Publications and IAGP symposium.

[Edward Schreiber]

Hi Adam,
This is really great, thank you Adam.
Ed

On Dec 21, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:

>
> Paola De Leonardis   (Email: paoladeleonardis at fastwebnet.it)   in  
> Italy wrote: At the forthcoming International Association of Group  
> Psychotherapy and Group Process conference coming up in Rome in  
> late August, 2009, I hope we will be able to realize a real  
> Encounter between editors, authors, and interested people in Rome--- 
> especially at a symposium I've organized.
>     Here is the abstract: Title of the symposium: Anglo-American  
> psychodrama and Latin-American psychodrama: scientific  
> communication in a time of (internal) conflicts?
>       In the last decades, Morenian thought has been throughly  
> analysed and has received a more organic settlement. In some cases  
> it got a significant development through the connection with other  
> psychological and social disciplines. Quite a large number of good  
> books about  psychodrama have been published and  some good  
> scientific journals are periodically  issued in the world,  
> containing researches, reflections, experiences. Nevertheless  
> circulation of all that job  is often limited to very small circles  
> of reading public. Moreover, in the psychodramatists' world we have  
> the feeling  that two ranks are more or less indirectly  facing  
> themselves: the Anglo-American psychodramatist rank and the Latin- 
> American psichodramatist one, with many European and Middle East  
> and Far East  allies in both sides. The two branches often  
> reciprocally ignore, they act “as if” the contribution of the  
> “other part of the world” couldn’t be efficaciously integrated.  
> While this is certainly not a declared conflict, it might be a  
> latent conflict. This Symposium intends to promote an exchange on  
> these matters and to invite to an Encounter all the  
> psychodramatists  who work either with paper’s or on-line  
> scientific journals. Main purposes: to discuss the state of art in  
> psychodramatic studies and  in scientific communication,  to share  
> our experiences, and to explore the ways of better co-operation.  
> The participants are kindly requested to bring with them journals  
> and other scientific material. The co-ordinator is since ten years  
> Editor of  “Psicodramma Classico”, the scientific journal of the  
> Italian Psychodrama Association (www.aipsim.it). Key words:  
> psychodrama, scientific communication
>
>         Paola continues, " This is a slightly provocative title,  
> for a Symposium that is looking for Encounter, but we all know that  
> authentic exchanging and communicating may be a challenge. What can  
> you suggest in order to make that Encounter a better chance for a  
> significant "working toghether" and working in progress"?
>
>  1. Passing this along also to the grouptalk community.
>  2. My comments (Adam Blatner):
>        a. I'm aware of not conflict per se, in terms of issues. You  
> are right that there is a lack of coordination, but I think this is  
> mainly because of a lack of people who can and are also willing to  
> expend the time doing translations. Zoli Figush's two books about  
> psychodrama in Brazil now translated into English are wonderful  
> contributions! My inclusion of a history of psychodrama in Brazil  
> on my website is a feeble effort.
>       b. The lack of numbers subscribing and the lack of  
> contributors has led the previous publisher of the Journal of Group  
> Psychotherapy, Psychodrama and Sociometry to abandon publication  
> and there are efforts at present to re-start the journal with  
> another publisher. A side theme has been not only the general  
> confusion and mild demoralization about this, but the previous few  
> years in which there were just not enough submissions. Other themes  
> include: If there was a submission, and the author was asked to  
> revise it because it needed further editing, some just put it off  
> and/or felt rejected.
>      c. If others can actually identify any conflcts, name them  
> specifically, that might help. It may be that what seems like  
> conflict is a premature diagnosis of a slump in the academic -  
> publishing efforts at least in the USA. People are worried about  
> money, tend to retreat into their own concerns, and inadequate  
> surplus energy is given to the many components of maintaining and  
> promoting group cohesion, Professional Society administrative  
> affairs, attendance at conferences, and so forth. It is hoped that  
> some renewal of many types of efforts may emerge, perhaps in the  
> backwash of a renewed idealism from the national political scene  
> (i.e., the new President Obama).
>    d. There is a need for many components of this re-enlivened  
> infrastructure.
>         (1) Horatiu Albini's extensive website work for the  
> Federation of European Trainers (FEPTO) offers a good example. We  
> need more people to volunteer extra time---with great gratitude and  
> recognition for Horatiu' s heroic contributions!--- to pursue a  
> variety of sub-tasks.
>         (2) While I cannot afford to attend the Rome conference, I  
> can post photographs. Many people haven't yet contributed photos or  
> if they have, offered captions for these photos on the photo  
> directory on my website.
>         (3) I'd be willing to give these files to anyone else who  
> would maintain and support a photo website. Or perhaps others might  
> do likewise for their parts of the world and we could cross-link.  
> Whatever will help.
>         (4). In a similar vein, I would like to see some  
> willingness to take the time to compose a paragraph of 100 words or  
> so just to keep the rest of the world informed of what is happening  
> in your country. I have asked for help this way repeatedly and only  
> occasionally get any kind of response. Please see on my website the  
> international psychodrama news webpages.
>        (5) please submit news especially of new publications: We  
> need specific information for people who might wish to subscribe to  
> journals or obtain books---where can they be found. A casual  
> announcement of a new book may not be adequate because it lacks  
> specific information for those who wish to know more or purchase.  
> The model webpage of psychodrama books available is also on my  
> website.
>     It would be nice if other folks had websites again that we  
> could cross-link, listing available books in German, Spanish,  
> Portugese, and other languages.
>
>    ... as we warm up to the theme, probably other ideas might be  
> brought forward, too!      Thoughts? Warmly, Adam Blatner
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