[SydPhil] Call for Registrations: Workshop 'Narrative and Beyond: Negotiating Experiences through Imaginative Practices' (Macquarie University)

[Emily Hughes]

We are pleased to invite you to attend the workshop “Narrative and Beyond:
Negotiating Experiences through Narrative Practices.” You can find all
relevant information on the workshop website
<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/4ABjCnx1jni6D1O4zH9frUJDcKu?domain=sites.google.com>.

This event is in-person only at Macquarie University in Sydney and is
generously funded by Macquarie Minds and Intelligences Initiative.

*Date:* 22 & 23 April 2025

*Location:* 330+331 Function Room, 17 Wally’s Walk (Michael Kirby
Building), Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus (North Ryde)

*Topic:* Throughout cultural history, human agents have engaged in
imaginative practices of meaning-making to negotiate their experiences of
loss, disruption, and alienation. From storytelling to painting, from music
to dance, and more recently from film-making to video-gaming. These
imaginative practices can be conducive to cognitive and affective
flourishing. In recent years, philosophical theorising on practices of
meaning-making has focussed on linguistic forms of narration, largely
ignoring the importance of the positionality and socio-cultural
situatedness of human agents. However, not all kinds of experiences lend
themselves to linguistic expression and narratability. Furthermore, not all
agents have equal opportunities to engage in imaginative practices. And not
all kinds of socio-cultural environments are conducive to the creation of
and engagement with artefacts and artworks. Without taking these aspects
into account, we are not able to understand the full potential and scope of
imaginative practices of meaning-making. The purpose of this workshop is to
bring together leading scholars in philosophy of mind and cognition,
phenomenology, and philosophy of psychiatry to address these
experiential-creative, positional, and environmental aspects. By combining
philosophical analyses with the examination of a variety of case studies,
the workshop aims at arriving at a better understanding of the
contributions of imaginative practices of meaning-making to cognitive and
affective flourishing.

*Speakers:* Becky Millar (Cardiff University), Jussi Saarinen (University
of Jyväskylä), Marilyn Stendera (University of Wollongong), Emily Hughes
(Macquarie University), Richard Menary (Macquarie University) and Regina
Fabry (Macquarie University).

*Registration:* Participation is free, but places are limited and will be
allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register by following this
link
<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/541CCoV1kpfKY1qAMIzhxUpgPak?domain=docs.google.com>.
Registrations close on the 14th of April 2025.

*Organisers: *Organisers: Dr Regina Fabry, Dr Emily Hughes, & Prof Richard
Menary

*Contact:* regina.fabry at mq.edu.au & emily.hughes at mq.edu.au
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