In January 2021, the organizers of the Researching and Applying Metaphor 2021 Conference started a new weekly initiative, asking metaphor scholars for brief video updates on their ongoing research and its connection to the conference themes of metaphor and space. I had the honor of being the first person to give this a try– in…
Move over, Norwegian
Before making up your mind about the dangers of English to other languages, it might be worthwhile to have a closer look at the metaphors that might be influencing your judgement. Some of them might be worth resisting.
Advantages of virtual conferences
We recently had the pleasure of hosting a conference for the Association of Reaching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM 2020). Although originally planned as a physical conference in Norwegian city of Hamar, circumstances forced us to transition to a virtual format (read about that here). In our post-conference evaluation, we asked delegates to list any perceived…