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Narrative Now
Narrative Now is a podcast series that is produced by the Narrative Network in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. It is hosted by Ashley Barnwell and Signe Ravn. The podcast will cover both ‘how-to’ episodes focusing on different approaches to working with narrative and storytelling as well as ‘what’s new’ episodes that dive into new trends in narrative research.
Episodes
16 episodes
Episode 15: Learning from surveillance narratives in literature with Tyne Sumner
In this episode we speak to Dr Tyne Daile Sumner, a literary scholar at the Australian National University. Tyne is currently conducting an ARC-DECRA project called ‘Beyond Big Brother: New Narratives for Understanding Surveillance’ where she l...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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36:47
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Episode 14: Narrative Medicine and the role of stories in health care with Mariam Tokhi and Fiona Reilly
In this episode we speak to Dr Mariam Tokhi and Dr Fiona Reilly, both clinicians who are also affiliated with the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health sciences. Mariam and Fiona are both involved in Australia’s fi...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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38:47
Episode 13: Audio stories beyond the narrative arc with Miyuki Jokiranta
In this episode we speak to radio producer and podcaster Miyuki Jokiranta about audio stories. We discuss the challenges of capturing people’s attention via their ears as well as the seductive power of conventional modes of storytelling. Miyuki...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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36:59
Episode 12: Healing Trauma through Creative Writing with Edwina Shaw
For this episode we spoke to Edwina Shaw, who teaches creative writing in schools, libraries and at the University of Queensland, and also is a writer herself. Edwina’s work focuses on the healing power of stories and in this episode we explore...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:33
Episode 11: Storytelling through objects with Sophie Woodward
For this episode we spoke to Professor Sophie Woodward, University of Manchester, about her work with object-based methods. We asked Sophie why objects are so good at prompting people to tell stories, and what it is that we can learn from these...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:21
Episode 10: Talking Wounded Storytelling and Vulnerable Reading with Arthur Frank
In this episode we speak to Arthur Frank about his life’s work on narrative. Frank is an Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada, and has won many accolades for his work on illness narratives and ethics of care. We ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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42:58
Episode 9: Indigenous Narratives in Colonial Archives with Rose Barrowcliffe
In this episode we speak to Rose Barrowcliffe about changes to how First Nations narratives are collected and archived in settler-colonial countries like Australia. Rose is a Butchulla doctoral researcher at the University of the Sunshine Coast...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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36:40
Episode 8: Narrative research meets creative writing with Barbara Barbosa Neves and Josephine Wilson
For this ‘What’s new’ episode we spoke to sociologist Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, Monash University, and Dr Josephine Wilson, a Perth-based writer and scholar at Murdoch University, about their recent collaboration. Barbara and Josephine brought ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:45
Episode 7: The 'Dangers of Narrative' with Maria Mäkelä and Samuli Björninen
In this ‘What’s New’ episode of Narrative Now we speak to Finnish narratologists Maria Mäkelä and Samuli Björninen, Tampere University, about their innovative research project named ‘Dangers of Narrative’. Taking a critical approach to the prol...
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Episode 7
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45:49
Episode 6: Delving into ‘deep stories’ with Arlie Hochschild
In this ‘what’s new’ episode of Narrative Now we spoke to Arlie Hochschild, Emerita Professor at University of California, Berkeley and a world-renowned sociologist of emotion. We discussed her widely celebrated 2016 book Strangers in Their...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:02
Episode 5: Talking ‘Turning Points’ and Trans Memoir with Yves Rees
In this ‘what's new’ episode of Narrative Now we spoke to Dr Yves Rees about their book All About Yves: Notes on a Transition (2021), just about to be published with Allen & Unwin when this conversation was recorded in August...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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39:58
Episode 4: Telling Stories Now & Then with Ken Plummer
In this ‘what’s new’ episode we speak to Emeritus Professor of Sociology Ken Plummer, a legend of narrative research, about his influential research on stories, where the field is at now, and what might be its future. In this quite warm and per...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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42:26
Episode 3: How to Put Yourself in the Story with Carla Pascoe Leahy and Sarah Rood
In this ‘how to’ episode of Narrative Now we explore a question that may cross the minds of many narrative scholars, that is, how to include the author or researcher in the story that is being told. How we that answer question might also depend...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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39:39
Episode 2: Collective Narratives with Imogen Carr, Julia Hurst and Dave McDonald
In this ‘what’s new’ episode of Narrative Now we dive into collective narratives. We talk to three researchers – Imogen Carr, Julia Hurst and Dave McDonald – who have three very different takes on what collective narratives are and can be helpf...
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36:57
Episode 1: How to Story a Book with Rachel Thomson
In this first episode of Narrative Now we explore how to story a book. Working with narrative data provides a wealth of opportunities but also presents the challenge of choosing what or which parts of the stories to focus on and how to curate t...
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36:58