How can narratives help shape how research on sustainable transformation is understood, communicated and explored within and across disciplines? This question will be addressed in a series of two workshops taking place this spring. The workshops are organised with the support of Umeå Transformation Research Initiative, UTRI.
The workshops are open to researchers from all disciplines who are interested in engaging with narrative approaches in relation to their own research. During this first of two sessions, we combine presentations with discussion, in the next workshop in May we will work with concrete examples. You are welcome to join both sessions or one of them.
A central aim is to support interdisciplinary exchange and to foster new connections and collaborations across fields, as well as between research and society, with a shared focus on transformation.
11:30 Lunch
12:00 Presentations
Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, professor in modern English literature, will talk about climate fiction in theory and practice.
Elena Lindholm, associate professor in Spanish, will present how eco-feminism and future worlds in fiction have enabled societal change.
Viktoria Vingmarker, climate adaption strategist at Umeå municipality, will present how she uses climate future narratives in motivating and informing decision makers within the municipality
12:45-13:00 Discussion
Register for workshop 1 no later than 10 April: Registration form
The second workshop will take place 18 May, if you already know you will participate in this, you can register for both at the same time, more info on workshop 2: Writing narratives of transformation