Call for contributions, 2011 "LE STORIE SIAMO NOI"
Call for contributions for researches, workshops, experiences (posters)
LE STORIE SIAMO NOI 2011 [WE ARE THE STORIES 2011]
Introduction to the call for contributions on narrative guidance
Stories are constituent parts of day-to-day life: every day we are put before thousands of narrative stimuli coming from narrative agencies (television, videogames, news, etc...). The stories, when used self-consciously, can become extraordinary tools to put in order and to give sense to our experiences, to imagine the future and face choices, to build our own identity and that of the group we are part of.
The narrative guidance is a method for the self-development of people and the development of guidance competencies for communities, using narration and stories.
The third edition of the conference "LE STORIE SIAMO NOI" ["WE ARE THE STORIES"] that follows the ones held in 2007 and 2009 and the realization of a connected research seminar held in 2010, will take place in Siena, Grosseto and Arezzo in May 2011.
The programmed dates are: May 5th, 6th and 7th, 2011 and the different phases of the conference will take place respectively in Siena, Grosseto and Arezzo.
This year the conference will deal with the following themes (titles could be changed, nonetheless they point at the relevant topics)
- The use of literature and the self-development of people
- Identity, history and interculture: narrations for a guidance didactic
- Storytelling for guidance
We receive and evaluate proposals for contribution concerning the above mentioned topics or similar topics. The contributions should preferably focus on the researches carried out on the relevant field (though we will take into account also other kind of contributions) and on experimentations on the usage of stories, reading, narrative pathways and tools, that are scientifically supervised.
It is also possible to propose workshops addressed to professionals and/or customers of other kind in order to promote, in a very concrete way (through experimentation), the learning of a narrative tool or pathway.
It is also possible to propose posters of experiences accounts pertaining the topics of the Conference.
RESEARCHES AND EXPERIMENTATIONS
Any contribution in order to be assessed will have to comply with the following regulations:
- It shall be received within February 20th at the following ardesses: direzione@pratika.net or at s.giusti@laltracitta.it;
- It shall include one abstract in Italian and one in English (mininum 5 lines, max 12 lines for the Italian abstract, for the English abstract 1 or 2 typewritten pages are required), and a translation in Italian with the original language text if the author is not Italian;
- Length of papers min. of 4 and maximum 10 typewritten pages (oral presentation: it shall be synthesized and the speaking time shall not overcome 12 minutes);
- It shall include the presentation slides supplied at the Conference in Italian and in English (within the end of March)
- It is possible to send a video max. 4 minutes long (it will be published on the youtube channel of "Le storie siamo noi");
- A bibliography of the researchers shall be provided (in a different document from the one containing the contribution)
- Format: 12 arial; single spacing; American notation format, complete bibliography.
The contributions that will not be accepted for the Conference, will nonetheless be uploaded and made available for consultation in the site of the Conference.
The authors of the accepted contributions will be invited to participate at the Conference for their presentation.
WORKSHOPS
For the workshop proposals the following requirements shall be complied with:
- The workshop proposal must be received by February 28th, 2011 at the following addresses: direzione@pratika.net and s.giusti@laltracitta.it
- A workshop presentation of 10 lines in English and in Italian shall be provided. Besides the presentation the following info is required: target audience of the workshop and disciplinary field for which the tool/pathway will be used.
- The workshop shall be consistent with and relevant to the themes proposed by the Conference and it shall be assessed as appropriate by the Organizing and Scientific Committee;
- A written contribution (and a summary in English of 1 typewritten page) explaining the theme of the workshop and the tool or pathway that will be taught is required; the workshops shall consist in a replicable pathway, tool or process, as they shall provide the attendees with all necessary info for their testing adopting an experiential procedure (so that the attendees can actually experience the tool, process, pathway that is presented, fully or in part)
- Besides the written contribution, the workshop proposal shall be provided with all the necessary material that will be attached to the didactic material of the Conference (presentation slides, pictures, photos, videos and any other necessary support for the full comprehension and replicability of what is taught in the workshop)
- A bibliography of the workshop organizers.
EXPERIENCES:
The experiences shall be submitted by February 28th, in a 4 typewritten pages format of the account of the experience and 1 summary page in English.
Presentation of the person, organization, association, body, school or university that carried out the experience.
A poster of 70 x 100 cm of the presentation of the experience shall be sent 10 days before the date of the Conference: it will be exhibited for the whole duration of the Conference.
A specific time schedule will be dedicated to the visit of the posters sessions, so we require the authors to be present at the Conference in order to explain the posters and to distribute possible further material.
