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11 September 2011: Meaningful Stories
By Kate Barrett, Friday, September 16 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
The eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner argued that stories are the process by which we make meaning as a society. Comments
Field Notes on American Life: Skin Deep
By Kate Barrett, Tuesday, August 30 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
Leave it to our friends across the pond to call a heart a spade! The British Advertising Standards Authority pulled a pair of ads from L’Oréal Comments
Field Notes on American Life: Listen Up!
By Kate Barrett, Friday, July 29 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
I have to admit it. For the past few months, I’ve spent my Tuesday evenings glued to the television watching The Voice, Comments
Field Notes on American Life: What Marketers Can Learn from bin Laden
By Kate Barrett, Wednesday, July 6 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
In an increasingly noisy and fragmented world, sameness is a form of camouflage. That’s a good thing if you’re a mass murderer trying to avoid capture, like Al Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden Comments
Field Notes on American Life: Rites Gone Wrong
By Kate Barrett, Thursday, June 23 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
It’s June, so that means one thing in my neighborhood: graduation season, the time to celebrate the transition from child to adult, from dependence to independence. Comments
Field Notes on American Life: Beyond Words
By Kate Barrett, Friday, June 10 2011 in Field Notes on American Life
As a writer (and I use that term loosely), I occasionally find myself obsessed with crafting the perfect narrative. Worrying about every word. Debating the structure of a specific sentence. Comments
