Themes

This Call for Papers/Posters invites an expansive array of interdisciplinary topics on the cultural, political, historical, and contemporary aspects of storytelling including but not limited to topics listed under the sub-themes:


A. ORAL NARRATIVES:

  • Content, Context and Functions within Oral Storytelling traditions

  • Continuities and Transformations

  • Oral Narratives and Performing Arts

  • Storytellers as Change Agents

B. STORIES, IDENTITY, POLITICS:

  • Stories from the Margins: Gender/Caste/Race/Community/Sexuality

  • Erasures, Gaps and Absences

  • Storytelling for Protest and Collective Action

  • Power Politics in Storytelling: Lies, Distortions, and Manipulations

C. VISUAL STORYTELLING:

  • Stories in traditional arts/ crafts/ plastic arts/ Museums/ Photographs/ Architecture/ Installations/ 2D Art

  • Words and Visuals in Graphic novels/ Comic Books/ Comic Strips/ Cartoons/ Illustrations

  • Graffiti and street art in City Making

D. MOVING IMAGES:

  • Adaptations across Media

  • The intersection of technology and culture

  • Storytelling and Principles/Elements of Design

  • Digital Media and filmmaking/Attention Economy

E. STORYTELLING IN APPLICATION:

  • The business of storytelling

  • Stories that Heal: Therapy and Counselling

  • Storytelling and Principles/Elements of Design

  • Environmental Storytelling

  • Storytelling in advertising and marketing