15th Annual Meeting of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
in Istanbul, Turkey, 2010
Host, Organizer and Convener: Hayal Köksal, Ph.D.
A big thank-you to you, dear Hayal!
How to get to Istanbul
Where to stay in Istanbul
• Frame
• List of Conveners
• Programme
• List of Participants
• Papers
• What happened in our previous meetings? Please see Newsletters!
Frame
by Linda Hartling, 2004, Ph.D., Associate Director, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College, Boston, USA
In our meetings we aim at creating a humiliation-free, collaborative learning environment characterized by mutual respect, mutual empathy, and openness to difference. The perspective of "appreciative enquiry" is a useful frame of our work. Our HumanDHS efforts are not just about the work we do together, but also about HOW WE WORK TOGETHER. At appropriate points during our meetings, for example at the end of each day, we take a moment to reflect on the practices observed that contributed to an appreciative/humiliation-free learning experience.
It is important to emphasize that an appreciative approach is not about expecting people to agree. In fact, differences of opinion enrich the conversation and deepen people's understanding of ideas. Perhaps, this could be conceptualized as "waging good conflict" (Jean Baker Miller), which means practicing radical respect for differences and being open to a variety of perspectives and engaging others without contempt or rankism. As we have seen in many fields, contempt and rankism drain energy away from the important work that needs to be done. Most people only know "conflict" as a form of war within a win/lose frame. "Waging good conflict," on the other side, is about being empathic and respectful, making room for authenticity, creating clarity, and growth.
Please read An Appreciative Frame: Beginning a Dialogue on Human Dignity and Humiliation, that Linda has written for us in 2005.
Please see also Appreciative Facilitation: Hints for Round Table Moderators, kindly written in February 2006 by Judith Thompson to support the moderators of our workshops.
Please see furthermore Buddhist Teachings on Right Speech, which relate to our quest for appreciative enquiry, caring and being.
List of Conveners
Hayal Köksal, Ph.D., Host, Organizer and Convener
Hayal Köksal, Ph.D., is a Member of the HumanDHS Global Advisory Board, and the HumanDHS Education Team.
She is a teacher-trainer, researcher, and author. She is the Turkish Founder of the “ WCTQEE-CMS-QOMER Initiative for Peace Education.” She is the advisor and coordinator of the Innovative Teachers Program of Microsoft Turkey, and consultant of Educational Quality, Leadership and Project Management. Dr. Köksal was born in Balikesir, Turkey in 1956. She graduated from Izmir Teachers' Training College in 1976, and Educational Faculty of Marmara University in 1985. She received her MA in English Language Teaching from Gaziantep University in 1992, and her Ph.D. in Educational Sciences in 1997 from the same institution. [read more]
Please see
From the Past to the Future: Istanbul and Her Sister European Capitals of Culture by Hayal Köksal.
Linda Hartling, Ph.D., Supporting the Convener
Linda M. Hartling, Ph.D., is also a Member of the HumanDHS Global Advisory Board, HumanDHS Global Core Team, HumanDHS Global Coordinating Team, HumanDHS Research Team, and HumanDHS Education Team. She is furthermore a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (JHDHS).
Dr. Linda Hartling is the Associate Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute (JBMTI) at the Stone Center, which is part of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Dr. Hartling is a member of the JBMTI theory-building group advancing the practice of the Relational-Cultural Theory, which is a new model of psychological development. In addition, Dr. Hartling coordinates and contributes to training programs, publications, and special projects for the JBMTI. She holds a doctoral degree in clinical/community psychology and has published papers on resilience, substance abuse prevention, shame and humiliation, relational practice in the workplace, and Relational-Cultural Theory. [read more]
Associate Director, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College, Boston, USA. Linda Hartling is a Member of the HumanDHS Board of Directors, a Member of the HumanDHS Global Advisory Board, Global Core Team, and Education Team. She is furthermore a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (JHDHS).
Please see the preliminary draft of Linda's paper for Round Table 2 of our 2005 NY Workshop Humiliation: Real Pain, A Pathway to Violence.
Please see furthermore Humiliation: Assessing the Impact of Derision, Degradation, and Debasement, first published by: The Journal of Primary Prevention, 19(4): 259-278, co-authored with T. Luchetta, 1999,
and please see also:
Shame and Humiliation: From Isolation to Relational Transformation, the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute (JBMIT), Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College No. 88, Wellesley, MA 02481, co-authored with Wendy Rosen, Maureen Walker, Judith V. Jordan, 2000.
See also:
Humiliation and Assistance: Telling the Truth About Power, Telling a New Story, paper prepared for "Beyond Humiliation: Encouraging Human Dignity in the Lives and Work of All People," 5th Annual Meeting of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies in Berlin, 15th -17th September, 2005.
Evelin Gerda Lindner, M.D., Ph.D. (Dr. med.), Ph.D. (Dr. psychol.), Supporting the Convener
Social Scientist, Founding Director and President of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS), recipient of the 2006 SBAP Award, anchored at the Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network, New York, furthermore affiliated to the University of Oslo, Department of Psychology (see http://folk.uio.no/evelinl/), Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Department of Psychology (see http://psyweb.svt.ntnu.no/ansatte/), and affiliated to the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, teaching, furthermore, in South East Asia, the Middle East, and other places globally. [read more]
Programme
Still to be developed:
Tentative List of Participants
• Ragnhild Nilsen and Michael Schulte
The Role of Dignity and Humiliation for Fair Trade
• Stephanie Heuer
HumanDignity for Children: Finding a Voice for Dignity
• Bertram and Anne Wyatt-Brown
Papers
All participants are warmly invited to send in papers.
Please notify us, if you wish to submit any of your papers also as a book chapter or as a journal article.
Please see earlier submitted papers here:
• List of All Publications
• Papers and Notes for the 2004 Workshop on Humiliation and Violent Conflict
• Papers and Notes for the 2005 Workshop on Humiliation and Violent Conflict
• Papers and Notes for the 2006 Workshop on Humiliation and Violent Conflict
