2017 Annual Spring Workshop- “Stories Matter”: Narrative Research as Enquiry and Empowerment

Storytelling is as old as civilization and yet more relevant today than ever. Narratives travel across local and global circuits of exchange and new technologies facilitate access to a plethora of texts and theoretical frameworks for understanding them. From oral histories to memoirs, from documentary films to human libraries, narrative inquiry is an interdisciplinary and international enterprise that is often a critical intervention and change agent. Join us to explore how narrative research as methodology and empowerment generates impact. This year we are pleased to welcome internationally acclaimed author Xu Xi to HKU to lead a morning writing workshop and participate in the afternoon general sessions. The annual WSRC Spring Workshop is a forum to share ideas and strategies with university colleagues and community members to deepen diversity and understanding in HKU, Hong Kong and beyond.

PART ONE: WRITING WORKSHOP THE CREATIVE “I-EYE”: NARRATIVE WORKSHOP WITH XU XI (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM)