Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College
The Masters program in Philosophy and the Arts at Stony Brook University in Manhattan studies the intersections of art and philosophy. In our efforts to further the dialogue between traditionally disparate fields of study, we offer this conference as an interdisciplinary event. We welcome participants from a variety of fields and media to respond to this year’s topic:
NARRATIVITY
Narrativity can be construed in many ways. We might understand it as the testimonial quality of subjective accounts and expressions, the process of reception and interpretation by an audience, or even as the force that impels our narrative-making amidst concurrent impressions and experiences. Art and philosophy offer some of the most incisive interpretations and portrayals of narrativity as it unfolds in history, culture, and daily life. Where the rendering of narrativity evokes tension between intended trajectories and their disruption, between compulsion and material constraints, we open our discussion. For example, how does the dynamic force of narrativity engage temporality and spatiality? In what ways can meditation on narrativity challenge hegemonic structures of communication, experience, and truth? Where narrativity concerns both a creator and an audience, how do we grapple with issues of integrity, participation, accuracy, catharsis, and relinquishment? What use can we make of the inexpressible—sublimity, myth, inspiration—in acts of expression? With numerous questions remaining to be explored, we hope to create a diverse, inviting dialogue on narrative accounts of subjective experience and reality through art and theory.
This conference took place on Friday and Saturday March 27th and 28th at Stony Brook Manhattan, 401 Park Ave. South. For information on the upcoming conference, click on the 2010 Conference link on the navigation panel to your right for regular updates. Feel free to contact us at philosophyartconference@gmail.com for help with additional questions.
