Narration of development of narrative practice in Hong Kong over the past two decades

Abstract

This paper explores the narration of local practitioners and scholars on the development of narrative practice in Hong Kong over the past two decades. A qualitative study is conducted in this study through semi-structured interviews with five local narrative practice practitioners and scholars to collect their narrations on the development of narrative practices in Hong Kong. Four themes are found: 1) expectations for an alternative approach; 2) emergence of a narrative practice community and publications in Hong Kong; 3) transformative impacts of narrative practices on local practitioners; 4) hopes for the future of narrative practice in Hong Kong and potential challenges. Finally, three distinguishing features of the development of narrative practice in Hong Kong are discussed: “practice diversity for identity transformation”; “from a single story to multiple storylines with inspiring experiences”; and “legacy from generation to generation”.