STORYTELLING, SELF, SOCIETY

Conference: Friday and Saturday, March 5 & 6, 2004
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Kick-off event for South Florida Storytelling Project: Thursday evening,=20
March 4
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The South Florida Storytelling Project at Florida Atlantic University invite=
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you to participate in an interdisciplinary academic conference that will bot=
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present current scholarship on storytelling and launch the discipline=E2=80=
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peer-reviewed academic journal, Storytelling, Self, Society: An=20
Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies. Like the journal, the con=
ference is=20
presented in conjunction with the National Storytelling Network and its affi=
liate=20
special interest groups, including Storytelling in Higher Education, the=20
Healing Story Alliance, and Storytelling in Organizations.
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The conference will feature papers, panels and workshops on themes related t=
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storytelling as private or public discourse. It will also showcase=20
storytelling performances, as well as provide a forum for the journal=E2=80=
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advisory boards to meet and discuss editorial policy issues. The proceedings=
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the conference will comprise the journal=E2=80=99s first issue, and the proc=
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help underwrite its first year (two issues). Presenters and participants wil=
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represent disciplines including storytelling, communication, English,=20
education, library science, nursing, medicine, business, peace studies, psyc=
hology,=20
theatre and performance studies.
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The conference takes place at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton,=20
Florida. The campus lies between the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach air=
ports.=20
Reduced hotel accommodations and private housing are available.=20

The registration fee of $125 will be waived for presenters and performers.=20
Detailed registration information will be available shortly at:=20
http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/SSS/SSS_Journal.htm.
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Please e-mail or send a 250-word abstract that will serve as a proposal both=
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for the conference and for your journal submission to:
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John S. Gentile, Ph.D., Chair
Theatre and Performance Studies
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road Box #3103
Kennesaw, GA 30144=20
jgentile_at_kennesaw.edu
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Indicate audio-visual or other special needs. Deadline for submissions:=20
Monday, December 22, 2003.
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Campus contact:
Caren S. Neile, Ph. D., Director
South Florida Storytelling Project
cneile_at_fau.edu
561-297-0042
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About the journal:
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STORYTELLING, SELF, SOCIETY:
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies
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EDITORIAL POLICY
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STORYTELLING, SELF, SOCIETY is an interdisciplinary journal that invites=20
scholarship addressing any topic related to Storytelling--from its role as=20
performing art to contemporary applications in a variety of professional fie=
lds. We=20
welcome manuscripts from scholars in humanities and social science disciplin=
es,=20
(including psychology, library science, literary studies, folklore,=20
anthropology, sociology, communication, rhetoric, performance studies, theat=
er,=20
history, feminist and queer studies, and ethnography) as well as from storyt=
elling=20
artists and practitioners, including those applying storytelling in the fiel=
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of education, health care, social work, business, law, peace-building and=20
environmental education.
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Storytelling is a hyperlink discipline, which stands at the headwaters of al=
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disciplinarity in education and cultural transmission. In the course of=20
telling a story one is able to yoke together issues of history, sociology,=20
anthropology, literature, music, theatre, psychology, religion, law, medicin=
e,=20
communication, and more, all through the natural linkages of the narrative m=
ode. The=20
contemporary revival of storytelling has grown through the fit between=20
narrative thinking and the contrapuntal knowledge organization born of the e=
volution=20
from linear to hyperlink technology, a correspondence which has only minimal=
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emerged from the cultural unconscious, especially in
domains such as the academy which are still beholden to the paradigm of prin=
t.
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STORYTELLING, SELF, SOCIETY intends to gather the building blocks of new=20
disciplinary roles, structures and methodologies for Storytelling in the 21s=
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century. We seek articles that reflect the highest standards of the various=20
disciplines on which we draw, and to which we intend to contribute. In addit=
ion to=20
standard monographs, STORYTELLING, SELF, SOCIETY seeks to extend the critica=
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vocabulary of contemporary Storytelling, and so solicits reviews of=20
Storytelling performances and individual texts, as well as essays that revie=
w several=20
performances and texts. We also recognize that Storytelling is a longstandin=
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discipline in itself--an integral mode of understanding and illuminating the=
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world. Thus we welcome personal ethnography and reflection, as well as stori=
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that have evolved from the oral tradition and reflect upon the endurance and=
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evolution of oral traditions in the present day. We recognize the profound a=
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often contested influences of Storytelling and cultural narratives on the he=
alth=20
of the individual, the community, and the planet. We seek ways to evaluate,=20
measure, and focus those influences to impact our scholarship, our disciplin=
es,=20
our society, and ourselves.
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In keeping with an interdisciplinary journal, monographs and review essays i=
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STORYTELLING, SELF, SOCIETY are written in prose that is appropriate for a=20
wide range of scholars and educated readers rather than the specialized jarg=
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of a specific discipline.
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