Megaconference

[Eric Miller <>]

Dear Megaconference People,

Hello! 

As a lead-in to 
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2014,
"Storytelling and Healing", 7-9 Feb
(much of which would also be accessible online),
www.storytellinginstitute.org/2.htm --

Please watch-listen to the webcast of the 
"Videoconference Conversation about Storytelling and Healing,"
on Monday 6 Jan (the following day in Australia and vicinity)! 

The scheduled starting time of this conversation is,
2am Brisbane (Australia) time -- Tues 7 Jan.
Midnight (Mon night / Tues morning) Singapore time.
9:30pm India time -- Mon 6 Jan.
4pm London (England) time -- Mon 6 Jan.
11am Eastern (USA) time -- Mon 6 Jan.
10am Central (USA) time -- Mon 6 Jan. 
9am Mountain (USA) time -- Mon 6 Jan.
8am Pacific (USA) time -- Mon 6 Jan.

The duration of the conversation might be approx one hour. 

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Once the videoconference might begin, a link to the 
live webcast might be near the top of
http://www.storytellinginstitute.org/88.htm . 

Soon after the videoconference might end, a link to
the recording of the webcast might be in the same 
location. 

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The title of the conversation would be "Storytelling and 
Healing: Some Ideas in the Field". 

Participants might discuss some similarities and differences 
between "Storytelling and Healing", "Storytelling Therapy",
"Narrative Medicine", "Narrative Therapy", "Therapeutic
Uses of Storytelling", etc. 

They might also discuss some ways Hospitals, Psychology 
Depts, and other health-related and academic entities 
seem to be viewing aspects this field. 

Participants might speak about what they are doing in this 
field, and about what they might like to see occurring. 

The need for Storytelling Therapy to be theorised and 
recognised alongside Art Therapy, Drama Therapy, Dance 
Therapy, Music Therapy, etc, might also be discussed.

(Note to USA readers: it is a British and Indian spelling 
convention to often use an "s" instead of a "z" in the 
middle of words.)

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The following individuals have kindly agreed to
try to participate in this videoconference:

1) Sayantani DasGupta, MD (NYC, USA), 
Division of General Pediatrics;
Masters Program in Narrative Medicine;
Co-chair, University Seminar in 
Narrative, Health, and Social Justice;
Columbia University.
http://www.narrativemedicine.org
http://www.sayantanidasgupta.com
(Also, author of numerous books, including
_The Demon Slayers And Other Stories: 
Bengali Folk Tales_)

2) Laura Hope-Gill (Asheville, North Carolina, USA),
Professor, Master of Arts in Writing Program ,
Lenoir-Rhyne University, 
http://www.lr.edu/graduate/ma-writing .

3) Philip Martin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA),
Director, Great Lakes Literary (Publisher),
Author, _A Guide to Fantasy Literature_, 
_The Purpose of Fantasy_, and others.
www.GreatLakesLit.com .

4) Bob Kanegis (Corrales, New Mexico, USA),
Storyteller,
http://www.librarystorytelling.com .

5) Linda Whiteside (San Diego, CA, USA),
Storyteller, Healing Arts Program,
Rady Children's Hospital, 
http://tinyurl.com/ovbpz43 .

6) Shalini Kalra Jacob (New Delhi, India),
Life Coach, and Practitioner of numerous Healing Arts,
Loving yourSelf Foundation,
http://www.lovingyourself.co.in .
https://www.facebook.com/LovingyourSelf .

7) Eric Miller (Chennai, India)
World Storytelling Institute, and 
Chennai Storytelling Festival,
http://www.storytellinginstitute.org .
and
8) Magdalene Jeyarathnam (Chennai, India),
East-West Center for Counselling and Training,
and Indian Institute of Psychodrama.
http://centerforcounselling.blogspot.in .
http://indianinstituteofpsychodrama.blogspot.in .

9) Susan Perrow (near Brisbane, Australia),
Expert in Therapeutic Uses of Storytelling.
Author of _Healing Stories for Challenging 
Behaviour_ (2008), and _Therapeutic Storytelling:
101 Healing Stories for Children_ (2012).
http://susanperrow.com .

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I can't promise we are going to pull this off glitch-free,
but what we are trying to do is being done frequently. 

For proof, one could go to youtube.com and type 
in, "google hangout on air". 

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There might be one or two empty "seats", so if you
might like to join the videoconference while it is
occurring, please send a request from your gmail ID
to  .

Or, please send e-mail questions and comments from
any e-mail ID to  during the
videoconference, and people in the videoconference 
would seek to reply to these e-mails. 

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Before and after the videoconference, please send any
any questions and comments about this event to my 
regular e-mail ID,  .

Many thanks,

- Eric
Chennai
www.storytellinginstitute.org
www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com