[ecrea] CfP: 3rd International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference

*3rd International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference*
*10th & 11th of March, 2016*
Institute for Lifecourse and Society, NUI Galway

*Keynote speaker*:
*Ann Phoenix <https://www.ioe.ac.uk/study/TCRU_43.html>* is Professor of
Psychosocial Studies at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Department of
Social Sciences, UCL Institute of Education, University of London and a
Fellow of the British Academy. Sheco-directed the Childhood Wellbeing
Research Centre funded by the Department for Education and is the
Principal Investigator on NOVELLA (Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives
and Linked Approaches), an ESRC National Centre for Research Methods
node.Her research is mainly about social identities and the ways in
which psychological experiences and social processes are linked. It
includes work on racialised and gendered identities and experiences;
mixed-parentage, masculinities, consumption, young people and their
parents and the transition to motherhood. Much of her research draws on
mixed methods and includes narrative approaches.

*Call for Abstracts - Online submission here
<http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/AddAbstract.asp?Conference=450>*


In this conference we seek to explore the doing of narrative inquiry in
its many forms, and to take seriously the time, place and significance
of its doing.  The conference is organised around a number of strands:

  * Narrating place - where is narrative inquiry conducted and does it
    matter; how do we narrate spaces and places; what is the role of
    visual texts (maps, images) in narrating space, place and relationship?
  * Narrating the self - how does the person, individual and self
    feature in the narratives we write; how do we conduct narrative
    inquiries into self; how is self composed/constructed in the
    unfolding of the narrative? What is the relationship between
    narrative inquiry and auto-ethnography? What does a focus on
    narrative as an emancipatory, transformatory or therapuetic force
    bring to our work?
  * Narrating visually and digitally - how do we do visual narrative?
    How do we construct digital stories; does the digital offer new
    capabilities for narrating lived reality?
  * Narrating the ‘Nation’ –as we celebrate the centenary of the 1916
    Rising in Irelandthis strand considers how  the stories of nations
    are commemorated; what narratives are prioritised and by extension
    omitted, and to  what extent do these narratives shape the
    formulation of contemporary and future understandings of Irish 
identity?

We invite papers and posters on these themes.  We also welcome papers
that pay attention to the theoretical, methodological and creative
challengesfaced by narrative inquiry researchers.We ask that you
consider creative ways of presenting that do not necessarily rely upon
the usual conference presentation. We would like to encourage
postgraduate students to participate.  If you are in the final stages of
your PhD or have recently completed a Doctorate inspired by narrative
inquiry,we would like you to consider submitting a paper. Those in the
earlierstages of narrative doctoral work and or who have completed  a
Masters programmemight consider presenting work-in-progress in the form
of a poster.


* In 2016 Ireland is commemorating its birth as a Republic through a
range of events related to the 1916 Rising in Dublin and its consequences.

*Abstract Guidelines*


Please submit a 500 word abstract as a pdf file with references via the
website by the 18th of December 2015.Please indicate whether the
abstract is for a paper or poster presentation.
The Conference Programme will be available by Februray 1st 2016.Contact
the conference organisers for any queries or questions about the
conference and we look forward to welcoming you to the City of Lakes,
Rivers, Canals and the Atlantic Ocean in the West of Ireland.



--
Patricia Prieto Blanco
PhD Candidate at the Huston School of Film and Digital Media
NUI Galway, Ireland

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