VII International Conference – Storytelling Revisited

Therapeutic Storytelling & Meaning Making

Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya

27 November, 2024

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS (Poster’s section)

This Conference aims at providing a forum for researchers to foster the analysis of storytelling in relation to therapeutic processes, health and meaning making.

The organizing committee is composed of several research groups across UVic-UCC, i.e. GLOSSA and GETLIHC from the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology (FETEP); TRACTE from the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology (FETEP) and the Faculty of Business and Communication Studies (FEC); EMPREN, from the Faculty of Business and Communication Studies (FEC); and ISaMBeS, from the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare (FCSB).

The 7th Storytelling Revisited invites to delve into the use of storytelling within therapeutic contexts, such as health, mental health and social care. This event seeks to explore the therapeutic potential of storytelling through various approaches, including narrative psychotherapy, life stories, and the narratives of patients and caregivers. Additionally, the conference will examine other facets of storytelling, such as its role in meaning-making through the lenses of gender and education.

 

Conference Topics

The “7th Storytelling Revisited: Therapeutic Storytelling & Meaning Making” will cover the following topics.

Proposals about related topics are also welcome:

  • Narrative psychotherapy
  • Narrative medicine
  • Life Stories
  • Photovoice
  • Sense of life
  • Meaning making
  • Gender and education
  • Accesible storytelling

  

Language

English

Catalan/Spanish

 

Abstract submission

Deadline October the 30th 2024.

Click on the link to fill and submit your abstract: Abstract submission

Notification of acceptance: November the 10th 2024.

All submissions will be reviewed anonymously.

 

Publication opportunities

After the conference, all authors of accepted poster presentations are invited to submit a paper for publication with the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia Press.

Full texts should be sent before January the 15th  2025 to storytelling@uvic.cat.

 

Organising committee

Laia Briones Buixassa (UVic-UCC); Salvador Simó Algado (UVic-UCC)

 

Coordinating committee

Mireia Canals-Botines (UVic-UCC); Núria Medina-Casanovas (UVic-UCC); Núria Camps-Casals (UVic-UCC)

 

Scientific committee

Núria Arimany Serrat (UVic-UCC); Laia Briones Buixassa (UVic-UCC); Núria Camps-Casals (UVic-UCC); Mireia Canals-Botines (UVic-UCC); Jordi Chumillas Coromina (UVic-UCC); Llorenç Comajoan Colomé (UVic-UCC); Gemma Delgar Farrés (UVic-UCC); Eva Espasa Borràs (UVic-UCC); Pilar Godayol Nogué (UVic-UCC) and Núria Medina-Casanovas (UVic-UCC).

 

Important dates

  • Presentation of abstracts: October the 30th 2024
  • Notification of acceptance: November the 10th 2024
  • Registration (free but compulsory): Until November the 15th 2024