Novels 'better at explaining world's problems than reports' - Telegraph - The Diigo Meta page

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• 17 Dec 08
  

  Simon Brookes
  • Storytelling is one of humanity's oldest methods of possessing information and representing reality. The stories, poems and plays we categorise as literary fiction were once accepted in much the same way that scientific discourse is received as authoritative today
  • useful tool in aiding people's understanding, sparking their interest, and humanising issues
• 02 Dec 08
  

  Mimi Yoyo

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• 22 Nov 08
  

  Geoff Edwards

  Novels should be required reading because fiction "does not compromise on complexity, politics or readability in the way that academic literature sometimes does," said Dr Dennis Rodgers from Manchester University's Brooks World Poverty Institute.

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• 15 Nov 08
  

  Barbara Fister

  newspaper report on a LSE study that finds popular fiction conveys world development issues better than academic reports.

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  Suvi Korhonen

  Novels are 'better at explaining world's problems than reports'. According to the study "The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge" (HTML or PDF), people should read best-selling novels like The Kite Runner

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• 14 Nov 08
  

  Eldis Community

  People should read best-selling novels like The Kite Runner and The White Tiger rather than academic reports if they really want to understand global issues like poverty and migration, a study has claimed.

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  • While fiction may not always show a set of presentable research findings, it does not compromise on complexity, politics or readability in the way that academic literature sometimes does.
  • Storytelling is one of humanity's oldest methods of possessing information and representing reality. The stories, poems and plays we categorise as literary fiction were once accepted in much the same way that scientific discourse is received as authoritative today.
• 06 Nov 08
  

  paul allitor

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