Precarity: city explorations
●   In the printed publication on precarity in Europe there's the chance to
    narrate non-fictional or even fictional stories that represent the theme of
    precarity from your point of view. This is also a chance, for those who like
    writing and wish to give a contribution, to get your work on a printed
    publication that is going to be distributed.
●   One option is that you identify, as a city group, a story of a precarious
    worker that it would be interesting to tell 'cause it's emblematic to you or to
    your city group.
●   A storyteller, then, is chosen by the city group to tell the story. He/she is
    accompanied by the precarious worker around the neighbourhood where
    the precarious worker lives, while the storyteller asks questions, records
    the answers, or takes notes, or even shoots videos depending on his/her
    preferences. The precarious worker tells his/her experience of the different
    places (his/her workplace, his/her house, the shops he/she's accustomed
    to go to, the places he/she visits on a weekly basis) and on how these
    places are related to her everyday life and how they make him/her feel.
    While visiting the places, always take picture, this will help to visualize the
    scenes that you will be describing.
Fictional stories about precarity
                  Step 1
Person A takes notes about the
  neighbourhood he/she lives
  in. They can be either related
  or not to the theme.
Here's some suggestions for
  the things to look at and to
  write down.
(1) Write down what you see
  and what your body feels.
  Clues: notice noises, smells.
Examples of things that you
  could look at are: colors,
  people's clothes, goods that
Step 2
Person B, which lives in a
  different part of the city and
  don't know much about that
  neighbourhood, reads A's
  notes.
Step 3
B          “explores”     that
    neighbourhood looking at
    person A's notes and
    noticing the differences,
    and      imagining   links
    between what he/she sees
    and A's experience of the
    places:
Is there anything different
  from what I expected by
  reading A's notes?
Where could I find the
 characters   that     A
 described, and    where
Step 4
B writes down a description of
  his/her own exploration or
  a fictional story based on
  his/her observation of that
  neighbourhood           that
  reminds the topic of
  precarity. It might be
  because of the story, or
  because of an adjective
  that he/she used of found
  in A's notes or because of
  some image that recalls
  our theme.

Developing a Transnational Narrative

  • 1.
    Precarity: city explorations ● In the printed publication on precarity in Europe there's the chance to narrate non-fictional or even fictional stories that represent the theme of precarity from your point of view. This is also a chance, for those who like writing and wish to give a contribution, to get your work on a printed publication that is going to be distributed. ● One option is that you identify, as a city group, a story of a precarious worker that it would be interesting to tell 'cause it's emblematic to you or to your city group. ● A storyteller, then, is chosen by the city group to tell the story. He/she is accompanied by the precarious worker around the neighbourhood where the precarious worker lives, while the storyteller asks questions, records the answers, or takes notes, or even shoots videos depending on his/her preferences. The precarious worker tells his/her experience of the different places (his/her workplace, his/her house, the shops he/she's accustomed to go to, the places he/she visits on a weekly basis) and on how these places are related to her everyday life and how they make him/her feel. While visiting the places, always take picture, this will help to visualize the scenes that you will be describing.
  • 2.
    Fictional stories aboutprecarity Step 1 Person A takes notes about the neighbourhood he/she lives in. They can be either related or not to the theme. Here's some suggestions for the things to look at and to write down. (1) Write down what you see and what your body feels. Clues: notice noises, smells. Examples of things that you could look at are: colors, people's clothes, goods that
  • 3.
    Step 2 Person B,which lives in a different part of the city and don't know much about that neighbourhood, reads A's notes.
  • 4.
    Step 3 B “explores” that neighbourhood looking at person A's notes and noticing the differences, and imagining links between what he/she sees and A's experience of the places: Is there anything different from what I expected by reading A's notes? Where could I find the characters that A described, and where
  • 5.
    Step 4 B writesdown a description of his/her own exploration or a fictional story based on his/her observation of that neighbourhood that reminds the topic of precarity. It might be because of the story, or because of an adjective that he/she used of found in A's notes or because of some image that recalls our theme.