa
5、ndingperception--andsoIwanttotalktoyouandtellsomestories..aboutapieceofmyresearchthatfundamentallyexpandedmyperceptionandreallyactuallychangedthewaythatIliveandloveandworkandparent.那我就这么开始吧:几年前,一个活动策划人打电话给我,因为我当时要做一个演讲。她在电话里说:“我真很苦恼该如何在宣传单上介绍你。”我心想,怎么会苦恼呢?她继续道:“你看,我听过你的演讲,我
6、觉得我可以称你为研究者,可我担心的是,如果我这么称呼你,没人会来听,因为大家普遍认为研究员很无趣而且脱离现实。”(笑声)好。然后她说:“但是我喜欢你的演讲,就跟讲故事一样很吸引人。我想来想去,还是觉得称你为讲故事的人比较妥当。”而那个做学术的,感到不安的我脱口而出道:“你要叫我什么?”她说:“我要称你为讲故事的人。"我心想:”为什么不干脆叫魔法小精灵?“(笑声)我说:”让我考虑一下。“我试着鼓起勇气。我对自己说,我是一个讲故事的人。我是一个从事定性研究的科研人员。我收集故事;这就是我的工作。或许故事就是有灵魂的数据。或许我就是一个讲故事的人。
7、于是我说:”听着,要不你就称我为做研究兼讲故事的人。“她说:”哈哈,没这么个说法呀。“(笑声)所以我是个做研究兼讲故事的人,我今天想跟大家谈论的--我们要谈论的话题是关于拓展认知--我想给你们讲几个故事是关于我的一份研究的,这份研究从本质上拓宽了我个人的认知,也确确实实改变了我生活、爱、工作还有教育孩子的方式。Andthisiswheremystorystarts.WhenIwasayoungresearcher,doctoralstudent,myfirstyearIhadaresearchprofessorwhosaidtous,"Her
8、e'sthething,ifyoucannotmeasureit,itdoesnotexist."AndIthoughthewasjustsweet-talking