Narratological concepts examined here, as well as additional aspects of narrative, provide important resources for future work in interpreting and designing interstellar messages.
But the curator, Jean Ashton, in gathering material from the historical society, the New York Public Library, New York University, the National Archive of LGBT History and private collections, gives this familiar narrative an important turn.
Of course narrative is important, it provides context and emotional weight, but most of the heavy lifting is being done under the hood of the game.
The death of boxing as a public sport is essentially a narrative death: important fights used to be about something -- black versus white, American versus German.
However, there is another intriguing issue where narrative is important.
That narrative is important, and it's paving the way for next year, when the Oculus Rift hits and the HTC Vive and Sony offerings hit the shelves.
Constructing a narrative is important.
This narrative is important for Sustento.
And their stories — each one of them — their narrative is important, too.
But while it may not be high art, "Consider the Conversation" provides moving narratives and important perspectives.
