Workshop organised by Dr Kim M. Hajek and Prof. Mary S. Morgan
3 June 2019, London School of Economics and Political Science
In
the history of science, especially of the human and observational
sciences, it has often been the case that
knowledge-making activities drew upon many ‘voices’—accounts of a storm
given by different observers; patient voices incorporated into a
psychological case history; myths transcribed by an anthropologist. What
many of these examples share is that the information
provided by different voices takes narrative form in its own right. Yet
scientists have also organised them into related groupings or broader
narratives, as a way to elucidate particular research problems.
In
this workshop, we ask how narrative has helped scientists to configure
extended chunks of information, and
ultimately to manage a multiplicity of voices in their enquiry. Using
case studies from across a range of fields, workshop participants
explore the roles played by narrative forms of explanation both within
and across the contributions of multiple voices to
science. Of particular concern are the ways that narrative serves to
order polyphonic material into a larger epistemic scheme, and
reciprocally, how narrative valorises or suppresses particular voices,
or indeed shapes what counts as a ‘voice’ at all.
This
workshop is organised as part of the Narrative Science Project, funded
by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement
No 694732). For more information on the project, please see our website:
www.narrative-science.org
Speakers:
Dr Debjani Bhattacharyya, Drexel University
Ordering Cyclones: The Courtroom in the Making of Meteorological Sciences in Colonial India.
A/Prof. Devin Griffiths, University of Southern California
Darwin, Entrainment, and the Ecology of Form..
Dr Kim Hajek, LSE
Silencing Suggestion? Narratives of Suggestive Psychotherapy and Category Disputes in Hippolyte Bernheim’s Psychological Cases.
Prof. Isabelle Kalinowski, ENS, and Dr Camille Joseph,
Université Paris 8
Unheard Words. Franz Boas and the Anthropology of Voices.
A/Prof. Birgit Lang, University of Melbourne
The Case of the Sexological Patient. From Narrative Polyphony to Visual Affect and Fragmentation.
Prof. Harro Maas,
Centre Walras-Pareto, University of Lausanne
A Community on Paper: Reflections on a Witness Seminar on the History of Experimental Economics.
A/Prof. Jill Slinger (and Dr Lotte Bontje), TU Delft
On Narrative Competition in Coastal Policy Development.
Dr Rhianedd Smith, University of Reading
Weaving Narratives from Data and Myth: Multi-Vocal Heritage Interpretation at Glastonbury Abbey.
Attending the Workshop:
The workshop will take place at the LSE campus in central London, from approximately 9 am to 6 pm.
Attendance at the workshop is free and open to all; however, places are limited. Please register your interest in attending
by emailing Dr Dominic Berry (d.j.berry@lse.ac.uk)
as soon as possible.
The deadline for registration is
Monday 20 May. Places will be confirmed by 22 May at the latest.
PhD Travel Bursaries:
To
increase participation from the postgraduate community, we are making
available 4 travel bursaries, each of up to £250.
These can be used to recover the cost of train or airfare for those who
wish to attend, and who are currently enrolled on a PhD programme,
preferably with research interests directly related to
the workshop themes.
To apply for a PhD travel bursary please write to Dr Dominic Berry (D.J.Berry@lse.ac.uk).
Please include: Your name; university affiliation; thesis title; no
more than 100 words on how this workshop relates to your research.
The deadline for applications to the travel bursary is Monday 13 May.
You will be notified as to the outcome of your application shortly thereafter. Applicants will be selected to
ensure a diverse range of research interests and institutions are represented.
