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--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 19:34:43 +0100 From: International Sociological Association <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Call - Conference on Narrative Sender: International Sociological Association <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> To: Members of the International Sociological Association Call for papers and panels The Second Tampere Conference on Narrative "Narrative, Ideology, and Myth" Tampere, Finland June 26-28, 2003 Over the last three decades, the concept of narrative has successfully traveled from the humanities to social, psychological and political studies - and to many other disciplines. The "narrative turn" raises questions about the relation between ideology and narrative. Recent critical literature considers narratives from the perspectives of power and persuasion; some emphasize the normative nature of narratives. Others, most notably empirical work in women's studies, health studies and sociology, typically assume an emancipatory potential for narratives; storytelling is seen as a form of emancipation, or "giving a voice" to otherwise silenced groups. Different approaches work with different theories and definitions of narrative. The field is characterized and energized by diversity. This conference explores this diversity, and particularly focuses on non-normative ways of discussing narrative and narrativity. Papers will address the issue of social, cultural and political circulation of narratives, and the different forms narrativity takes, and the significance it assumes, within social action. Papers that combine theoretical and empirical work on narrative, those that have a genuinely interdisciplinary approach, and papers that try to find narrative forms of theorizing will be particularly welcome. To apply, please send a 300-350 word abstract (as a message, not as an attached file) to: [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] Deadline for applications (papers and panels): March 1, 2003. Visit the conference web site 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 - Politics and the Arts Group, Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------- Dr Jane Sandall Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health King's College 57 Waterloo Road London SE1 8WA Tel: 020 7848 3605 Fax: 020 7848 3506 email: [log in to unmask]