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Melbourne 2008

5th Feb - 24th March

Narrative Research Methods in the social sciences

a 12 session course with
Prof. Catherine Kohler Riessman (Boston U)

Program and registration (pdf)

5th and 12th Feb
back by popular demand!!!

Writing workshop
Christine's 7 handy hints
for powerful writing
(in conjunction with the Narrative Research course)

a 2 session workshop with
Christine Gillespie (VU)

Program and registration pdf

July 2008

Narrative and Media Research Workshops & Symposium

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Program

29th Jan to 2nd Feb 2007

Approaches to Narrative Research Symposium and workshop series

with Professor Catherine Kohler Riessman
author of 'Narrative Analysis' and acclaimed narrative research scholar Victoria University,
300 Flinders St Melbourne

Day 1
Monday 29th Jan
Practice Workshops and Posters Parallel Sessions

9:45 - 10:30am Registration and Morning Tea

10:30 - 12:30pm Narrative Method Practice workshops

No.1. Thematic analysis and ways of identifying narrative code. Dr Milica Markovic (Research Fellow, Monash U)
No.2. Narrative analysis in linguistics. A/Professor Lesley Stirling (U of Melbourne)
No.3. A moment in time: Christine's seven handy hints for powerful writing. Christine Gillespie (PhD candidate, Victoria University)

12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch and Registration

1:30 - 3:30pm Practice workshops
No.1. Interpretive phenomenological analysis. Anita Milicevic (PhD candidate, Victoria University)
No.2. The Internet magpie: Using the internet to find and collect narrative research data. Stefan Shutt (Hybrid Group, Victoria University)

3:30 - 4:00pm Afternoon Tea

4:00 - 5:00pm Reflections on the workshops

5:00 - 7:00pm Formal opening and talk by Pro Vice Chancellor Jim Mienczakowski (Victoria University), followed by Poster presentations with drinks and finger food

Day 2
Tuesday 30th Jan
Narrative Analysis

9:30 - 10:00am Morning tea and Registration

10:00 - 11:30am Keynote Address: 'Narrative analysis and Bob Dylan. What's the connection?' Professor Catherine Riessman (Boston University)

11:30 - 12:00 Questions and discussion

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Approaches to narrative research 1 & 2

1:00 - 2:30pm
No.1. Using free narrative interviewing in research: disablity and social exclusion in contemporary Malaysia Professor Lenore Manderson (Monash University)

2:30 - 2:45pm Afternoon tea

2:45 - 4:15pm
No.2. The narratives of Vietnamese Australian women: Central themes and concerns Dr. Natalie Ngyen (University of Melbourne)

4:15 - 5:30pm Narrative analysis workshops.

Participants have the opportunity to work in small groups to formulate 2 or 3 key questions to raise with presenters on Day 3 'Question time'

Day 3
Wednesday 31st Jan
Approaches to Narrative Research Presentations 3 & 4

9:30 - 11:00am
No.3. Using thematic and structural analysis: The case of infertility and women in South India Professor Catherine Riessman (Boston University)

11:00 -11:30am Morning Tea

11:30 - 1:00pm
No 4. Working with the politics of experience: memory work analysis and points of rupture Dr Niamh Stephenson (University of NSW)

1:00 - 2:00pm Lunch

2:00 - 3:00pm Narrative analysis workshops Participants to work in small groups to formulate 2 or 3 key questions to raised with the presenters.

3:00 - 3:30pm Afternoon Tea

3:30 - 5:00pm Question Time: Presenters respond to questions raised by the groups

5:00 - 5:30pm Drinks and informal dsicussion

5:30 - 6:30pm DOCUMENTARY (in preparation for tomorrow) 'How VIETNAM was lost.'

Day 4
Thursday 1st Feb
Narrative research in conversation with communities

9:30 - 10:00am Regstration and morning tea

10:00 - 10:15am Introduction: Professor Elaine Martin (VU)

10:15 -11:00am The Vietnam veterans project: Christine Gillespie (VU) in conversation with Professor Elaine Martin (VU)

11:00-11:20am Morning tea

11:20 - 12:00pm The community of Vietnam veterans: Mr Bob Elsworthy , Vietnam Veterans Association of Victoria in conversation with Christine Gillespie (VU)

12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm So, how is this research? A conversation led by Professor Catherine Riessman (Boston University)

2:00 - 3:00pm Turning an idea into a doable, fundable project with deliverable outcomes: a conversation led by Dr. Megan Evans

3:00 - 3:30pm Afternoon tea

3:30 - 4:30pm Making connections between research and policy - a conversation led by Joanne Pyke (VU) and Professor Elaine Martin (VU)

4:30 - 5:30pm Reflections: a conversation with the presenters

5:35 - 6:15pm Drinks and informal discussion

6:45pm onwards Dinner at the Rendevous Hotel

Day 5
Friday 2nd February
Reflections and future directions

10:00 - 10:30am Morning tea

10:30 - 12:00 Critical issues in narrative approaches - the particpants perspective (six 15min responses)

12:00 - 12:30pm Future directions in narrative approaches Professor Catherine Riessman

12:30 - 1:00pm Closing remarks Professor Lenore Manderson

1:00 - 2:00pm Farewell lunch