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".

本文致力於考察香港前線工作者和學者對過去20年本地敘事實踐發展的敘述。論文使用質性研究的方法, 通過對五位本地敘事實踐者和學者的半結構性訪談, 對他們有關香港敘事實踐發展的敘述進行了收集。研究發現了四個主題: 1) 對另類實踐的期許; 2) 敘事實踐社群和出版物在香港嶄露頭角; 3) 敘事實踐對本地前線工作者的變革性影響; 4) 對香港敘事實踐的未來的盼望和潛在挑戰。最後, 我們討論了敘事實踐在香港發展的三大特色 — 促進身份轉變的多樣實踐; 從單一故事到具有啟發意義的多樣故事情節;以及代代承傳的挑戰。