Hello all,
I had intended to go too, but had to give apologies on the day too. Would be
great to hear how it went.
Wendy
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Sent: 08 October 2010 10:21
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Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Community Psychology Section Inaugural
Meeting - 8 October 2010
Dear All,
My apologies, I was hoping to attend both meeting today but I'm down with
the flu...
If anyone is picking up email then please feel free to use my ticket
allocation for this afternoon's meeting - I'll also email the BPS to let
them know...
I am keen to be involved in developments and hopefully will be able to meet
you all in person some time soon.
Hope it goes well.
With best wishes,
Sevasti-Melissa
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On 8 Oct 2010, at 00:01, Fryer, David wrote:
Dear Craig and all
re "tell us what a section was meant to achieve"
As I recall it the decision to found a Comm Psy Section was taken at the UK
CP List conference in Exeter after a whole conference discussion facilitated
by Neville Robertson so I suppose many people had different aspirations of
it. Personally speaking I would be pleased if the new CP Section went at
least a little way towards:
a) using power and legitimacy (in some circles) 'borrowed from' the BPS to
be more effective in uncovering and contesting the misery and injustice
being socially constituted in the UK and elsewhere . . . most obviously at
the moment by the contemporary Tory assault on the welfare state, assuming
'BPS statements' and BPS sanctioned actions will carry more weight in some
circles than ones by the 'UK CP List' (but List or collective statements
are important too and carry other legitimacies in other circles)
b) changing the BPS from within - in particular ensuring that radical
community critical voices speak up on every key issue being debated or
enacted by the Society
c) changing 'psy' by increasing the number of undergraduate and postgraduate
students at British Unis and policy makers and journalists and activists who
get to the opportunity to consider psy from a community critical standpoint
during their 'education' and surfacing challenging and changing the
oppressive practices of psy professions . . again utilising 'borrowed
legitimacy' and resources of being part of the BPS to accomplish this
I have no illusions progress will be easy, swift or un-resisted and do not
want Section activity to replace List activity or possible Cooperative
activity or forms of activism or . . . but I am not without hope. I do think
the work of people in the psychology of women section and the qualitative
section in the BPS has made a valuable difference. I do think the work in
the APS of Heather Gridley, Emma Sampson, Craig Wallace and others is
valuable. I do think SCRA for all its faults has found a way to include non
APA members meaningfully.
There will still be huge amounts (most) to do outside the Section and the
Section will itself be part of the problem in some respects on some
occasions especially if taken over by those who do not subscribe to radical
community critical psychology assumptions and values so a List and a
Collective are hugely important too. But every small change by every means
to challenge oppression is worthwhile in my view
David
David Fryer
Professor of Community Critical Psychology, Charles Sturt University,
Australia
Professor Extraordinarius, University of South Africa
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling, Scotland
President: European Community Psychology Association
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Subject: Re: Community Psychology Section Inaugural Meeting - 8 October 2010
Good summary dave, So now, in good heart tell us what a section was meant to
achieve. You have five paradigms only: Economic, Marxist, Existentialist,
Political, "Oh fuck it I just do my best". Starting yesterday
C
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Community Psychology Section Inaugural Meeting -
8 October 2010
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Date: Tuesday, 5 October, 2010, 23:08
Dear Frederick,
I agree list discussion about the meetings has been curiously absent but I
am not aware of any machinations in smoke filled rooms about the BPS Section
developments. I can summarise for you what I know and what I have done
personally however.
Susan Eppel (BPS member services) and colleagues invited BPS members who had
previously indicated interest in joining a BPS Comm Psych Section (during
the protracted Section establishment negotiations) to attend a meeting on
the afternoon of 8th Oct. Susan advised there was a limit of 80 people
attending due to capacity of the premises (BPS London Headquarters in
Tabernacle St). Susan also advised that non BPS members are not eligible to
attend this afternoon meeting. This meeting has a main formal function of
launching the Section (by a BPS bigwig) and (s)electing an interim committee
to steer the Section for one year to formal elections. There will also be
limited opportunity for discussion. The agenda was drawn up by the Society
but AOB is always a way to raise issues. Susan also invited self nomination
for interim committee membership pending elections for a more legitimate
committee. You can find all this and more in the List archives.
