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With apologies for cross posting: Subject: Narrative Matters 2008 Join us in Toronto for Spring in May 2008! We are pleased to announce that Lynn Z. Bloom and James W. Pennebaker have been confirmed as Plenary speakers. Depending on availability, we may also welcome Deepa Mehta and Devanyi Saltzman. We look forward to hearing your latest narratives. Call for Papers and Presentations Narrative Matters 2008 An Interdisciplinary Conference on Narrative Research, Perspectives, Practices and Issues Theme: Storying the World Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dates: May 7-10, 2008 Deadline: June 22, 2007 As humans we continually story our experiences. We construct our world through our personal, community, institutional and political narratives. The 2008 Narrative Matters conference theme aims to explore all of these narrative sites. Narrative continues to gain recognition as something people do, use and research. The Narrative Matters conference provides a meeting place for people interested in doing, using and researching narrative in diverse contexts and fields. The blurring and crossing of boundaries catalyzes discussion and inquiry at Narrative Matters conferences. We invite proposals for papers, presentations or participatory sessions on a variety of topics around the practice, use and research of narrative. We encourage proposals that take advantage of the nature of narrative. Proposals should be sent using our web page form by June 22, 2007. Proposal, and the presentations themselves, can be in either English or French. Les propositions, ainsi que les communications elles-mêmes; peuvent être en anglais ou en francais. http://www.narrativematters.com Please include the following: * title, 250 word abstract * name, institutional affiliation including department when applicable * format of presentation (paper, discussion, participatory, performance, multi-media) * equipment needs (PowerPoint, overheads, tape recorders, DVD, other) * contact information: mailing address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers Formats for presentations: * single paper (30 minutes total)-report on ideas, research, work in progress or other projects * symposium (90 minutes)-a collection of papers on a single topic or theme, usually including a discussant * multi-media (20-60 minutes) For more information contact: Dr. Tracey Bowen e-mail: [log in to unmask] ********** * Visit the Writing and the Digital Life blog http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/blogs/wdl/ * To alter your subscription settings on this list, log on to Subscriber's Corner at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and-the-digital-life.html * To unsubscribe from the list, email [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and the following text in the body of the message: SIGNOFF WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE