Conference
The Narrative Practitioner
The Narrative Practitioner has organized two very successful conferences that have brought together professionals and practitioners who share an interest in the use of narrative and storytelling in a range of contexts, including pedagogy, practice, research and performance.
This year the conference moves to Keele University in North Staffordshire. The primary focus of this year’s conference is Narrative, Health and Social Justice. As such it reflects the increasing interest in the use of narrative to understand the experience of health and illness, healthcare interactions and health institutions and the role of narrative in both promoting and curtailing social justice in everyday life, in general, and health encounters in particular.
Conference Booking
Click here to book your place on the 2009 Conference
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts of 250 words may be submitted online as a word document via the ‘Abstract submission’ link below.
- Papers about the use of narrative approaches in research, theory, education and practice.
- Workshops that will give participants the opportunity to engage actively with some aspect of narrative practice, in relation, for example, to pedagogy, research, therapy or performance.
- Poster and demonstration sessions.
- Exhibitions of materials.
- Performance based in narratives including poetry, song, storytelling and theatre.
NB: Any papers being submitted under the strand of research require ethical approval from the relevant local ethics committee. Where required, ethical approval for abstracts falling under the strand of research should be pre-gained before the submission of abstracts.
The second call for abstracts deadline is 1st April 2009
Abstract submission
Programme
Click here to download a draft of the Conference Programme
Aims of the Conference
- To engage participants in a multidisciplinary dialogue around the use of narratives in research, education and practice.
- To facilitate ongoing collaboration in the development of narrative communities.
Keynote Speakers and Multidisciplinary Contributions
We are pleased to announce that Keynote Speakers confirmed so far for the 2009 Conference include
Professor Corrinne Squire
Professor in Social Sciences, University of East London
Dr Kip Jones
Reader in Qualitative Social Science, Bournemouth University
Conference 2008 Video
Below is a short video presentation of the 2008 Narrative Practitioner Conference. The file is aprox. 15Mb so may take a while to download on slower internet connections. Click on the video below to start.
Conference 2007 Video
