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<font size=4 color="#0000FF">Please feel free to circulate this
announcement, please reply to the person below, not to the list or to me.
with thanks<br>
- Chris<br><br>
</font><font size=4>The Centre for Narrative Research, University of East
London and<br><br>
the NOVELLA ESRC Research Node, Institute of Education and UEL<br><br>
<br>
<i>To Think is To Experiment</i> Postgraduate Research Day 2012<br><br>
Invitation for papers on<br>
'Narratives in/of Translation'<br><br>
The Centre for Narrative Research organises the eleventh annual Research
Day for graduate students on 25 April 2012 in collaboration with NOVELLA,
Narratives of varied everyday lives and linked approaches (NOVELLA). The
event will take place at Docklands Campus, University of East London.
Over the last ten years, this has been an exciting event with
participants from all over the UK and Europe and we look forward to
meeting again for a friendly and productive day of presentations and
discussions. <br><br>
To Think is to Experiment has been functioning as an intellectual and
narrative space for postgraduate students from various disciplines in
different stages of their research. Over the past years, the event has
hosted stimulating presentations and intense conversations on the
multiplicities in narrative-based research, approaches and experiences.
The event has also been a communication node for the participants to
build up further research connections. <br><br>
The programmes and abstracts from previous years are available on CNR
website,
<a href="http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/tothinkistoexperiment.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/tothinkistoexperiment.htm</a> <br><br>
This year, we organise to Think is to Experiment with a special theme of
Narratives in/of Translation. Translation processes within research
context and surrounding questions have been a burgeoning niche for the
arguments about complexities and dilemmas of working with material in
multiple languages in intercultural research settings. Among other
disciplines and research practices, narrative research is particularly
interested in political and cultural complexities involved in translation
of narratives within research, how the processes of translation function
not only as a<br>
linguistic but also a cultural performance of narrative
exchanges. <br><br>
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We would like to invite postgraduate contributions which draw on ongoing
or recently completed research projects that involve translation at any
phase of the research. We welcome papers which address the complexities
of translation as part of the research experience, which conceptually
explore translation as one of the layers in narrative analysis. We also
welcome contributions which reflect on experiences of translating
narratives and surrounding questions to be responded as well as creative
ways that researchers employ to tackle with these questions.
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This is a call for papers for all research students. Participants can
contribute with a paper (15-30 minutes long) or poster about their
work.<br>
Please send an abstract (100-200 words) or just send two or three lines
if you want to make a brief presentation or poster to <br><br>
Cigdem Esin, c.esin@uel.ac.uk
<<a href="mailto:c.esin@uel.ac.uk" eudora="autourl">
mailto:c.esin@uel.ac.uk</a>> by 9 April 2012.<br><br>
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Please note that there is no fee for this event but the number of places
is<br>
limited. <br><br>
We look forward to your response!<br>
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