Faith & Community @CampuLife and Swansea University Libraries & Archives have come together to celebrate National Storytelling Week. Stories entertain and connect us. Storytelling can offer a link to our own cultural history and help us understand other peoples. Whether you want to tell your own story or hear stories from our communities, there are events and activities to join in with.

Stories from the Archives

Join the Richard Burton Archives all week on Twitter as they share students’ stories from the University collections. Tales of sporting triumph, tragic events, and life beyond lectures, will be told through photographs, news articles, and other material from the archives. Follow @SwanUniArchives and #StudentStories for a different story each day.

Sharing Migrants Stories: Pandemic Projects from Swansea

Talk

16.30-17.30 Monday 1st February 2021 (via Zoom)

Tom Cheesman (Swansea University) and Marie Gillespsie (Open University) have created platforms for marginalised voices, supporting conversations among the mand majorities. Hear them talk about their projects and answer questions.

cov19chronicles.com – experience of margainalised voices during covid-19 told through all forms

swanseatales – presents audio recorded stories for children, recorded by people in Swansea in their mother tongue.

Please register your place to get the Zoom joining details.

National Storytelling Week: Telling your own story through reflective writing

Workshop

16.00-17.00 Wednesday 3rd February 2021 (via Zoom)

Open to all Swansea University Students & Staff. Spend some time with like-minded people who are interested in writing their own story using reflective writing techniques. This session is open to anyone with an interest. You don’t have to have written anything before. Just come with an open mind and a willingness to engage. Please register your place to get the Zoom joining details.