Proposal for a Workshop/Symposium Entitled Narrative that Heals to be held at the 4th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences in Quebec City, Canada

第4届国际北极社会科学大会将于2001年5月16日至20日在加拿大魁北克市举行，为期两天的研讨会题为“叙事治疗”。本次研讨会将召集25位学者、故事讲述者和实践者，其中一半以上是来自美国、加拿大和格陵兰岛的土著居民。讲习班将使人们更多地认识和了解讲故事、口述历史和其他形式的叙述如何能够促进福祉，并帮助治愈在个人、家庭、社区和群体各级折磨许多北方人民的心理和社会创伤。研讨会的目标包括加深对社会和心理维度的理解，这有助于通过叙事更有效地应用治疗，并探索新的应用和未来的研究需求。研讨会参与者将通过讨论和演示来阐述叙事的治愈力量。通过结合学术和经验元素，讲习班将提高理解和认识，增加互动、新学习和相互尊重的机会。在正式报告结束时，三位讨论者将分别代表土著居民、实践者、学者和政策制定者的观点，对报告进行总结、回应和评论。与会者和听众也将有机会参与这些讨论。讲习班的成果将以录音带的形式传播给各机构和个人，会议摘要将放在国际北极社会科学协会的网站上。全部或部分会议记录将被出版，可能分组在一个适当的期刊的特刊上。

A two-day workshop entitled "Narrative that heals" will be held at the 4th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences on 16-20 May 2001 in Quebec City, Canada. This workshop will convene 25 scholars, storytellers and practitioners, more than half of them native peoples, from the U.S., Canada and Greenland. The workshop will enable increased knowledge and understanding of how storytelling, oral history and other forms of narrative can promote well-being and help heal psychological and social wounds that afflict many northern peoples at the individual, family, community and group levels. Workshop goals include greater understanding of the social and psychological dimensions that can contribute to more effective applications of healing through narrative, and explorations of new applications and future research needs. Workshop participants will address the healing power of narrative through discussions and demonstration. By combining scholarly and experiential elements, the workshop will heighten understanding and awareness and increase opportunities for interaction, new learning and mutual respect. At the conclusion of formal presentations, three discussants representing the perspectives of native people, practitioners, scholars and policy makers will summarize, respond to and comment on the presentations. There will be opportunities also for session participants and audience members to participate in these discussions. Results of the workshop will be disseminated via audiotapes that will be made available to institutions and individuals, and session abstracts will be placed on the International Arctic Social Sciences Association website. All or part of the proceedings will be published, probably grouped in a special issue of an appropriate journal.