Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing
Podcast Image

Co-Created

Disrupting Death: Stories of MAiD with Kathy Cortes-Miller and Keri-Lyn Durant

30 Apr 2025

Description

The power of digital storytelling lies in its ability to capture what textbooks and lectures cannot - the raw, human experience of navigating life's most challenging moments. In this deeply moving conversation with Kathy Cortes-Miller and Keri-Lyn Durant, co-hosts of the Disrupting Death podcast, we explore how digital storytelling creates transformative spaces for processing grief and sharing experiences around Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID).When qualitative researchers like Kathy hear countless personal narratives that most people never access, digital storytelling emerges as the perfect vehicle to bridge this gap. Through a five-year research project, their team has worked with individuals who accompanied loved ones through MAID, capturing these profound experiences in digital stories that serve multiple purposes - from personal healing to education and advocacy. The stories become catalysts for important conversations about death, caregiving, and end-of-life choices while empowering individuals to own their narratives.Episode Key Messages0:05 Storytelling as Catalyst for Discussion1:00 Meeting the Disrupting Death Co-Hosts3:00 Connecting Through Digital Storytelling5:35 The MAID Digital Story Workshops8:45 How Stories Create Impact18:40 Digital Stories for Education30:15 Future Storytelling ProjectsFind more stories and resources at the Disrupting Death podcast, which features a three-part series on digital storytelling and MAID.Digital Stories Part 1 Research Project & Diane SimsDigital Stories Part 2 Bridge C-14 ParticipantsDigital Stories Part 3 MAID Family Support ParticipantsOther Links MentionedWatch Keri-Lyn's digital storyRead this episode's blog postWatch the Looking Back video about Ep 27 with Dr. Burcu SimsekLearn more about Keri-Lyn Durant & Kathy Kortes-Miller here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Audio
Featured in this Episode

No persons identified in this episode.

Transcription

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Help us prioritize this episode for transcription by upvoting it.

0 upvotes
🗳️ Sign in to Upvote

Popular episodes get transcribed faster

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.