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Podcasts
Podcasts
Narrative Now
Narrative Now is hosted by Ashley Barnwell and Signe Ravn, and produced by the Narrative Network at the University of Melbourne. The podcast covers both ‘how-to’ episodes focusing on different approaches to working with narrative and storytelling, and ‘what’s new’ episodes that dive into new trends in narrative research.
Ashley Barnwell presented “‘Deep stories’ at the dinner table: Remembering and forgetting colonisation in Australian settler families” at the 2023 conference.
Project Narrative
Hosted by James Phelan, the Project Narrative podcast is a monthly series in which a scholar selects a short narrative and discusses “what is this narrative doing, how is it doing it, and why do both of those things matter?” Project Narrative is an initiative of The Ohio State University, and launched the podcast in 2021.
James Phelan is the Director of Project Narrative and was a keynote speaker at the 2012 conference.
Journals
Narrative Works
Narrative Works is an online, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal developed by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative at St.Thomas University. Narrative Works is a venue for disseminating scholarly work related to narrative that does not fit neatly within established disciplines, publishing work by theorists, researchers, and practitioners working on a wide spectrum of topics that cut across conventional academic boundaries.
Narrative Works was edited by Dr. William Randall and Dr. Elizabeth McKim from 2011-2021 and is now edited by Dr Kate de Medeiros at Concordia University.
McGill Journal of Education
Vol. 40 No. 1 (2005)
This special issue was published in collaboration with the organizers of the 2004 Narrative Matters conference, Dolores Furlong and William Randall, and includes articles presented at the conference.
In addition to co-editing the issue, Dolores and William contributed an editorial which describes the inception of the conference — as well as the first two conferences in 2002 and 2004 — which you can read here.
Interchange
Vol. 38 No. 3 & 4 (2007)
This special issue was published in two parts and includes papers presented at the 2004 conference along with keynotes from the 2002 conference.
Books
Life and Narrative: The Risks and Responsibilities of Storying Experience
Edited by Brian Schiff, A. Elizabeth McKim, and Sylvie Patron, the book features keynote addresses, papers and presentations from the 2012 Narrative Matters conference.
Published in 2017.
The Use and Abuse of Stories: New Directions in Narrative Hermeneutics
Edited by Mark P. Freeman and Hanna Meretoja, the book features keynote addresses, papers and presentations from the 2023 Narrative Matters conference.
Published in 2023.
Organizations
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative
Founded in 2008, CIRN’s mission is to serve those working with narrative ideas and approaches in various disciplines by facilitating research on the role of narrative in human experience, assisting the development of theory on the narrative complexity of human life and encouraging the use of narrative approaches to practice in a variety of fields.
CIRN published Narrative Works from 2011-2020.
Narrare
Narrare’s aim is to develop consistent narrative-theoretical methodology for all disciplines working with narrative. Located at the University of Tampere in Finland — which hosted the 2023 Narrative Matters conference — Narrare brings together researchers in literary studies, social sciences, game studies, media and journalism, history, philosophy, education, psychology, health sciences, political science and administrative studies.