NCRM NOVELLA - Working with Issues of Memory and Identity (Workshop) (fully booked)
Date:
28/05/2012
Organised by:
Institute of Education
Presenter:
Professor Mark Freeman
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Rowena Lamb on 020 7612 6921 / novella@ioe.ac.uk.
Location:
View in Google Maps (WC1H 0AA)
Venue:
Library, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, 27-28 Woburn Square, London
This workshop will have at its main focus what might be termed the "space" of selfhood, focusing especially on the idea of narrative identity. As Professor Mark Freeman has suggested in some recent work, narrative identity may be conceptualized in terms of two interrelated triads, the first of which is concerned with time, the second with our relatedness to those "objects" outside the perimeter of the ego integral to the fashioning of identity. In addressing the first triad, spheres of temporality, he suggests that narrative identity emerges in and through the interplay of past, present and future in the form of remembering, acting, and imagining. In addressing the second, spheres of otherness, he suggests that this temporal interplay is itself interwoven with our relation to other people, to the non-human world, and to those moral, ethical, and spiritual "goods" that serve to orient and direct the course of human lives.In this workshop, we will test this model of narrative identity together, practically, by turning both to our own lives and those of others. It is hoped that this hands-on interpretive work will further attune us to the complexities entailed in the formation of memory and identity as well as provide some useful guidelines for interpretive life narratives. Please note that all attendees will be expected to undertake preparatory work prior to attending the workshop. HindsightThe Promise and Peril of Looking BackwardMark Freeman, Professor of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, USADrawing on psychology, philosophy, literature, memoir, and personal experience, Hindsight is an engaging volume that provides an insightful exploration of the role of hindsight both in discerning the truth of one's past and in crafting a good and worthy life.OUP USAHardback / 978-0-19-538993-7 / £14.992010 / 261pp
Cost:
£15 for UK-registered students. £30 for staff from UK academic institutions (including research centres), ESRC funded researchers and UK registered charitable organisations. £110 for all other participants.
Please note that lunch will not be provided.
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Narrative Methods
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Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis
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