about

About Joe Flintham, web architect, developer, lecturer, researcher. Go

blog

Joe's running blog - web dev, teaching, PhD research, life's rich tapestry, nothing at all. Go

lectures

An archive of some of the lectures I've delivered: media theory, production, cyberculture, more.Go

portfolio

A portfolio of websites I have worked on. I design, write and program website architectures. Go

portal

Quick links to related sites:

Haunted hybrid objects and stories:
hauntology.net

Reflections on people, media, research:
menticulture.com

Music and melancholy:
donchihuahua.com

latest news:

Art objects - Wellbeing Space
Art objects - Wellbeing Space by joeflintham, on Flickr

Narrative Approaches to Wellbeing

I've written a paper on the role of narrative in wellbeing for a conference later in the year. Narrative theory offers a way of thinking about determinism and freedom; I argue that apprehending one's own life episodes - including those that have not yet happened - as part of a totality, is crucial to feeling both purpose and agency.
 
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