Sociometry

[Edward Schreiber]

Greetings,
I am reading a book by Thomas Friedman "Hot, Flat and Crowded".
It's a very sobering assessment of this time of life for humanity and  
what we are facing with the environment, warming and the political,  
economic and social toll it is now taking and the potential for a  
significant increase in the toll for humankind and the many other  
forms of life on our planet.  I am struck with Friendman's call for  
something new to happen to address this - and I keep coming back to  
Jacob Moreno's theories on sociometry, sociodrama and this aspect,  
more hidden, called sociatry.   Surely sociatry is a new frontier - a  
new way to understand and look at sociometry perhaps, a new way to  
consider sociodrama, perhaps.  I do not suggest this is developed,  
only that there is a human situation facing humanity that we might  
consider stepping toward, to address in some new and adequate way.

How to consider doing this?

I am suggesting we put together a panel discussion where (like in  
Spain, for example) a small group of panel presenters might have 5  
minutes to offer their thoughts about how to address the situation,  
bringing the method out further to the fabric of our world.  And this  
then is a call:  if there are others who would like to be on a panel,  
please contact me at:  edwschreiber at earthlink.net

I would like to put this together for the 2010 ASGPP Conference as a  
panel.

If you are interested please send an email to me indicating your  
interest and what your topic (5 minutes might be).   I would like to  
make sure it gets to the ASGPP by the end of this month.

Thanks,

Ed