Why Asset-Framing is Better Storytelling
Andy Goodman, Kirsten Farrell; The Goodman Center
This brief article from The Goodman Center calls on Trabian Shorters’ work on asset-framing. According to Shorters, asset-framing is a “narrative model that defines people by their assets and aspirations before noting the challenges and deficits” and is therefore a more equitable alternative to deficit framing in storytelling. The article covers the three acts of this form of storytelling.