2023 Research in the Capitol
Presentation Type
Open Access Poster Presentation
Keywords
Women's rights--United States; Intimate partner violence--United States; Expression (Philosophy);
Abstract
This research is an investigation of narrative as a basic human right. Specifically, it looks into what exactly it means for a person to be able to have an accurate life story or account of an event without fear of manipulation and non-consensual distortion. The narratives being analyzed are narratives of violence against women. In this analysis, multiple factors are examined. The first is the idea of narrative as a whole, and the specific uniqueness that surrounds narratives of violence against women. The second is a dive into the legal system and its impact on both the definition of what exactly a “basic human right” is considered to be, as well as the ways in which the legal system acts as a top perpetrator of stripping narrative as a right. The third deals with weaving in identity and intersectionality, while the fourth is a collation of new, unheard narratives.
Start Date
6-3-2023 11:30 AM
End Date
6-3-2023 1:30 PM
Faculty Advisor
Yasemin Sari
Department
Department of Philosophy and World Religions
Copyright
©2023 Karlee Colby
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Colby, Karlee, "Her Story, Her Right: Narrative as a Basic Human Right" (2023). Research in the Capitol. 9.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/rcapitol/2023/all/9
Her Story, Her Right: Narrative as a Basic Human Right
This research is an investigation of narrative as a basic human right. Specifically, it looks into what exactly it means for a person to be able to have an accurate life story or account of an event without fear of manipulation and non-consensual distortion. The narratives being analyzed are narratives of violence against women. In this analysis, multiple factors are examined. The first is the idea of narrative as a whole, and the specific uniqueness that surrounds narratives of violence against women. The second is a dive into the legal system and its impact on both the definition of what exactly a “basic human right” is considered to be, as well as the ways in which the legal system acts as a top perpetrator of stripping narrative as a right. The third deals with weaving in identity and intersectionality, while the fourth is a collation of new, unheard narratives.
