[Discussion] Narrative Matters 2006

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Call for Proposals: Narrative Matters 2006

NARRATIVE MATTERS 2006: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Narrative Research,
Perspectives, Approaches, and Issues Across the Humanities and Social Sciences

THEME: The Storied Nature of Human Experience: Fact and Fiction
DATES: May. 25-27, 2006
LOCATION: Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

DEADLINE for proposals: Dec. 15, 2005

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Dr. Robyn Fivush, Samuel Chandler Dobbs Professor of
Psychology, Emory University, "Memory and Narrative, Self and Voice;" R. Murray
Schafer, Composer, "And Wolf Shall Inherit the Moon: The collective creation of
a myth;" Bob Barton, Storyteller, "Making Stories Happen"

The inaugural Narrative Matters conference in 2002 drew 200 participants; the
second in 2004 increased to 300. We now are calling for papers and proposals for
the third conference in 2006. Our aim is to provide a forum for conversation
among theorists, students, researchers, and practitioners using narrative
perspectives in such diverse fields as literature, the social sciences,
education, journalism, healthcare, psychology, history, and the fine arts.

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in narrative modes of
thought and expression. The Narrative Turn has influenced the humanities, the
social sciences, and the health sciences. The third Narrative Matters
conference, to be held at Acadia in 2006, will explore current ideas about
narrative - or story - in various aspects of human experience.

Proposals are invited for papers, presentations, symposia or posters on a
variety of topics from narrative in fiction to narrative modes of understanding
human experience. We welcome proposals for papers and panels on topics that
might include (but are not limited to) the following:

* The place of story in education, literature, politics, religion and the media
* Narrative and diversity (e.g., culture, ethnicity, gender, age)
* Collecting and analyzing stories as data in qualitative research
* Narrative perspectives on memory, identity, and community
* Narratives in therapeutic processes and relationships
* Narratives of place

Proposals, and the presentations themselves, can be in either English or French.
Les propositions, ainsi que les communications elles-mêmes, peuvent être en
anglais ou en français.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.

http://narrativematters.com/dist.html

Pat O'Neill
Phone: (902) 542-7533
Email: narr-mat06@acadiu.ca

Visit the website at http://narrativematters.com/dist.html