STEAM
MARCH 2025
An inspiring seminar series 'Identity, Memories and Worldviews at Utrecht University
In a seminar series within the Honours Programme (GHIS )of the University of Utrecht, we explored the powerful role of personal and collective identities, and how the stories we tell—about ourselves, others, and the world—shape the societies we live in. Offering true stories, theoretical background and interactive online workshops, we delved into key questions:
How are our identities shaped, by ourselves and by others?
What are life narratives, and how trustworthy are they?
What happens when a single story dominates, and how can it lead to exclusion and division?
What role do memory and perception play in the formation of identity?
We also reflected on how these insights relate to the health of our democracies, the rise of polarisation, and the urgent need for transformative stories—stories that foster inclusion, understanding, and critical thinking.
The students' engagement and reflections were inspiring, their final essays (transformative stories) creative and convincing.
AUGUST 2024
Coming soon: The TGAL E-magazine. Ook in het Nederlands!
Full of interesting articles and best practice cases. Keep an eye on our project website
MAY 2024
TGAL 4-day seminar series at Utrecht University within the Honours Programme
We had the chance to work with (and educate) 25 Master students from different disciplines in working with narrative approaches in the fields of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. The students were inspired and impressed, watch the testimonials one our website!
APRIL 2024
​TGAL 3-day In-house training pilot at Miele X Amsterdam
We had the chance to pilot our material with D&I managers and HR managers, with great success. The participants were taken be the connecting power of storytelling and narrative inquiry in solving D&I problems. Watch the testimonials on our project website!
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14 DECEMBER 2023
VOICES Final Project Meeting, Madrid
The Final Conference in Spain was organized by SSF on 14 December in collaboration with the City Council of Alcorcón (Madrid) in the Social Services Council of the Municipality. The Majoress of Alcorcón and members of the government team received and welcomed us warmly.
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7 DECEMBER 2023
VOICES Multiplier Event, Gouda, NL
The Dutch multiplier event was held 7 December at community center ‘Speelwinkel’ in the city of Gouda, a shelter, and activity- and training place for women of all cultural and social background. Our interactive presentation was well received by a mixed audience of Dutch and international visitors, especially the versatile uses of the resources (online, off-line, self-directed, face-to-face) and the combining opportunities appealed greatly to all participants.
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17 - 19 OCTOBER 2023 TGAL
3-day intensive training 'Storytelling and Narrative approaches in Diversity and Inclusion Management'
Storybag organized and facilitated this training in Hilversum, The Netherlands. 16 еxperts from the 8 European project partner countries took part in the Learning, Teaching, Training Activity (LTTA), focused on diversity and inclusion management in SMEs.participants from various backgrounds explored different case studies on micro-aggressions in the workplace, ageism, racism, etc. through interactive sessions and facilitated role-plays - these are also some of the highlights in the TGAL Storytelling Toolkit and the TGAL Diversity management train-the trainer program.
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MAY 2023
End Conference INGAME Thessaloniki, Greece
Peter Frühmann (Storybag and ZB&V) had been the author/writer of the serious game scenario, which had been tested successfully on different audiences (secondary schools and universities) in the partner countries.
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MAY 2023
End conference of the STEAM project in Istanbul
We could conclude an inspiring project where school communities in Spain and Turkey had worked successfully with a narrative approach in STEM education, adding the A(Art) of Storytelling to research and problem solving. The students testified that STEM became more attractive and fun when you're the hero in the research, problem solving and design 'story'.
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“I really enjoyed your seminar series and found our discussions incredibly thought-provoking. They have given me a new perspective on storytelling and its impact.”
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“Even though it was online, it did allow students like me who are doing their internships remotely to still take part in it and learn from you. I highly appreciated it—it taught me the power of narratives and stories.”