Stories that heal, stories that harm
Friday, 29 June, 2012, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
A participatory day of cross-disciplinary dialogue and discussion. The aim is to pool learning from those working with personal and community narratives, in order to build a more complete picture of the field, stimulate best practice, and allow cross-fertilisation of ideas.
In collaboration with the London Inter Faith Centre, The Forgiveness Project and The International School of Storytelling
The day will include: interviews with key practitioners; panel discussions; small group think tanks; live stories; and creative networking.
With contributions from:
Professor Reno Papadopoulos, Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees
Sue Hollingsworth, International School of Storytelling, Sussex
Eamonn Baker, Towards Understanding and Healing, Northern Ireland
Kelly Connor, Author and biographical storyteller
Aimed at:
Community practitioners, peace-makers, academics, storytellers, narrative therapists, creative performers, mediators, palliative care workers, oral historians, psychologists, biographical counsellors, and all those interested in the application of narrative and personal story.
Key themes and questions that we hope to discuss during the day:
How is the field of personal story evolving and what new questions are guiding our work?
What new conversations are evolving between community practitioners, academics, narrative therapists, and creative performers?
How is learning being shared across disciplines?
Where exactly does the healing occur in story work?
What do we know about the psychological processes behind transformation?
What is our current thinking about the risks of story work and what have we learned about retraumatisation?
How have our ethics developed?
What is going on in the brains of teller and listeners - what do we know about the neurobiology of story and narrative?
What learning is emerging about the different effects of crafting personal stories for performance and ‘natural’ storytelling?
Come and learn, ask new questions, listen and share your own expertise.
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