Puffin Poker & the Cod Kiss Collective: Stories of Connection from the Hidden Corners of the World

• Main Authors: Kim Snow, Jennifer Martin, Tina Kroll, Kiaras Gharabaghi, Stephanie Griffin, Thom Garfat
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Urban sociology and community studies; storytelling; community; culture; metaphor; story; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.32920/25443898.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Puffin_Poker_the_Cod_Kiss_Collective_Stories_of_Connection_from_the_Hidden_Corners_of_the_World/25443898

In The Storytelling Animal: How stories make us human , Jonathan Gottschall (2012) argues that storytelling is innate, as represented by evidence of story throughout time and from our earliest stages of development. He puts forth a compelling argument that humans and culture are vulnerable to shaping by storytelling. Child & Youth Care (CYC) people know stories well and we use story and metaphor frequently in our engagement with young people (Allsopp & Thumbadoo, 2002; Burns, 1999). This article focuses on some of the stories of connection which occurred at the 1st Child & Youth Care World Conference, held in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, in June of 2013. But first let us tell you who ‘we’ are, and how we came to be.