Reminder of the 5th International Conference on Community Psychology (ICCP)

The 5^th International Conference on Community Psychology (ICCP) will take place from September 3^rd to 6^th, 2014 in Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil) and will bring together teachers, researchers, students, practitioners, participants and members of social and community movements, in Fortaleza – Ceará.




For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.en.5cipc2014.org/site/capa

Posted by Eduard Fourie
07/07/2014

African Organisation of Community Practice

 Dear CASP Member, 

An invitation to subscribe to the blog www.AfroCP.org.za and keep in touch with community​ practice in Africa. 

  

Kind regards

Wiehann Rademan

6th Annual International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference: A Cross Disciplinary Exploration, 22 to 24 September 2014

6th Annual International Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference: A Cross Disciplinary Exploration
22nd to 24th September 2014
Terre Haute,Indiana United States of America

This is a multidisciplinary conference for those engaged in research, teaching and practices associated with the intersection between crime, deviance, social justice, and/or law with that of media and popular culture. Completed paper is not required. Each evening conference attendees go to local restaurants for dinner and live music performed by some of the conference attendees.

Enquiries: cmpc@indstate.edu
Web address: http://www.indstate.edu/ccj/popcultureconference/index.htm

Featured Speakers:

Jeff Ferrell, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Texas Christian University

SpearIt, Ph.D., J.D.
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Texas Southern University
"Sonic Jihad: Muslim Hip Hop in the Age of Mass Incarceration"

Travis Linnemann, Ph.D.
Department of Justice Studies
Eastern Kentucky University
"Capote's Ghosts: Violence, Media and the Spectre of Suspicion"

Michael Chemers, Ph.D.
Department of Theater Arts
University of California
"Call a Wolf, Invite the Pack'; Monstrous Jurisprudence and the Legal Werewolf"

Emily Satterwhite, Ph.D.
Department of Religion and Culture
Virginia Tech
"Fearing and Celebrating the Rural as Deviant in Horror Movies"

Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania

Jon Simons, Ph.D.
Department of Communication and Culture
Indiana University Bloomington
"Happy are those who act justly': Visual representations of the crimes of occupation through social media"

Jen Schradie
Department of Sociology
University of California Berkeley
"The Seven Myths of the Digital Divide: How Class, Race and Ethnicity Clash with Internet Utopia"

Kishonna Leah Gray, Ph.D.
School of Justice Studies
College of Justice and Safety
Eastern Kentucky University
"Punishing Blackness in Xbox Live: Exploring the Significance of Race in a Virtual Gaming Community"

Additional Event

By Appointment Only
TOUR OF THE EUGENE V. DEBS HOME AND MUSEUM
http://debsfoundation.org/
http://debsfoundation.org/tourhome.html

International Workshop: Violence against Women and Children in Diverse Contexts, 3-6 March 2015

An International Workshop at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa led by Ingrid Palmary, African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, and Nicky Stanley, Connect Centre, School of Social Work University of Central Lancashire, UK.

This workshop will bring together researchers from across the UK and South Africa to identify differences and commonalities in the conditions informing violence against women and children in South Africa and the UK.  The comparative nature of the workshop will promote reflection and stimulate new ideas and approaches to research in this field. The workshop will be multi-disciplinary and researchers with up to 10 years of post-doctoral experience (or the equivalent research experience) from the fields of social work, psychology, sociology, social policy, health studies and criminology are invited to participate.

The workshop will deliver a varied and exciting programme of events including key speakers and oral or poster presentations from all participants.  Abstracts should be submitted in line with the following themes:

· Understanding gender and violence across the lifecourse and across diverse contexts;

· Interpersonal violence, political violence and their connections;

· Mobility and gender based violence;

· Violence against women and children and the connections and disconnections between the two;

· Global and local understandings of violence against women and children in an age of globalization;

· Policy and practice responses in diverse contexts.

The workshop will aim to:
i. Improve participants’ knowledge about key issues in research on violence against women and children;

ii. Develop understanding of a range of research methods and their applicability to this area of research;

iii. Provide opportunities to network and build international research relationships;

iv.  Set up sustainable mentoring and collaborative relationships;

v.  Assist researchers to develop research that has influence.

Applications for places at the workshop should be made by 31 August 2014. This workshop is supported by the British Council who will cover travel and accommodation costs for successful applicants. Places are limited and successful applicants will be those whose abstracts are consistent with the themes. Successful applicants will be informed by the end September 2014.

To apply please go to: https://secure.myjotform.com/Acmscomm/www.applicationform.com

For any queries please contact Ingrid Palmary (South Africa) ingrid.palmary@wits.ac.za and Khatidja Chantler (UK) kchantler@uclan.ac.uk.

Sexuality and gender: marginalisation, participation, transformation

Sexuality and gender: marginalisation, participation, transformation

This studentship is hosted by the Transforming Sexuality and Gender research cluster. The research cluster draws together scholars from critical psychology, human geography, sociology, media, criminology, sport and leisure, and health studies to create a theoretically rich and methodologically creative hub of research activity.

The project is being led by Dr Katherine Johnson supported by Dr Kath Browne, Dr Hannah Frith, Dr Olu Jenzen and Dr Megan Chawansky.

