Recently, guest speaker Mari Hatavara from Tampere University gave us some fascinating insights into Finnish politics by drawing upon approaches from interdisciplinary narrative theory and computational modeling based on linguistic features. 🧐

If you missed it, you can watch the recording here: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/disc/events/discourse-hatavara/ It will be available until the end of April.

#ComputationalLinguistics #NarrativeTheory #NLP #PoliticalScience #Linguistics #interdisciplinary

📢 Don't miss today's #DiSCourseSeminar with guest speaker Mari Hatavara from Tampere University on Narrative Detection in Political Talk. Bringing together Computational Recognition and Narrative Theory. 📢

The talk takes place at 12:00 at the Digital Science Center of @uniinnsbruck, Innrain 15, 6020 Innsbruck, 1st floor.

More info: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/disc/events/discourse-hatavara/

#DigitalScience #Innsbruck #Research #ComputationalModeling #interdisciplinary #NarrativeTheory #TampereUniversity

Join us on Friday noon for the second #DiSCourseSeminar this week:

💡Narrative Detection in Political Talk. Bringing together Computational Recognition and Narrative Theory
👩 Mari Hatavara, Chair Professor of Finnish Literature, Tampere University
📍 Onsite at the DiSC or online on Big Blue Button
🔗: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/disc/events/discourse-hatavara/

#DigitalScience #Innsbruck #PoliticalScience #Literature #interdisciplinary #NarrativeTheory #FinnishParliament #hybrid

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