CFP

Reflecting on Story’s Place in our Lives / The Storytelling Project

Summary: The project is interested in the role that storytelling play in our life.

Suggested topics cover:

1.      The relationship between storytelling and personality

2.      The place of story in the development, preservation and expansion of human cultures

3.      Stories of birth, death, bereavement and loss; of war, conflict, peace and reconciliation

Literature and Tourisms of the Long Nineteenth Century

Summary: The collection is interested in tourism in the 19^th century.

Suggested topics cover:

1.      Constructions of space and myths of creation

2.      Preservation and transformation

3.      Relics, authenticity, souvenirs

4.      Visiting and visitors: expectations, experiences and realities

The Superhero Project

Summary: The project is interested in contradictory issues bring about by superheroes.

Suggested topics cover:

1.      Post-humanism

2.      Dual identities

3.      Gender & Ethnicity

4.      Sexuality

5.      Social responsibility

Text:

1.      How Storytelling Builds Next-Generation Leaders

X: Storytelling

Y: Leadership, Strategic competence, Organizational character

2.      Telling Stories to Change the World

X: Stories

Y: Social entrepreneurs, Change makers, Network

3.      The History of Tourism: Structures on the Path to Modernity

X: Tourism

Y: Globalization, Modernity, Transport technology

4.      Superman

X: Superman

Y: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor

5.      X-Men

X: X-Men

      Y: Professor X, the X-Mansion, Mutants