Dear CGF people,
Please do circulate details of the event below to all those who might be
interested in attending.
Many thanks indeed,
Hayden
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EXCURSIONS - TELLING STORIES AND JOURNEYS
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December 2011
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
‘Excursions: telling stories and journeys’ is a two-day
interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to the critical appreciation of
the arts, acts and politics of telling. The event is intended to
re-situating storytelling in scholarly research, through the crafting of
unusual journeys, material narratives and disruptive geographies.
Speakers include:
DEREK McCORMACK on being lighter than air
SARAH PINK on slow cities
MILES OGBORN on tales and tails.
ERIC LAURIER on video blogging
HESTER PARR on the missing
HAYDEN LORIMER on scaring crows
DEE HEDDON on buddy walks
CAITLIN DeSILVEY on mending broken things
LYNN ABRAMS on northern isles
CALEB JOHNSTON on family memory
and
KATHLEEN STEWART (keynote) on regionality, in a small town
If you would like to attend the symposium please register by e-mail with
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Cost of registration:
£20 for academic staff and waged
£10 for postgraduate students and unwaged
Deadline for registration: 1st October 2011
This event is organised by the Human Geography Research Group, School of
Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow.
Any questions or queries about the event to:
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