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Special
Issues: Presenters Narrative
Matters 2002
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CALL
FOR PROPOSALS THEME: The Power of Story in a Postmodern World Location:
Delta Hotel, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Narrative has emerged as pivotal to human knowing, relating, and experiencing. Over 200 people from 14 countries attended Narrative Matters 2002. At the urging of delegates, a second conference is being organized for 2004. Its aim is to provide a forum for conversation among theorists, students, researchers, and practitioners using narrative perspectives in such diverse fields as education, journalism, healthcare, psychology, sociology, history, literature, and the arts. Keynote speakers include psychologist Mark Freeman, PhD, author of Rewriting the Self: History, Memory, and Narrative (Routledge), and award-winning Canadian writer, Sharon Butala, author of The Perfection of the Morning and Real Life (HarperCollins). Pre-conference workshops are being planned on narrative therapy; the use of stories in healthcare; and the place of story in indigenous cultures. Proposals are invited for papers or presentations on a variety of topics: e.g., narrative in personal life and relationships; narrative in fiction and non-fiction; applying the “story” metaphor; the process of storying in politics, religion, ethics, the media, and everyday life. Proposals will be reviewed by the planning committee and those accepted will be made available to delegates. Selected papers presented at the conference will appear in a set of Conference Proceedings. Proposals should be sent as e-mail attachments to narr-mat@stu.ca by August 15, 2003, in WordPerfect or Microsoft Word. The following information is required for each presenter:
Formats for presentations include:
Note: Application for funding towards delegates expenses will be sought from the SSHRC “Aid to Occasional Research Conferences” program.
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