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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Finally, congratulations to Xinyue Ren, Carina Rasse and Chiara Pompei for winning awards at the conference!

#RaAM17 #LTU #RaAM2025
@al-azary.bsky.social
RaAM 17 Local Organising Committee

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

I also want to thank the City of Southfield and Mayor Kenson Siver for speaking at the opening ceremony and providing attendees space at the Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival! Also a special thanks for our excellent keynote speakers: @viclai.bsky.social, @bodowinter.bsky.social and @agdorst.bsky.social.

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences & Communications and Chair Paul Jaussen and the leadership at Lawrence Tech for supporting this event, President Tarek Sobh and Provost Karl Daubmann.

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

I want to thank all attendees for their intellectual contributions, the conference scientific committee, the RaAM Executive Committee, our student volunteers, Cheri Frost and Cherie Shaik, The College of Arts and Sciences and Dean Patrick Nelson, +

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have attended RaAM conferences as a student, postdoc, and faculty member. To have now organized and hosted a RaAM conference is a milestone for me, years in the making.

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

For most, it was their first time visiting LTU and the Metro Detroit area - what an honour to host you!

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Over the past few days (Aug. 7 -10), researchers from four continents visited Lawrence Technological University to attend the 17th Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) Conference - the first RaAM event in the Americas.

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 21

Did you take part in #RaAM17? We’d love your feedback! It only takes 2 minutes to answer 3 quick questions, and your input will help shape future RaAM events in Pavia (2026) and Pamplona (2027). 👉 forms.gle/JKRNm32Eje3U...

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Aletta G. (Lettie) Dorst @agdorst.bsky.social · Aug 12

My American Dream! What an absolute blast to be keynote at #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Detroit 🇺🇸

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Dr Eloise Parr (she/her) @eloisebparr.bsky.social · Aug 13

I enjoyed being a bit of an influencer with my social media takeover for #RaAM17. It was such a great conference and I’m looking forward to keeping up connections made between postgrads as the postgraduate liaison

The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

That’s a wrap! It’s been a blast! What a wild ride! I’ll end my metaphors there. Eloise, your postgraduate liaison, over and out! 👋 #RaAM17 #RaAM2025

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Ana M. Piquer Píriz @anapiquerpiriz-uex.bsky.social · Aug 13

Immensely enriched and grateful after the RaAM 17 conference @raammetaphor.bsky.social. A really high quality programme and impeccable organisation. Delighted to present our work in individual papers and a theme session with Rafael Alejo, @mmartingilete.bsky.social and Laura Fielden.

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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · Aug 14

We got to play our new climate metaphor card game at this year's Researching and Applying Metaphor conference! Thank you @raammetaphor.bsky.social for yet another awesome conference, and all you awesome participants for joining the fun ☺️

Free print & play version coming soon!

Playing cards laid out on a table reading "source card", "target card", "overconsumption", "just stop oil activist" and "oil executive"

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Vicky Lai @viclai.bsky.social · Aug 11

My PhD student Laura Baiocco received the RaAM research award this year, to conduct research on metaphor comprehension in patients with primary progressive aphasia! Many congrats!

The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congratulations to Laura Baiocco, Aleksandra Żukowska, and Carina Rasse for winning this year’s RaAM grants! We’re excited to see your projects come to life!

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Yufeng Liu (Kiki)劉雨鳳 @kikiliu.bsky.social · Aug 10

At #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, I was pleased to present, on behalf of our team, one study from the
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

That’s a wrap! It’s been a blast! What a wild ride! I’ll end my metaphors there. Eloise, your postgraduate liaison, over and out! 👋 #RaAM17 #RaAM2025

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you to the panellists, attendees and LTU staff who made this happen! That wraps up the panel and nearly wraps up the conference :(

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

How do you see open research in metaphor studies?
- there are lots of ways to share your research and data, also ‘any one of us can be the agent of change’ @bodowinter.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

How do we learn all we need to know? (cont)
- read a lot! Ray Gibbs
- being an editor gives you a chance to read things you wouldn’t usually @agdorst.bsky.social
- reading more broadly often comes from collaboration too. Herb Colston

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

How do we learn all we need to know? (aka how can we possibly read it all?!)
- a shift to ‘big team science’ allows you to collaborate with people to fill gaps with knowledge @bodowinter.bsky.social
- collaborating also gives you access to knowledge and resources @viclai.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

How can we update experimental stimuli? (Cont)
- Statistics have advanced and changed so experiments and theories can too @bodowinter.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

How can we update experimental stimuli?
- It’s always task-dependent. We can’t forget the tasks when analysing the metaphors. Ray Gibbs
- This is where the combination of quantitative and qualitative is important @jeannettel.bsky.social
- Context is important! @viclai.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

‘Before we publish, we need to verify the effects of our research on the communities involved. It needs to be evidence-based.’ @viclai.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

How do we reach diverse, affected and polarised communities with our metaphor research?
- ‘co-creation is a way to involve communities in your research’ @agdorst.bsky.social
- publishing your research for lay audiences is a great way to get your research out @jeannettel.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

‘We need a range of methodologies and fields present at RaAM’ @agdorst.bsky.social

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The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor @raammetaphor.bsky.social · Aug 10

We’re now discussing how we create a balance between empirical, more quantitative approaches vs more qualitative, interpretative approaches. Please share your thoughts on this here if you couldn’t make the panel

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