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This year the Anthropology of Storytelling panel invited creative contributions that explored the capacity of storytelling within anthropology and other disciplines. The conference allowed me to reflect and converse with others about how research can be expressed in other forms; and in doing so central ideas to the research become accessible to others in the form of fiction. The boundary between non-fiction and fiction blurs. For example, John Harries (University of Edinburgh) gave a vivid and lively presentation about a story of a man’s dog in Newfoundland. This story changed in his own renditions at different conferences over the years. Was this fiction or a recollection of events that were missing in his initial observation notes? It was a clever way to illustrate what becomes of stories told by others when they are retold over time. The story transforms. We also heard some lovely stories from reading of pieces to a storytelling performance... Amanda...

These are thoughts on a talk given by V Spike Peterson (University of Arizona) in Social Sciences 11 th June Warwick University I think that discussions of marriage are very topical at the moment given the media attention on same sex marriages, and the long overdue changes taking place. I'm not certain about the links Peterson draws between the state and marriage. She herself said she was taking a bird's eye view and there are many complex processes involved. Peterson comes from a psychologist turned international relations viewpoint. ‘Hold onto your hats!’ Peterson began. By the time it had ended I felt entertained and informed about something I knew little about before. I also felt like I had just crammed for an exam. There was a lot of history to cover about the change of marriage overtime since ancient Greece to the present which I can’t do justice to here. Peterson’s presentation was not a critique on marriage, as she acknowledged the emotional investm...