Lived Experience, Metaphor and Multimodality: Implications in Communication, Education, Learning and Knowledge

Dates: 10 - 12 October 2008
Call for Papers Deadline: 4 May, 2008
Location: The University of Crete, rehymnon, Greece
Website: www/edc.uoc.gr/multimodality2008 

The conference aims to address the current thinking and research on: (a) the nature of lived experience, metaphor and multimodality, (b) the relationship between lived experience, metaphor and multimodality, (c) the epistemological, methodological, literary, psychological, educational, socio-historical, cultural, ecological and dialogic dimensions of lived experience, metaphor and multimodality, (d) the potential and importance of lived experience, metaphor and multimodality in psychological processes (perceptual, cognitive, learning, developmental, communication, interpersonal and social-moral), and (e) the applications or implications of lived experience, metaphor and multimodality in education, learning, counselling, psychotherapy and information and communication technologies.