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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:09:43 -0400
From: Millie Jackson
Subject: Call for Reporters for HSA Newsletter


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CALL FOR REPORTERS FOR HSA NEWSLETTER

The Healing Story Alliance is in need of reporters to write a short
article on the workshops at the 2004 NSN Conference in Bellingham,
Washington which have to do with healing story. The articles will appear
in the Fall HSA Newsletter which will come out before the Festival in
October.
Please let Millie Jackson mljackson@iserv.net know if you are willing to
be a reporter.
Requirements:
1. Attend a workshop connected with healing story.
2. Write an article of 200 words.
3. Write one sentence about yourself including contact information to go
with the article.
4. Deadline: July 20, 2004. Submit the article by email if possible in an
attachment as Word. Email to Millie Jackson mljackson@iserv.net You may
call her with questions at 616-458-6131.

Sessions that need reporters:
E-mail Millie Jackson with your preference. You can find the full program
for the conference at http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~rvohs/NSC.html

Pre-Conference

HSA Meeting

Wendy Edey: Ten Ways to Start a Hopeful Story will concentrate on hope
language and ten foolproof starter themes.

Robin Moore and Debra Pieri: A Question of Honor: What Happens When Loved
Ones go to War? brings to life the true wartime experiences of two
American families.

Caren Neile, and Kevin Cordi: Storytelling for a Peaceful Generation will
teach the concepts behind storytelling and non-violence and how to apply
them.

Annie Goglia, and Kevin Brooks: Telling Stories Outside the Box: Breaking
Out of Homophobia will model stories about a significant experience in
gender roles.

Eth-No-Tec (Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo): Ancient Wisdom Within
will provide the safe structure in which you can name, disappear and
replace personal barriers in order to fulfill the powerful creative and
inspiring source that you are.

Gertrude Johnson: Transforming Communities with Interfaith Telling: If You
Build It, They Will Come will provide information on Interfaith Story
Circle and practical tips, resources and guidelines for starting an
interfaith story circle back home.

Gail Rosen: Around the Campfire: Using Story in Grief Retreat Camps will
ask—How do storytellers work with staff, counselors and “campers” at
Hospice weekend retreats and camps? How do we walk the line between
“therapy” and “art?”

Wendy Welch: Storytelling as Life or Death—and Rebirth addresses building
empathy toward asylum seekers/refugees in mainstream communities; a two
part workshop.

Diane Ferlatte: Culturally Speaking: Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
Through Stories asks the question —When we share the stories of our own
personal experiences with other cultures, what do we learn?



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Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 08:35:46 EDT
From: Gail Rosen
Subject: Storytelling in Higher Education


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National Storytelling Conference/SHE-SIG Sponsored Research Symposium

2004 National Storytelling Conference, Bellingham, Washington
http://www.storynet.org/Conf/index.htm

SHE-SIG Sponsored Research Symposium
Adjudicated Papers
http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/SHESIG/SHESIG.htm

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

* DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 10! *

1. Papers should follow the Story, Self, Society Journal format and may be
submitted for consideration for the journal.
http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/SSS/SSS_Journal.htm

2. We seek research papers that reflect the highest standards of the various
disciplines upon which we draw to contribute to the advancement of knowledge
on all aspects of storytelling.

3. Presentations are of 20 minutes in length.

4. Deadline for submissions is May 10, 2004.

5. Registration for the National Storytelling Conference Storytelling in
Higher Education Pre-Conference is required to present the paper. The
Pre-Conference registration rate is $80 for members in the Storytelling in Higher
Education Special Interest Group (SHE-SIG); $90 for non-SHE-SIG members. The
conference program and registration PDF is located at:

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~rvohs/PDFs/NSC%20Brochure%20(final).pdf

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF THE ADJUDICATED PAPERS PROPOSAL:

Author/Co-author(s): Complete contact information, including university or
organizational affiliation, mailing address, email, fax, phone(s).

Abstract: Up to 300 words, describing the proposed content, data and results
(if any), theoretical perspective(s), method of analysis, literature review
relied upon, conclusions or applications. What questions does this paper raise,
what approach does the author take towards answering them, and what knowledge
does the paper illuminate?

History: Any prior scholarship from this author that the paper derives from,
whether or not any version of the paper has been previously presented at any
conference or submitted to any journal, previous publications of the author in
this area.

Contribution: Author's view of the unique contribution the final paper will
make towards enhancing storytelling studies. Optional, but useful for reviewers.

References: Optional, but useful for reviewers.

Length of Final Paper and Proposed Completion Date: The date the author will
have the completed paper, as well as the anticipated page length (not
including references or attachments).

Send proposals in electronic copy done in WORD via email to:

Joseph Sobol, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Program in Storytelling
East Tennessee State University
email: sobol@etsu.edu

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Figa


Elizabeth Figa, Ph.D.
University of North Texas
School of Library and Information Sciences
Phone: (940) 565-2187
Http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/

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