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[log in to unmask]" type="cite">Dear Dr. Harré and Community Psychology Network members,

I would like to respond to the debate about Transition Towns a few
months ago and this is my first post on this list. I have been working
during my PhD on Transition Towns as a community challenge to
relationships enhancement and to counter elements of capitalism. My
work settled at a community level analysis of a case study: the first
Italian Transition Town (5000 inhabitants) that adopted the principles
of the movement through the local council in a formal resolution (n.
92/2009).

As far as I could analyze, the institutional level is not enough and
?changing others?, as said, is only a part of the change. From my
findings, it seemed that the fundamental basis for a long term
community development in a proactive direction, and further social
change, relies on a personal change, the so called INNER TRANSITION,
and on communities? capabilities to focus on their intragroup
relations.  Otherwise, the transition group risks reflecting the same
problems of interpersonal communication and relation as the wider
society it challenges. This is due to processes that are unavoidable
inside a community, often referred in our discipline as: collective
unconscious, shadow processes (such as: anti-group or anti-community),
which appear together with the existence of a group or community.

To help communities and individuals to face these undermining
processes, community psychologists and communication facilitators have
the potential to contribute a lot.

I am looking forward to working more on the issue, although I am
struggling to find a post doc position or fellowship to do so.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would be happy to hear them.

I look forward to ongoing debates about the challenges of working in
partnerships in community settings.

Kind regards,
Anna Zoli, PhD Europaeus

Human Sciences, Behavior and Social Relations Sciences
Dep. of Political Sciences, Communication and International Relations
University of Macerata, Italy

Fellowship 2013 at York St. John University, Faculty of Health & Life
Sciences, York, UK

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Citando "Jacqueline Akhurst (J.Akhurst)" <[log in to unmask]>:

Dear all,
The thread below might be of interest ...
Regards,
Jacqui

From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List   [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Niki Harre
Sent: 12 February 2014 01:45
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Transition Towns and levels of transformation

Hi everyone
I am very interested in the role of Transition Towns - being a   member of one in NZ, and the levels at which transformation   should/must occur in order to shift the social system as a whole.   Our TT struggles quite a bit with this - the remit is to change how   we use energy (that little thing) which is utterly overwhelming and   seems pretty much impossible in a suburban setting. So we've moved   away from that as a key focus. Still we feel we should be changing   "others" - the physical infrastructure (e.g. bike lanes),   institutions (e.g. supermarket alternatives) and, I guess the minds   and voting choices of our neighbours. I am coming to wonder if   transformation requires more personal change and if TT are best   focusing on their relationships with each other and building an   attractive possibility for a new way of living. I am just not sure   if you can change a capitalist/individualist/money-hungry society by   only focusing on institutions and outward practices and not also   considering our interpersonal relationships and maybe even our own   "personal growth" (am struggling for a term I think you'll object to   less but stumped...). If you've read the Hunger Games books you'll   be familiar with its critique on any form of war - an age old theme,   but a good one. Can we use the master's tools to dismantle the   master's house (i.e. "taking" power and focusing on the behaviour of   others) rather than really practicing a new world - at least as  much  as we can?
Best
Niki

Niki Harré
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Auckland 1142
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From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List   [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Annie Mitchell
Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014 5:29 a.m.
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Subject: Re: Pub talk about DSM

Hi John,

Great thanks for sharing the slides. So good.  And pubs democratising ...

Yes 'm on ambivalent edge or our TTs here in Devon.... - risk of   individualising  and distracting from social inequalities and   economics  underpinning , yet also providing a shared framework for   articulating and beginning to activate political pressure for   action...- attached are the notes for a talk / workshop I;ve given   for a few Transition Town / Café Scientifiques in Devon on   psychologies of change  and climate change. My experience is that   many people are interested in a message that joins the strands...   making personal /political links. There's an  interesting climate   change person here in Devon done some great visuals and is   convincing re scope for hope with the new technologies  and for   clarifying the and articulating the democratic and business    interest economics of the issues: http://www.carbonvisuals.com/

Annie



From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List   [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McGowan, John   ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Sent: 07 February 2014 11:58
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Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Pub talk about DSM

Hi Annie,

We have some audio slides from an earlier time we did it in Sussex.   See below.

http://discursiveoftunbridgewells.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/is-life-disease.html

A pub turns out to be a great place to have these kinds of   discussions. Doesn't quite iron out power differentials but there is   a sense in which everyone seems a bit more like a punter.

I think in the talk we're trying to capture both ends of it. The   value the a lot of people place on diagnosis (all of us are vested   interests perhaps) and why but the limits of that and the huge   problems it raises. Trying to draw people into the discussion a bit.   Feelings run so high that sometimes communication feels difficult   when these areas are raised.

The ecocide site is interesting thanks. Draws attention to a lot of   important stuff. I also wonder though (and this is completely   separate point) about what anti-environmental behaviours are and how   we should judge them (after all the pressure to maintaining cheap   oil prices is complicated and the results not always bad). Something   lie the Transition Town movement (am I right in remembering you've   had some involvement in it) is interesting in this regard.  I worry   a bit that my local TT branch frequently conflates behaviours that   feel moral (local currency or people making sourdough bread or   whatever) with things that might be effective. A whole other story   though.

BW

John


From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List   [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Annie Mitchell
Sent: 06 February 2014 13:26
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Pub talk about DSM

Sounds so good -

I;e been thinking if we used a  social disease metaphor,  what would   be the cultural disease label that would  label  political climate   change denial madness or some such.

I;ts up in my awareness today, marooned in Devon with the  UK   southwest peninsula  railway  ie most of Devon and all of Cornwall    cut off from the rest of the land  at least the next 6 weeks   following unprecedented coastal storm and floodcdamage,

The human rights lawyer Polly Higgins is working at an international   level to get the crime ecocide on the international law stature   books. What might a  social psychological parallel look like  _ I   suppose Oliver james calls it affluenza but there is a risk of   individualising it... - do we need a sort of anti-DSM at a global   level about collective madness... ..

See http://eradicatingecocide.com/

Annie





From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List   [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McGowan, John   ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Sent: 06 February 2014 13:08
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Pub talk about DSM


Hi Folks,

Some list member in the Kent and Sussex areas  area might finds this   of interest. Anne Cooke and I are giving our pub talk 'Is Life a   Disease?' about psychiatric diagnosis and the DSM5 in Tunbridge   Wells on the 6th of March. Full details are in that link below.

http://tunbridgewells.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/1893/Is-Life-a-Disease

BW

John



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