We're looking forward to two DiSCourse Seminars with guest speakers from the Netherlands and Finland:

📅 Mon, 23 March, 15:00
💡The Right to a Human Explanation of Algorithmic Decision-Making
👩 Melanie Fink, Leiden University
🔗 https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/disc/events/discourse-fink/

📅 Fri, 27 March, 12:00
💡 Narrative Detection in Political Talk. Bringing together Computational Recognition and Narrative Theory
👩 Mari Hatavara, Tampere University
🔗 https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/disc/events/discourse-hatavara/

#EuropeanLaw #NarrativeTheory #DigitalScience

DiSCourse Seminar - 23 March 2026

DiSCourse Seminar with Melanie Fink at 15:00 (CET). Topic: The Right to a Human Explanation of Algorithmic Decision-Making

4/ Designed to make sense of character multiplicity, GOLEM distinguishes between two layers:
* 🧍G1: A specific instance of a character (e.g., Female!Harry in fanfic)
* 🧬 G0: The abstract “Character-Stoff”—the overarching idea of Harry Potter across all versions

This keeps identity fluid, but traceable. #NarrativeTheory

4/ Designed to make sense of character multiplicity, GOLEM distinguishes between two layers: 🧍A specific instance of a character (e.g., Female!Harry in fanfic) 🧬 The “Character-Stoff”, the overarching idea of Harry Potter across all versions This keeps identity fluid, but traceable. #NarrativeTheory
Our Enhancing and Reassessing Enactivism research network is proud to host the Action in Perception 2024 conference to celebrate Alva Noë's foundational monograph. Check the absolutely stellar speaker lineup and join us in Helsinki, 5-6 September! https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/action-perception-2024 #Enactivism #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #NarrativeTheory #AndMore
Action in Perception 2024: Presence, Art, Making, Life | University of Helsinki

5-6 September 2024, Helsinki, Finland

Narrative theory

Narrative theory transcends literature, probing how stories shape our understanding across cultures and contexts. #NarrativeTheory #TransculturalStorytelling

THE AESTHETICS OF FICTIONALISED PASTS.

What is the reason that incoherent or fictional narratives about the past can be functional in socio-political dynamics? I have tried to give an answer in this article that you can download.

#Aesthetics #Past #History #Sociology #Heritage #Imperiofobia #RocaBarea #Past #Žižek #NarrativeTheory #NarrativeWorlds #Narrative #Psychology #Politics #Political #Fantasies

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https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/62ATJNMC9TDPNWA5HUJQ/full?target=10.1080/13527258.2023.2272251

Turo Rautaoja's doctoral dissertation combines sociological narrative theory with the concept of agency to explore how non-fiction translations into Finnish were employed to promote a particular narrative about the composer Jean Sibelius.

Available at:

https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-9320-8

#translation #NarrativeTheory #TranslatorStudies #TranslationStudies #JeanSibelius

Exploring Agency in the Construction of a Translated Character Narrative: A Multiple-Case Study on Early Sibelius-Related Translations into Finnish - UTUPub

"If you want to know me, then you must know my story, for my story defines who I am. And if I want to know myself, to gain insight into the meaning of my own life, then I too must come to know my own story." (Dan McAdams, The Stories We Live By,1993)

#psychology #narrative #narrativetheory #narrativepsychology