2nd Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies in Paris in 2003
12th - 13th September 2003
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de l'Homme, Paris
Please see the Conference Notes, including pictures! (thanks dear Becca!)
See also the First Newsletter of HumanDHS
Programme
Day One, 12th September 2003
9.00 Welcoming All Participants
9.05 Participants Presented Themselves
10.00 Humiliation: How to Defuse Conflict and Violence in the World and Our Lives
Presentation by Evelin Lindner. This presentation also includes a short overview over the current state-of-the-art from Lindner's perspective and it includes a presentation of the envisaged Center for Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies. Evelin G. Lindner is the Founding Director and President of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS). She is a transdisciplinary social scientist, affiliated with the Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network, New York, the University of Oslo, Norway, Department of Psychology (folk.uio.no/evelinl/), and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris. Lindner teaches globally, including in South East Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, and other places globally. [read more]
11.00 Pause
11.30 Appreciative Psychology and Humiliation
Presentation by Donald Klein, Union Institute and University, USA
12.30 Lunch
14.00 The Participants Were Welcomed by Hinnerk Bruhns, Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Adjoint à l'Administrateur de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
14.30 Shame and Humiliation : From Isolation to Relational Transformation
Presentation by Linda Hartling, Wellesley College, USA
16.00 Pause
16.30 Short Presentations
Male Roles and Humiliation by Hassan Abdi Keynan, UNESCO Islamabad
African Renaissance and Humiliation by Eric van Grasdorff, University of Berlin , Germany
The Construction of Collective Memory and Humiliation by Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, University of Geneva and University of Rwanda
17.30 Roundtable Discussion
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The impact of humiliation: Obstacles to creating understanding
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Promising practices: Transforming humiliation interpersonally, socially, nationally, and internationally
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Understanding the intersection of humiliation, social control, and power
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Anti-humiliation activism: What works?
18.00 End of Day One
Day Two, 13 th September 2003
9.00 Saying Good-Morning to Each Other
10.00 Bullying and Humiliation. Methodological and Theoretical Reflections Based on a Case Study
Presentation by Vidar Vambheim, University of Tromsø, Norway
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Presentation by Arne Næss, University of Oslo
Arne Næss speaks about his life work and shares his reflections, thoughts and comments with the participants as to how he sees future work in the field of Human Dignity and Humiliation
15.00 Pause
15.30 Round-Table Discussion
Wrapping up and planning for future Annual Meetings and ways of cooperation between participants
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Participants are invited to present their plans for their future work in relation to the topic of humiliation
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Participants are invited to develop ideas for future Annual Meetings and in which way they should be shaped
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Participants are invited to contribute with feedback to the planning of the Center for Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
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Participants are invited to reflect in which ways they may wish to contribute to the Center for Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
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Planning for the future Annual Meeting
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Planning for contributions to the development of the Center for Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies