biographical methods

The Centre for Transformative Narrative Inquiry is delighted that Professor Arthur Frank will present an evening Seminar on Wednesday 9th June from 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. and a Masterclass on Thursday 10th June from 9.30 a.m – 3.30 p.m.

Arthur Frank is Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary in Canada and is author of “At the Will of the Body”, “The Wounded Storyteller” and his most recent book “The Renewal of Generosity”. He has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of pain and illness in people’s lives and how people make meaning of these experiences. In particular, he has focused on the role of stories and the importance of the teller and the listener. His unique approach to narrative research has added greatly to our capacity to be present in a more healing way to suffering.

Places need to be pre booked for the Masterclass. It would be preferable to reserve a place for the Seminar but places will also be available on the night. Please contact Mary Corbally in the Department of Adult and Community Education at NUI Maynooth for further details. Phone: (01) 708 3784.  Email: mary.corbally@nuim.ie

The Centre for Transformative Narrative Inquiry is hosting a Series of Masterclasses on Narrative Inquiry and Transformative Learning at the Departments of Adult & Community Education and Education, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. The next one is;
 

Collective Biography
Wednesday, 24th February, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 
With Prof Bronwyn Davies, Univeristy of Melbourne, Australia.
 
In the course of this Masterclass, Bronwyn Davies, the originator of Collective Biography, will introduce and explore the method’s development and use as a research and reflexive process. The practices of collective biography build a communal space in which to explore individual stories around particular themes. Within collective biography workshops, through developing the skills of listening and attending to the minute bodily detail of moments of being, it becomes possible for each story to become a collective story, its purpose no longer to signal the substance of any particular individual, but to open the participants to new insights into the processes of being and becoming in the world—new ways of being subjects (Davies et al., 2006).

Bronwyn will also be conducting an intensive Collective Biography workshop at NUIM from 10 am -4pm on Monday and Tuesday, 22nd and 23rd Feb; there are a small number of places available which will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

For more information contact Mary Corbally at The Department of Adult and Community Education, NUI Maynooth (tel: (01) 7083784 / email Mary.E.Corbally at nuim.ie.

Aileen O'Carroll

There will be a five-day intensive training course in the biographic-narrative-interpretive method (BNIM) at Ballyvaughan College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, on November 19th, 20th, 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2009.  To apply for a place (there aren't many), please contact Dr. Aine Macken-Walsh, Teagasc Rural Economy Research Centre, aine.mackenwalsh@teagasc.ie.  For a free copy of the most recently updated version of the BNIM Short Guide and Detailed Manual, or other information about BNIM, please contact tom@tomwengraf.com.