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  • Narratives Research Group Info
  • Upcoming Events
  • Indigenous Storytelling and Narratives of Decolonization
    • Games for Decolonization Workshop (March 2024)
    • Indigenous Storywork Workshop (August 2022)
      • Blog: Storyworking @ UBC and Beyond
      • Indigenous Storywork Workshop Photo Gallery
      • Workshop Participants
      • Participants’ Work (Resources)
      • Internal Sources for Participants
    • Indigenous Presence Lecture Series (2021/22)
    • Storytelling Workshop (April 2021)
      • Program
        • Webinar 1 – Postmigrant Narratives I
        • Webinar 2 – Postmigrant Narratives II
        • Webinar 3 – Unsettling Narratives I
        • Webinar 4 – Unsettling Narratives II
      • Films
      • Biographies
  • Past Events
  • News
  • Looking Back at 2024-2025 in the CMS Narratives Group

    As we wrap up yet another exciting year of programming, the Narratives Group in the UBC Centre for Migration Studies expresses its gratitude for our collective continued enthusiasm for and intellectual engagement with narratives of migration and decolonization. Narratives of human experience in the face of emerging toxic migration policies, ongoing and new kinds of […] Read More

  • Local Chapbook Artist Clare Yow (Wednesday, March 12 @ 10 AM)

    Please join the Narratives Group on Wednesday, March 12 @ 10 AM in BUCH-Floor 3-Room B315 for an artist’s talk by local artist Clare Yow, who will speak about her work with chapbooks and participation in Reading the Migration Library artist project. Clare’s talk will focus on tracing her artistic practice and influences as a first generation immigrant, settler, and […] Read More

  • Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories – Comic Book Launch (Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm)

    Date: Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm Location: Peña Room, IKBLC Register here to attend. Artist Roundtable @ 3pm Reception @ 4pm (light refreshments served) Join UBC’s third annual Arts Multilingual Week for the comic book launch of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories (2024), a groundbreaking graphic novel that brings to life the traditional stories and language […] Read More

  • Hande Gürses’ “The Bridging Role of Literature: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk”

    “The Bridging Role of Literature: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk” Hande Gürses (Department of English, Capilano University) will be discussing her recent book Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge (2023) on Friday, January 24th @ 10 AM via Zoom. Abstract: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge (Lexington, 2023) questions the prevailing relevance and violence of […] Read More

The interdisciplinary research group on Narratives is interested in any social, political, artistic, practical, and theoretical implications pertaining to narratives of migration, belonging and politics of belonging.

By investigating settler, migrant, refugee, and Indigenous narratives we seek to identify alternative narratives that critically and constructively challenge Eurocentric notions of settlement, ownership, and identity. In order to foster a viewpoint of decolonized social belonging, we will question binary and place-based concepts of hybridity, diversity, integration, settlement and Indigenous belonging, as they appear in literature, film, and other media. Our aim is to discuss a set of criteria for a transformative aesthetics that renegotiates and changes political perspectives, and thus plays a crucial part in challenging collective core narratives in plural societies.

The Narratives research group was initiated in 2019 as part of Markus Hallensleben’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) research project on “Migration as Core Narrative of Plural Societies: Towards an Aesthetics of Postmigrant Literature,” but thrives to go beyond literary narratives of migration. We welcome students and scholars of all disciplines.

We meet every month throughout the Winter Terms, alongside organizing public talks and collaborative workshops.

Narratives Research Group, Centre for Migration Studies
Vancouver Campus
UBC Vancouver, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Traditional Territory
Website migration.ubc.ca/narratives
Email admin.narratives@ubc.ca
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