The conference interrogates non-linear narrative as a central feature of postcolonial and diasporic artistic production, and offers a platform to look at the articulation of such narratives in relation to “the West’s grand narratives of progress” (http://www.gold.ac.uk/pinter-centre/ton/). 

The central question of the conference centers on the modes of resistance or modifications that non-linear narratives offer. In doing so, the conference necessarily explores the links between cross cultural and political change and artistic production.