2026 Fife Honor Lecture: "Beyond the Monologue: Storytelling as Collaborative Worldmaking"
In this presentation, Professor Katherine Borland of the Ohio State University’s Center for Folklore Studies, will examine the dialogic dimensions of everyday storytelling using examples from the genre of miracle narratives. Inspiring wonder, the miracle and its corollary, the curse, capitalize on the subjunctive as-if quality of performance to conjure alternative worlds embedded in the everyday. Borland studies and teaches about the artfulness of ordinary life, and the ways in which traditional expressive arenas constitute contested terrain. Her areas of expertise include feminist oral narrative, festival and dance, and environmental humanities.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pmWhere
Merrill cazier LibraryRoom: LIB101
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Name: Lisa Gabbert
Phone: 801-520-0359
Email: lisa.gabbert@usu.edu
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