For the experience presentation, it is possible to use technological tools such as videos, slides, etc, as long as the proposers are autonomously supplying the necessary equipment. Any peculiar technical requirement shall be presented to the organization of the conference along with the application for participation.
The Organization Committee reserves the right to possibly select some particularly positive experiences and ask the proponents to present them during the plenary sessions or in other form.
Other kind of contributions, i.e. out-and-out narrations, narrative plays or other kind of work not included in the above mentioned categories, can be proposed if relevant with the themes and the focus of the Conference by sending them to the addresses already given above.
A summary of the project:
"Le storie siamo noi" ["We are the stories"] is a project promoted by two Associations: Pratika, located in Arezzo and L'Altra Città, located in Grosseto, that built up a grassroots participation of a network of actors capable of organizing and co-financing a national initiative of territorial promotion dedicated to the method of vocational training named "narrative guidance". [http://ic.media.mit.edu/icSite/icpublications/Thesis/tagPHD.html]
The project is defined by a coordinated and integrated cluster of actions:
A biennial International Conference on Narrative Guidance: 2-3 days of lectures, research submissions, narrations and work-in-progress practices. (Up to now two editions took place in 2007 and 2009 involving hundreds of people coming from all over Italy and rising the interest of the national press and media).
Research seminar: 2 working days aimed at sharing information on the state of art of the research in the various disciplinary fields involved and at defining procedures and tools for an annual research project on the method of the narrative guidance (the first edition took place in 2010);
Researches on the narrative guidance in various application areas (education, work, vocational training and university);
Scientific diffusion and popularization through the book series "Le storie siamo noi", a dedicated website, free didactic and audiovisual material production.
The actors
The first two editions of the Conference – the principal action of the project – involved a network of local actors in the provinces of Grosseto and Arezzo capable of securing the sustainability of the project, and a network of supporters and proponents interested in the diffusion of the results and capable of certifying the scientific and professional soundness of the initiatives.
Here is the network of local institutional actors that supported the two first editions:
- Province of Grosseto
- Province of Arezzo
- Ufficio Scolastico Provinciale di Grosseto
- Ufficio Scolastico Provinciale di Arezzo
- Istituto Professionale di Stato L. Einaudi
- Polo Universitario Grossetano
- Province of Siena
The network of National supporters and proponents:
- Region of Tuscany
- Region of Puglia
- Region of Veneto
- University of Siena
- Università of Florence
- Università of Padua
- Università of Trieste
- Università of Foggia
- Università of Perugia
- Università of Napoli "L'Orientale"
- Università of Calabria
- ISFOL – Istituto per lo Sviluppo della Formazione dei Lavoratori
A network of scientific representatives
Since their start up, the scientific and organizational coordination of all the above-listed initiatives were managed by Federico Batini (University of Perugia, Association Pratika in Arezzo) and by Simone Giusti (Association L'Altra Città in Grosseto). At the same time they involved a qualified working group in several scientific and disciplinary fields, grounded in the area of the Provinces of Grosseto and Arezzo, which guarantee the high quality of the venture over the time. In particular, among the active members of the Scientific Committee the following University professors shall be mentioned: Prof. Paolo Jedlowsky (University of Calabria), Prof. Giuseppe Mantovani (University of Padua), Prof. Andrea Smorti (University of Florence), Prof. Natascia Tonelli (University of Siena).
Publishing:
Since 2007 the following products were published:
The series "Le storie siamo noi" (Pensa Multimedia, Lecce) : dedicated to researches, tools, pathways, methods and theories useful to any operator in the field of narrative guidance (6 volumes and 2 dicactic dvd-rom).
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOLUMES ON NARRATIVE GUIDANCE RECENTLY PUBLISHED :
Batini F., Giusti S., Jedlowski P., Longo G., Mantovani G., Massetti I., Smorti A., Tonelli N. (a cura di F. Batini e S. Giusti, 2010), Imparare dalle narrazioni, Milano, Unicopli.
Batini F., Giusti S., Jedlowski P., Mantovani G., Scarpa L.., Smorti A. (a cura di F. Batini e S. Giusti, 2009), Le storie siamo noi. Gestire le scelte e costruire la propria vita con le narrazioni, Napoli, Liguori.
Batini F., Fontana A. (2010), Storytelling Kit. 99 esercizi per il pronto intervento narrativo, Milano, ETAS
Anfossi R., Paolini A., Sciarretta F., Vidotto P. (2009), Strumenti narrativi per il successo formativo, Trento, Erickson.
Batini F., Giusti S. (2008), L'orientamento narrativo a scuola. Lavorare con le competenze per l'orientamento dalla scuola dell'infanzia all'educazione degli adulti, Trento, Erickson.
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