Narrative, participatory methods, and social transformation: A methodology colloquium at the Centre for Narrative Research, UEL

Narrative research is a dynamic and growing field in the social sciences. It frequently engages with issues of social justice and social change, particularly in the current context of global inequalities, conflict, mobility and precarity. How to address these issues in our methods, for instance through the involvement of research participants, and through relating research processes and analyses to social transformation, is a common and complex question.
This two-day colloquium seeks to develop narrative researchers’ understanding of these issues and to work towards a new synthesis, through presentations and discussions with two significant practitioners of narrative and participatory methods, Professor Jill Bradbury and Professor Michelle Fine.
Participants will present short 15-minute papers from multidisciplinary perspectives on narrative methodologies, participation, and social transformation, and will develop a proposal for an edited special issue or other collection on this topic.