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This is a call for papers for
The Second Tampere Conference on Narrative:
"Narrative, Ideology and Myth"
June 26 - 28, 2003 Tampere, Finland
The homepage of the conference: http://www.uta.fi/conference/narrative/
Organizers:
-University of Tampere: Research Institute for Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, Department of Women Studies.
-Finnish Network of Narrative Studies
-University of Jyväskylä, Research Unit "Political Thought and Conceptual Change"
-Politics and the Arts Group (Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research)
A growing amount of narrative research is currently conducted internationally. However, the "narrative turn" that has taken place over the last three
decades and over various disciplines has not managed to produce any consensus of the nature of narrative. What has been generated is rather
opposition between the perspective of ideological, individually enforcing narratives and, on the other hand, storytelling as a form of emancipation of
ideologically silenced groups. Another opposition has been created between clear, explicable narratives and, on the other hand, myth or a cultural
founding story that hides away from the clarity of concept but is nevertheless there as the hidden structure of both social and political theory and
personal stories.
The purpose of the conference is to address an alternative understanding of mythic, ideological and emancipating narrative as turns in the same
cultural circulation of narratives. Narrative as a concept and narration as agency are always bound to a partiality of perspective that is essentially
relational. Could narrative help us re-think subjectivity as relational as well? If so, the question would be raised about, for example, what is the
relationship between myth, storytelling, and political identity in time of globalization?
Participants and papers are invited that have a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. The main speakers represent three disciplines and
perspectives: Prof. Liz Stanley (sociology and feminist theory) is interested in epistemological questions and the process of producing
knowledge. Prof. Mark Freeman (psychology) has written about philosophy of psychology and narrating the self. His teaching and research
interests include history and philosophy of psychology, the psychology of the self, and the psychology of art and creativity. Prof. David S.
Gutterman's academic interests include the history of Western political theory, Modern and contemporary political theory, American political
thought, Politics and ethics, Religion and politics in the United States, and Feminist theory and gender politics. Also two pre-conference courses
for PhD students are organized.
Contact persons:
Prof. Matti Hyvärinen (Program chair)
Dept. of Social Sciences and Philosophy
P.O. Box 35
FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Tel: +358-14-260 3073 (work); +358-40-822 4045 (GSM)
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Dr Tarja Aaltonen (Conference Secretary)
Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
Tel. +358 3 215 6561
Fax +358 3 215 6080
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MSSc Hanna-Mari Ikonen (Conference Secretary)
Department of Women's Studies
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
Tel. +358 3 215 6368
Fax +358 3 215 6562
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