[Discussion] International and Intercultural Conference on StoryTelling Narratives and Cultural Identities

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*International and Intercultural Conference on StoryTelling Narratives=20
and Cultural Identities
**Call For Papers*

*JUNE, 27-29, 2005 CCC-AH TERCEIRA, AZORES, PORTUGAL
*

** <http://www.cm-ah.pt/ccc/default.aspx>

The primary focus of this conference is to explore the power of=20
storytelling in the recuperation of memory, collective identity=20
formation, resistance to globalitarian homogenization, and the presence=20
of oral traditions in literature and the sister arts. All forms of=20
storytelling narrative (oral and written), performative, cinematic,=20
musical, and hybrid as well as methodologies (linguistic, sociological,=20
political, anthropological, etc.) will be considered as long as they=20
relate to the themes explicit and implicit in the title of this conferenc=
e.

    * Children=92s Narrative
    * Narrative and Linguistics
    * Narrative and Myth
    * Narrative and Visual/Performing Arts and Music
    * Relationships of Oral and Written Narratives
    * Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle
    * Postmodern and Postcolonial Narratives
    * Testimonial Narrative (Autobiography/Biography)
    * Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Poetical Performanc=
e
    * Theories and Strategies of Oral Narratives
    * Storytelling and Conversational Narratives
    * Other Suggestions

Deadline for receipt of abstracts and a concise (1/2 page) narrative cv=20
is *June 30th, 2004*. Late submissions will not be accepted, and we=20
cannot accept papers that are to be published elsewhere. Acceptance of=20
your paper for presentation implies a commitment on your part to=20
register and attend the conference. Notification of acceptance will be=20
sent out by *August 30th, 2004*. We welcome the submission of abstracts=20
for 20-minute presentations plus a 10-minute discussion. Papers will be=20
selected based on the evaluation of an anonymously written abstract.=20
Only one individual and one joint abstract per author or presenting=20
group will be accepted. Send 3 copies of a 600-word abstract as well as=20
a short 200-word summary for publication in the conference program.=20
Include the title of the paper on the abstract but not the author=92s=20
name. A selection of the papers presented will be published in=20
Portuguese and English. Please include a separate cover page with the=20
following:

Please email your abstract to ics@www.brocku.ca <mailto:ics@www.brocku.ca=
>

Organizing Committee:
Prof. Francisco Cota Fagundes, Spanish and Portuguese University of=20
Massachussetts Amherst 01003 fagundes@spanport.umass.edu=20
<mailto:fagundes@spanport.umass.edu>

Prof. Irene M. Ferreira Blayer, Modern Languages, Brock University,=20
ONTARIO, Canada L0S 1J0 blayer@spartan.ac.brocku.ca=20
<mailto:blayer@spartan.ac.brocku.ca>

Dr. M=E1rio Cabral, Director CCCAH, 9700-Angra do Hero=EDsmo, Terceira,=20
Azores, cccahbral@mail.telepac.pt <mailto:cccahbral@mail.telepac.pt>

C=E2mara Municipal de Angra do Hero=EDsmo - Pra=E7a Velha 9701 - 857 Angr=
a do=20
Hero=EDsmo
*Telef:* 295 212 131 - *Fax:* 295 212 107 - *E-mail* angra@cm-ah.pt
*Linhas Verdes* - CMA