“Testimonial Texts, Stories, Lives and Memories.” The Enkidu Summer Conference

June 1 - 5, 2006

Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN)
Carretera al Ajusco No. 24 Col. Héroes de Padierna
Delegación Tlalpan, C.P. 14200, México, D.F.

See: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/texts/intro_en.htm

Among the themes of interest are the following:
Narrative and Linguistics
Narrative and Myth
Storytelling in rituals, customs, and fetishism.
Storytelling and Visual/Performing Arts and Music
Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle
Postmodernity and its narratives
Voice and reflexivity in oral and written texts
Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives
Story, Dialogue and Discourse
Testimonial Narratives
Memory and Written Record
Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Performance
Children’s Stories
Language, Authority and Silence

Special session (3. June): New Directions in Microhistory

Special session (4. June): Dear Diary: Memories and words never spoke