I volunteered to serve on the interim Comm Psych committee myself. I am
currently working in Australia but I have commitments 3 times in the UK in
the next year when I could attend Section meetings and I presume most Comm
Psych business will be done on line anyway. As you know I am committed to
the development of a critically oriented community psychology in the UK and
elsewhere. If there are more than enough UK based interim committee members
I would be happy to step back and give others room but I would not like the
development of the Comm Psych Section to stall due to lack of interim
committee members.
A separate meeting open to all comers (not limited to BPS members) is to be
held in the morning also in BPS London offices. Sally organised this and can
tell you more. I have not been privy to any discussion about this meeting
other than the posts on this list.
I am in favour of the parallel development of a community psychology
collective, along the lines suggested by Paul Duckett on this list, which is
independent of the Section, open to all with a commitment to its objectives.
Personally I don't think the morning session on 8th Oct is the place to make
decisions about such a collective as the morning is likely to be attended
primarily by people there for the Section meeting but of course the morning
meeting is quite entitled to discuss both Section and Collective and any
other matter. I would have thought that whilst flawed this list is the least
bad way of all the ways available currently to take the Collective forward.
As a list moderator with Grant I can tell you that this list has been
attracting new members lately though posting is light.
One other matter: Jacqui and I are co-convenors of the biennial European
Community Psychology Association Congress which will take place in September
2011. The interim committee of the new Community Psychology Section when
established might wish to consider holding its BPS Comm Psych Section
Conference affiliated to the ECPA one. Jacqui and I made a similar
suggestion at Plymouth re. the UK CP Network Conference. The ECPA Conference
could also be an opportunity for a meeting of those interested in setting up
a UK CP Collective. I am simply floating possibilities here in the absence
of decision making structures (the interim committee of the Section should
remedy that for the Section).
David
David Fryer
Professor of Community Critical Psychology, Charles Sturt University,
Australia
Professor Extraordinarius, University of South Africa
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling, Scotland
President: European Community Psychology Association
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I hope I don't sound silly; but I seem to have fallen totally out of the
loop about this BPS meeting. What is it and who has been invited? As a
psychology graduate out of the cold in the community I do wonder how out in
the open current organisational developments in community psychology are at
the moment. I for one don't want professional "us and them".
Frederic Stansfield
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Canterbury,
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Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Fridays BPS meeting
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Date: Tuesday, 5 October, 2010, 9:52
Nadia, I like your sense of humour. However, I was thinking you will get
plenty of black looks anyway, as I am not in everyone's best books through
being outspoken, so you need to amend your name label to say 'NOT Erica
Brostoff,' I think. !!!! Have fun ! Erica
On 5 Oct 2010, at 09:45, Nadia Wager wrote:
Dear Erica,
Thank you very much. I will try to behave myself whilst pretending to be
you so that I do not cause you embarrassment.
Best wishes
Nadia
Dr Nadia Wager
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Faculty of Society and Health
Buckinghamshire New University
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Bucks
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Dear Nadia,
As you are the first person to reply, why don't you take up my ticket
on the door, and this e-mail will reach the organisers too, so I
guess this would be OK. It is not really up to me, but from my
angle please feel free to take my identity for the afternoon.
Best wishes, Erica Brostoff
On 5 Oct 2010, at 08:53, Nadia Wager wrote:
I would be very grateful if it is still available - I have tried to
book but heard nothing back.
Best wishes
Nadia
Dr Nadia Wager
Principal Lecturer in Psychology
Faculty of Society and Health
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Dear Organisers
I have a ticket but I am unable to attend the afternoons inaugural
planning meeting, due to change of medical appointment. Would you
like to allocate this to someone else please? Erica Brostoff
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