Implicit Narrativity: The Workshop

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An international workshop with scholars from cognitive sciences and narrative studies advancing on the problem of 'implicit narrativity'.

W010 • Department of Geography • Durham University

Join us for a one-day workshop with 7 international, multidisciplinary speakers working at the confluence of cognition and narratives.<a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:81e3e254-b531-43c4-b447-fedaa8ff80ee" title="https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:e7a20efb-40f0-4d70-b9d1-798732d1a734" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Full program and speaker biographies here</a>Is human life inherently narrative or do we narrativise our experiences? Is our consciousness an impersonal random stream or is it rather an experiential story? When we look at the world do we see randomness , like in the autumn falling leaves; or do we perceive a storyline or narrative patterns in each and every slice of our multi-sensory percepts ? The jury is still out, and the debate is fascinating.

This interdisciplinary and international workshop will bring together scholars from cognitive sciences and narrative studies to advance on the shared problem of ‘implicit narrativity’ and look at it as a multidisciplinary opportunity. New methods and angles - from developmental psychology to life-writing, from cognitive narrative theory to medical humanities, from philosophy of mind to cross-media and cross-process analyses - will be compared and collectively discussed in a full day dedicated to one of the most compelling yet undertheorised aspect of cognition.No preparation is needed. Narrativists and non-narrativists all welcome!

This hybrid event is brought to you by the <a href="https://medhumsplatform.org/labs/narrative-and-cognition/" title="https://medhumsplatform.org/labs/narrative-and-cognition/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Narrative and Cognition Lab</a> in the <a href="https://medhumsplatform.org/" title="https://medhumsplatform.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities</a>.Zoom details for online attendees will be circulated closer to the event.This event is free to attend.

Agenda

Registration and Opening Remarks

Motor Origins of Narrative

Selfhood, the Implicit and Narrative Cognition

Reimagined Memories across the Lifespan: Towards a Neuroliterary Approach

Lunch

Implicit Narratives and Narrative Agency

What Can Psychosis Reveal About Implicit Narrativity

Narrativity, Authenticity and the Dynamics of Sense-Making

Implicit Mediacy: Narrativity, Permeability, Augmentation

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