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From: [log in to unmask]" href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Deborah Chinn

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Dear all

 

Came back from holiday to see that summer storms had erupted on the list.  I wonder if we can try and understand how these disputes and disagreements happen within a group of people who, as David has pointed out, share many essential values and political commitments, by considering some of the questions suggested by the call for papers below.  I think the discussion on recent posts on cisgenderism could be viewed as an example of "misunderstanding".

 

My hunch is that sources of tension and instability on the list can stem from a lack of a single agreed yardstick of what constitutes legitimacy and authority among members of the list, as well as contested definitions of what it means to be a psychologist, a community psychologist and a critical community psychologist.  Does entitlement to be heard dirive from personal involvement in political struggle?  theoretical sophistication? expressed solidarity with marginalised and oppressed people? academic position?  hands on clinical and community development skills?  lived experience of struggling against marginalisation?

 

Given the fact that the strength of the list is the diversity of its members I don't think these tensions will go away. 

 

If anyone is interested in some joint analysis of the recent debates and discussions regarding cisgenderism for publication in the journal below I'd be keen to join forces. 

 

Deborah

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:24:19 +0300
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Subject: CfP: Ways of Understanding, Misunderstanding and Not Understanding People
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Compaso - Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology

CfP: Ways of Understanding, Misunderstanding and Not Understanding People

http://compaso.eu/2012/07/13/cfp-understanding-people/


Deadline for manuscript submission: 15 September 2012

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Social research relies on our claims of understanding people – which
often rely, further, on the claims advanced by our research
participants (as respondents, informants, subjects, or in other roles)
of understanding themselves and other people.

At times, we are also confronted, as researchers and in other walks of
life, with difficulties, failures, and outright impossibilities of
understanding people.

We invite papers that reflect on forms of understanding,
misunderstanding and not understanding people. Articles that have a
comparative focus, by looking at different forms, instances, settings
etc., are especially welcome.

Some of the questions that may guide discussion include (without being
limited to) the following:

-Different forms: What forms and claims of understanding, not
understanding, misunderstanding, uncertain understanding, better
understanding etc. have we encountered in our research?
-Rhetorical use: How do people report their understanding of other
people as arguments in conversations? How do claims of understanding,
misunderstanding, not understanding, uncertain understanding, partial
understanding etc. function as arguments that support one’s stance and
undermine alternative versions? What is the rhetorical force of these
various claims of understanding and lack thereof?
-Social organization: How are these forms of understanding and not
understanding socially organized? What social positions (such as
professionals, parents, friends, spouses etc) are privileged in
claiming understanding of particular other people? When and how do
alternative understandings clash, and how are these conflicts
adjudicated?
-Professional versus common reason: How is our professional
understanding of people related to the common-reason forms of
understanding and lack thereof of the people that we rely on – as
subjects, informants, respondents etc? How do we position our
understanding to be better? How do we elicit their understanding?
-Techniques and technologies: How do we operate with theories, schemes
and models, methods, techniques, instruments of understanding people?
How do other people operate with such tools? What do we (and others)
take to be more or less reliable indicators of other people’s
thoughts, personalities, motives, ways of being? How do we elicit and
/ or read CVs, photos, Facebook profiles, test results, biographies,
obituaries, interviews, and other would-be ways of understanding
people?
-Different perspectives: How do different theoretical or disciplinary
perspectives shape our understanding of people? What are the benefits
and the threats of drawing on, and combining, different disciplinary
perspectives in our research papers/studies?

Articles that engage in a comparative approach, connecting different
concepts, materials, methods, situations, pieces of research or other
social realities, are particularly welcome.
Please check the Journal’s website for guidelines on manuscript
submission: http://compaso.ro/instructions-for-authors/

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