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Nonhuman Narratives
The Media School, Bournemouth University
Wednesday 27 April 2011: Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth
The Narrative Research Group, based in the Media School, will be hosting their second symposium at the Executive Business Centre on Wednesday 27 April. The theme of the symposium is ‘Non-human Narratives’.
Nonhumans feature in multiple narratives, from myth and fable to wildlife photography and documentary, children’s literature, cartoons and comics. They can act as metaphors, take on human characteristics, or inform our understanding of the Other. The symposium will use analyses of representations of the nonhuman to question assumptions about human superiority and to explore alternative means of narrating the lived experiences of creatures or entities whose composition differs from our own.
The symposium’s keynote speaker, Professor David Herman of Ohio State University, will be talking about ‘Stories, Minds, and Media: Nonhuman Experiences in Graphic Narratives’. Other papers will focus on inhuman narratives (including representations of monsters and serial killers), animals in the movies, issues surrounding environmental and technological change, and the activities of fans of the nonhuman. Members of the Narrative Research Group will be exhibiting their work and running workshops throughout the day.
For more information about NRG please see our website: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/imcr/cjcr/nrg/about_the_narrative_group.html
For more information and a booking form for the event, please contact Bronwen Thomas ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Julia Round ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Provisional Draft Programme for Non-human Narratives Symposium, 27 April 2011, Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University.
10.00-11.00 Panel 1: Negotiating the Posthuman Landscape
Consuming the Climate: Re-thinking Meat and Dairy Consumption in the Politics of Climate Change. Julie Doyle, University of Brighton.
The Machine Starts: Computers as Collaborators in Writing. Joe Flintham, Bournemouth University.
11.15-12.15 Panel 2: Extratextual Approaches to Nonhuman Narratives
Costume as Character Arc. Craig Batty, Bournemouth University.
Knit One, Bite One: Feminine Handicrafts and Vampire Fan Art.
Brigid Cherry, Saint Mary’s University College, London.
12.15-1.15 Lunch. Exhibitions and Workshops by members of NRG.
1.15- 2.15 Plenary Address
Stories, Minds, and Media: Nonhuman Experiences in Graphic Narratives. David Herman, Ohio State University.
2.15-3.15 Panel 3: Animals in the Movies
Will the Real Bonzo Please Stand Up? Making and Unmaking Animal Stars in Hollywood. Claire Molloy, University of Brighton.
Animal Saintliness: Creaturely Life in the Films of Robert Bresson. Anat Pick, University of East London.
3.30-4.30 Panel 4: Inhuman Narratives
Complexity and Ambiguity: An Examination of the Monster and the Monstrous within Contemporary ‘Neo-nasty’ Horror Films. Shaun Kimber, Bournemouth University.
A Critical Stylistic Approach to True Crime Serial Killer Narratives. Christiana Gregoriou, University of Leeds.
4.30 Closing Remarks
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Lecturer in Journalism and Communication
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