NM2018: Narrative Matters 2018: The ABCs of Narrative Enschede, Netherlands, July 2-5, 2018 |
Conference website | https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/narrativematters2018/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nm2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | November 21, 2017 |
Submission deadline | November 21, 2017 |
Narrative Matters 2018
Narrative Matters is a bi-annual conference on the study of narrative, which brings together scholars from different disciplines. The current booming interest for narrative or “story-telling” across academic disciplines and professional fields comes with a number of challenges. One of these challenges, as captured by the conference theme “the ABCs of narrative”, is the need for a better understanding and an interdisciplinary dialogue between A) the arts and humanities; B) the natural and computer sciences; C) the behavioral, social, and health sciences. A thorough interdisciplinary exchange can enrich our understanding of the cognitive, affective, motivational, social, political, ideological, or ethical workings of narrative, and provide insights from which also diverse professional uses of narrative can benefit. A second challenge is that of learning about exciting new developments in technological expression and computational analysis of narrative that might be productive both for researchers and professionals. A third challenge the “ABCs of narrative” aims to address is the need to stimulate “critical narrative savviness” among citizens, in particular in the many professional practices in which narrative or story-telling play a central role. A keen critical acumen and sense of responsibility are needed, in our days as much as ever in the past, to detect and resist unwanted effects of narrative world-making and persuasion.
Submission Guidelines (EXTENDED deadline 21 november 2017)
We welcome proposals in a variety of inspirational and interactive formats, such as panels, symposia, workshops, or roundtable discussions with a clear interdisciplinary scope; flash talks, demonstrations, or performances of narrative research and practice; individual oral or poster presentations to be matched with relevant discussion partners.
We favor contributions that clarify their use of narratives and of their understanding of “narrative”, contribute to interdisciplinary cross-fertilization and innovative approaches, and promote “critical narrative savviness”.
You can submit your proposal here. Please notice that the deadline for submitting your abstract is 1 November 2017.
- You are first requested to create an EasyChair account, based on your name and email address.
- Next, you can submit an abstract of a maximum of 250 words.
- You will be asked questions regarding the contributor(s) and their postal and email address(es).
- For reviewing and planning purposes, we also ask you to provide keywords and to answer questions on the discipline(s), challenge, topic, and format.
- Sessions with multiple contributions such as a panel, symposium, workshop, or roundtable, will have 90 minutes available in the program. If you plan to submit a session with multiple contributions, such as a panel, symposium, workshop, or roundtable, we would like to receive an overall abstract for the session (max 250 words) as well as an abstract of each individual contribution (max 250 words). You will be able to indicate to which session the individual contributions belong.
- Individual contributions will be grouped together in sessions by the program committee.
List of Topics
- Narrative coping with complexity and uncertainty;
- Narrative and the shaping of identities;
- Narratives and innovative technological modes of expressing and computational modes of analyzing;
- Narrative, affect, and the fabrication of truth;
- Narrative and power in societies, organizations, and practices
Committees
Organizing Committee
- Gerben Westerhof
- Anneke Sools
- Liesbeth Korthals Altes
- Sjoer-Jeroen Moenandar
Advisory Board
- Tineke Abma, Free University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
- Floor Basten, Campus Orleon, the Netherlands
- Hubert Buschel, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
- Mark Finlayson, Florida International University, United States
- Dolores Furlong, St. Thomas University, Canada
- Mari Hatavara, University of Tampere, Finland
- Hanna Meretoja, University of Turku, Finland
- Bill Randall, St. Thomas University, Canada
- Brian Schiff, American University of Paris, France
- Peter Stegmaier, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Invited Speakers
- Lora Arroyo, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany
- Marco Caracciolo, Ghent University, Belgium
- Daniel Hutto, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Arie Rip, University of Twente, the Netherlands
- Halleh Ghorashi, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Venue
The conference will be held in Enschede, the Netherlands
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to narrativematters2018@utwente.nl