For additional information on the project and how to apply please contact Fiona Sutton at F.J.Sutton@brighton.ac.uk or on +44 (0)1273 641065

Detailed project description

The successful candidate will be located in the School of Applied Social Science, supported by access to new qualitative and visual research facilities and will be co-supervised by academics from more than one discipline. The project is expected to provide empirical evidence and offer significant methodological innovation by drawing on qualitative, visual and participatory-community approaches.

Current research priorities in the cluster are to investigate intersectional forms of marginalisation and develop understanding of experience, politics, policy and practice in under researched areas locally, nationally or internationally. The proposed research should aim to improve knowledge about how sexuality and/or gender experiences are formed in the context of marginalisation, exclusion and stigmatisation, and contribute to social justice, community-engagement and transformation agendas.

Funding information

This studentship is worth at least £60,000 over three years, subject to satisfactory progress. For UK/EU students this comprises £4,530 per year to cover annual tuition fees and a contribution towards living expenses of £15,470 per year. For suitable students from outside of the UK/EU the funding will be £13,840 per year to cover annual international tuition fees and a contribution towards living expenses of £6,160 per year. The contribution available towards living costs will rise annually in line with inflation. The value of the studentship will also be raised to take into account any rise in annual tuition fees.

Entry requirements

Candidates are invited to submit their own proposals for original research within these parameters but we particularly welcome applications on the following topics: 

• Mediated sexualities
• Ageing
• Mental health and distress
• Homophobia/Biphobia/Transphobia
• LGBT/Queer activisms
• New/Contemporary Feminisms
• Sport and Leisure (particularly in development contexts)
• Youth participation/exclusion and well-being

Potential applicants should have a minimum of a 2:1 undergraduate degree and desirably have/expect to achieve a Masters degree or equivalent by October 2014 with excellent grades in a relevant subject from a UK university or comparable qualifications from another recognised university. Applicants whose first language is not English, must have either obtained a UK Masters degree or successfully completed a Secure English Language Test (SELT) within the last two years that satisfies one of the University’s English Language requirements as listed here

Closing date for applications is Thursday 19th June 2014 at 4.00pm

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Dr Katherine Johnson

Reader in Psychology and

AHoS, Psychology and Psychotherapy Division

Ke a leboha

Dr. Puleng Segalo

(Moradi wa Batshweneng)

Senior Lecturer:Social and Community Psychology

Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 392, Unisa, Pretoria, 0003

Tel: +27 12 4298292

Message from the PsySSA Office: Prof Siphiwe Ngcobo (Past President)

Message from the PsySSA Office:

It is with utmost sadness that we have to inform you that we have lost one of our dearest members: Prof Siphiwe Ngcobo (Past President) was fatally shot under suspicious circumstances after attending a family function over the weekend.

We are at a loss for words and deeply disturbed that our colleague and friend died in such a violent manner. Prof Ngcobo was one of our most competent and dynamic presidents and lead PsySSA to even greater heights during his two terms. As you may recall, he was one of the co-signatories of the recent letter on violence that PsySSA wrote to the President of South Africa - it is utterly regrettable that he fell victim to those very actions PsySSA expressed concern with. The Society will feel the effects of his death for a long time.

Our hearts go out to his family and friends. The funeral will be held on Saturday in Richards Bay - we will keep you informed of further details as they become available. May Siphiwe’s soul rest in peace.

Kind Regards

Ms Fatima Seedat

PsySSA Office Manager

Reminder of the invitation to participate in two symposia at the 20th PsySSA Congress

The Community and Social Psychology Division is in the process of submitting abstracts for two symposia to be considered for the 20^th PsySSA Congress in September 2014. We invite PsySSA members and other interested parties to participate in these presentations and discussions:

Symposium 1

Social Psychology in South Africa today: Challenges, possibilities and implications

Social psychology in South Africa continues to be a crucial sub-discipline which aims to interrogate and take seriously issues of social justice.  Though espousing an expanded purview that considers social situations in which people are found, it continues to be populated and dominated by knowledges and theorizing from the West. This presents itself as a challenge as it almost assumes a universal way of understanding people’s lived experiences which has been argued by many as problematic. Much of the teaching in social psychology continues to be dependent on imported theories and an assumption of universal application. There is a need for critical reflection on the applicability of social psychology in the present South African context. This symposium seeks to offer space for this reflection through highlighting some of the challenges of uncritically applying imported theories and methodologies, possibilities of the sub-discipline in the country today, and the implications thereof.

For more information contact Dr Puleng Segalo at segalpj@unisa.ac.za

Symposium 2

Inside-out Outside-in: Prison experiences and communities

This symposium seeks to engage community psychology approaches and perspectives to the diverse communities that exist in and around correctional systems. The focus will be on initiatives that cross the boundaries between the inside and outside of prisons. Examples are the development of tertiary education opportunities for prisoners, issues of social reintegration and recidivism after release, issues relating to the families and relatives of prisoners, and the collaborative generation and dissemination of knowledge about prison experiences and circumstances.

For more information, contact Prof Eduard Fourie at fourime@unisa.ac.za