Storytelling is integral to the history of human beings in a bewildering variety of oral and visual formats. We tell stories about who we are, where we are going, what we hope for and what we fear. By telling and retelling stories we make sense of our lives, the things we do, how we relate to other people and what our place is in the world. The jobs, practices and professions we take up tell their own stories, using their own languages and understanding themselves and communicating to others through the stories they hone and refine. Stories and storytelling are also a fundamental tool in recording personal, familial, communal, national and international histories and the shaping of individual and collective identities.