Format/Structure

This will be an experimental session, organized as a workshop and aimed at producing a collective manifesto to be shared in the form of a poster.

Long Abstract

This Is Not a Handbook! (hereafter TINHA!) is a writing project developed under the name of the Guerrilla Narrative Collective. This pseudonym represents our shared identity and gives a name to the experiences, practices, and reflections we have engaged in over the past ten years.

The decision to publish under a collective name reflects our commitment to a radically different way of being researchers—within and beyond the university. In TINHA!, we propose Guerrilla Narrative as a set of creative and insurgent practices designed to sabotage toxic narratives—that is, any narrative infrastructure that serves to silence, erase, or reproduce injustice—while fostering more just, inclusive, and equitable socioecological relationships.

Each chapter in our forthcoming book explores a different Guerrilla Narrative strategy: counter-hegemonic knowledge co-production, counter-mapping, toxic autobiographies, walking, speculative fieldwork, insurgent memories, rebel archives, and class(room) struggles.

In this panel, we invite scholars who identify—or wish to identify—with Guerrilla Narrative practices to share their experiences and insights. We envision a workshop-style session: following a brief presentation of the volume, we will work collectively to co-create a map of Guerrilla Narrative as an evolving tool and source of inspiration.

Practically, the discussion will be organized into small groups. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences and practices of Guerrilla Narrative, either by building on TINHA!’s overarching themes or by proposing new frameworks and methods. Each group will generate a bullet-point list outlining how to recognize, practice, and teach Guerrilla Narrative. These lists will be synthesized into a collective manifesto, which will remain displayed during the conference for further comments and contributions via post-its or QR code.

If accepted, we would prefer to have the Guerrilla Narrative Collective listed as the convenor.