杏吧原创 University Graduate Student Noah Schwartz Among Top 25 SSHRC Storytellers
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 , a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, is among the top 25 finalists of the national competition.
Schwartz鈥檚 SSHRC-funded research, supervised by Mira Sucharov, seeks to better understand the impact of the National Rifle Association (NRA) on the gun control debate in America. It focuses specifically on the organization鈥檚 use of narratives about America鈥檚 past, and its mobilization of collective memory to build the second amendment community from which it draws political strength.
The Storytellers challenge invites post-secondary students from across Canada to showcase their SSHRC-funded projects in presentations under three minutes or 300 words.
The 2020 finalists each received their cash prize of $3,000 and they will be invited to participate in the Storytellers Showcase at the 2021 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The final five winners chosen at that event will be featured at SSHRC鈥檚 ceremony in fall 2021.
Given the exceptional circumstances caused by COVID-19 and the nature of the Storytellers competition, where finalists must effectively communicate their research in front of an audience, SSHRC has decided to postpone this year鈥檚 Storytellers Showcase.
Though he may not get the chance to present at the showcase until 2021, Schwartz hopes his research will still have a big impact on an important debate.
鈥淚 hope my research will help to better understand the role that narrative, memory and community building play in the policy process,鈥 said Schwartz. 鈥淏y making the voices of ordinary gun owners heard in academia, I hope to increase understanding on all sides of the American gun debate, paving the way towards meaningful compromise on firearms policy.鈥
You can watch Schwartz鈥檚 video entry .
Read Schwartz’s article on The Conversation .
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