'Among the skeptics, story’s innocence is never presumed. Story is frisked. Story is marched to the dock. “Every crisis is in part a storytelling crisis,” Rebecca Solnit wrote in the Guardian earlier this year. “This is as true of climate chaos as anything else. We are hemmed in by stories that prevent us from seeing, or believing in, or acting on the possibilities for change.”'

#narrative #NarrativeMatters #DangersOfNarrative #InstrumentalNarratives

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/seduced-by-story-peter-brooks-bewitching-the-modern-mind-christian-salmon-the-story-paradox-jonathan-gottschall-book-review

The Narrative Matters 2023 conference also offers pre-conference workshops:

(1) Jens Brockmeier: Multitemporal narratives: How can we tell stories about things that happen simultaneously?
(2) Alexandra Georgakopoulou: (Re)-searching authenticity in storytelling of the digital era
(3) Stefan Iversen: Disrupting inventions: Political storytelling on digital platforms
(4) Ann Phoenix, Molly Andrews & Aura Lounasmaa: Paying close attention to the story as told

All workshops take place on Wednesday, June 14th, 12:00 – 16:00. Registration for pre-conference workshops is open until 31 March. Participation fee 100 EUR. No need to apply – just sign in and pay!

#narrative #NarrativeMatters @litstudies #bookstodon #kertomus #kirjamastodon

https://events.tuni.fi/narrativematters2023/

I am happy to have found @fpianz, @janhorstmann, @gumarten and @DrJenHo, but are more people here doing #narratology?

#ISSN #NarrativeConference #NarrativeMatters #narrative #LiteraryStudies #kertomus #kirjamastodon @litstudies @bookstodon

https://www.thenarrativesociety.org/

"Since the turn of the millennium, [...] we’ve relied too heavily on storytelling conventions to understand the world around us, which has resulted in a 'narrative takeover of reality' that affects nearly every form of communication — including the way doctors interact with patients, how financial reports are written, and the branding that corporations use to present themselves to consumers. Meanwhile, other modes of expression, interpretation, and comprehension, such as analysis and argument, have fallen to the wayside."

Sophia Stewart on Peter Brooks's latest book Seduced by Story in The Atlantic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/11/seduced-by-story-peter-brooks-book-review/672135/

#narrative #storytelling #NarrativeMatters