Dear all,
This is an invitation to participate in two symposia: one about
emotions, and one about the specific concept of "perezhyvanie". Ana
Marjanovic-Shane will submit this second one, and I will submit the
first one.
In both symposia, the idea of working about emotions involves two
kind of research:
Research focusing on the study of emotions
Research that involve some analysis/discussion about emotions,
rather than only superficially acknowledging them.
The challenge in these two symposia is to present what is what CHAT
offers for the understanding of emotions, i.e. what is our research
contributing to the understanding of emotions?, what are our
findings?, and mainly, what are the implications for practice (both
in terms of policy making and in terms of the work of practitioners)
that make CHAT an important approach to develop? I see this as a
collective task, in which many of us are engaged, and despite our
differences, we are in the way of constructing a CHAT approach
necessary to understand (and ‘do things’ taking into account)
emotions, in the context of the educational and social challenges
that we face in contemporary societies.
As there is a growing group of scholars that have worked about
perezhyvanie (or maybe perezhivanije), a concept that is not easy to
translate into English, the idea is that this might generate a
particular interest in the concept, and its implications to research
practices and other kind of practices in education. In this way,
this particular symposium will be submitted for people that work on
the concept and want to present what it offers to the understanding
of emotions.
Why we want to submit two symposia?
Last year we submitted a ‘big’ symposium about emotions (i.e. a
symposium with many presenters), and it can make more sense if we
submit two, in order to have two slots to further discuss on these
issues. This is why we thought that a second symposium could be
submitted on this particular concept of perezhyvanie.
I suggest the following questions that we can address in both
symposia:
How do you understand emotions in CHAT?
What is the specificity of CHAT compared to other (or another)
approach(es): psychoanalysis, social and emotional learning –SEL-,
emotional intelligence, emotional labour, emotions in contemporary
neuroscience, etc.?
What kind of methodologies we have developed in CHAT in order to
study emotions (audio, video, conversation analysis, etc.)? And how
do these methodologies are linked to the theoretical construction of
a CHAT approach?
How do we study emotions in CHAT to avoid 'dichotomies' such as
cognition/emotion, individual/social, etc.?
What are the practical implications of the study of emotions in
CHAT? This can involve considerations that go from practical
implications (for example to practitioners such as teachers or
psychotherapists), to political implications.
In the second symposia, this question would involve a discussion
about the concept of perezhyvanie. Ana foresees that the fourth
question might be particularly addressed in it, but all the other
questions can make sense for engaging in rich discussions about
emotions in this symposium as well.
In both symposia, the questions work as a general structure, which
will be accommodated according to the people that express interest.
You might want to discuss one, two or three of the questions. Please
consider that the time is quite tight (possibly 10 to 15 minutes for
each person). Depending on what the people that participate choose
to discuss, the shape and focus that each of the two symposia will
take. We might select to focus in one or some of the questions
depending on the presenters’ interests.
As this year there was some criticism of the organisation in small
groups, for next year we can try to have conventional presentations
in a row, and maybe invite more than one discussant of the papers.
However, other organisations might be agreed among the participants
in each symposium.
All these are general outlines but the actual shape of each symposia
will be defined depending on the interests of the people presenting.
What we need to do?
If you are interested, please send an expression of interest as soon
as possible, defining in few lines what questions you would be
interested in addressing. Please write to Ana (ana@zmajcenter.org)
and me (m.encinas@ioe.ac.uk) – preferably please not to xmca, as
this just saturates everybody’s inbox.
Then, by the 10th of July, please send what is stated by AERA call
for proposals:
A summary (maximum of 500 words) of your paper/presentation which
needs to address “the basic elements of a research or scholarly
paper/presentation” (http://aera.net/uploadedFiles/Publications/Journals/Educational_Researcher/3804/301-322_05EDR09.pdf
):
- Objectives or purposes
- Perspective(s) or theoretical framework
- Methods, techniques, or modes of inquiry
- Data sources, evidence, objects or materials
- Results and/or substantiated conclusions or warrants for
arguments/point of view
- Scientific or scholarly significance of the study or work.
(Theoretical or methodological papers must include information
equivalent to element 4.)
Also:
- Each presenter must indicate whether the research being
conducted for the paper has been reviewed for human research
protection and approved by an institutional review board (IRB) or
that IRB review is “Not Applicable."
- Each presenter will be asked to indicate his/her
willingness to participate in the AERA Online Paper Repository.
Participation is encouraged. If the option is selected, the final
commentary paper will be placed in the Repository.
- All presenters at accepted symposium, structured poster,
working group roundtable, and demonstrate/performance sessions must
prepare and upload a paper or commentary paper into the AERA online
submission system at least three weeks before the start of the
Annual Meeting. Papers or commentary papers are a maximum of 1,000
words. Papers will be available to all participants in the session.
Best wishes,
Mabel
Mabel Encinas
m.encinas@ioe.ac.uk
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