Life Narratives Research
Description
In every media format and in every academic discipline, self-reflection, life writing, offering one's life story within travel books, scholarly articles, broadcasts, political websites or newspaper blogs has become a standard tool of communication and the dissemination of information.
Much is claimed for the value and significance of the life narrative. However, from the possibility of individual redemption to the constructing of national narratives of truth and reconciliation, the contexts of such constructions remain under-theorised. Whether writing auto-biography, memoir, Snapchat story or diary, testifying in a court of law, or in endeavours to research and write the lives of others, there is little sharing of experience or debate upon the nature of such work across the many disciplines in which life narratives have become a central preoccupation.
The purpose of Life Narratives Research group is to share best practice across all genres of life narrative work through impactful research and applied research projects.
It aims to work in partnership with academic, governmental, humanitarian and industry stakeholders and produce publications centred on the experience, methodology and formats of life narratives across written, visual, and virtual cultures.
Members actively seek to supervise research students in all areas of life narrative production and scholarship and provide a base for research projects conducted by existing Kingston staff, externally funded research fellows, visiting fellows and professors, writers, filmmakers, and artists in residence.
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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
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River House
53-57 High Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1LQ
United Kingdom
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Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames
Last modified:
2023-09-20 14:59:54