I appologize for the length of this mailing and to those of you not
interested in the thradition of the Field Theory of Kurt Lewin. But this is
one of the things I was really excited to help organize and hope that some
of you can come and visit this Conference which, in my opinion, is very
relevant to CHAT.
If you want more details, please send me a letter and I'll be happy to reply.
Ana
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The 7th International Kurt Lewin Conference
Field Theory: Its Roots, Branches and Connections
dedicated to the late
J.R.P. French and Donald Campbell
at
The University of California Los Angeles, Franz Hall
Los Angeles, September 5 - 8, 1996
Program
Thursday, September 5, 1996
4:15 - 7:00pm Registration at the DoubleTree Hotel
7:00 - 7:30pm Reception at the DoubleTree Hotel - President's Room
7:30 - 8:00pm Opening of the Conference and Greetings
by the SAFT Chair Albert Pepitone
Conference Orientation
Ana Marjanovic-Shane and Robert Kleiner
8:00pm Key Note Address
Alvin Zander
Are Kurt Lewin's Ideas Useful Today?
Friday, September 6, 1996
8:00 - 8:30am Registration - Franz Hall, Graduate Lounge Room 3423
8:30 - 10:30am Plenary: Room 2258A Franz Hall
Field Theory in Wider Context
Lloyd Strickland
V.M.Bekhterev's Energetic Approach and the "Reflex"
as a Phenomenon in Individuals and Groups: Theoretical
Relation to Field Theory
Tzvetanka Dobreva-Martinova
Field Theory in Eastern Europe: The Case of
Former Soviet Union and Bulgaria
Kurt Back
Roger Boskovic and Kurt Lewin: Pioneering Field Theory
in Physics and Psychology
Discussant: Katherine Hayles
10:30 - 10:45am Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15am A - Room 3435 (Graduate Reading Room)
Biological and/or Social Evolution and the Emergence
of Social Forms
Marilyn Brewer
On the Social Origins of Human Nature
Michael McGuire
Evolutionary biology and social forms
B - Room 3534
Kurt Lewin: Issues in Theory Building and Formalization
Robert Kleiner
Lewin and Vygotsky: New Insights
Haruki Sakai
A Math Model Approach to Festinger's (1957)
Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
12:15 - 1:00pm Plenary: Room 2258A
Invited Presentation
Moderator: Harold Kelley
Jyuji Misumi
Action Research on Leadership and Group
Decision in Accident Prevention
1:00 - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00 - 4:00pm A - Room 3435
New Issues in Small Group Research
Rie Gentzler
Redeveloping Identity: Reentry Women
Talk about Changing their Lives
Robert McKeage
The Influence of Group Size and Development
Patterns in the Effectiveness of Workplace Teams
Robert Moore
The Social Construction of Creative Behavior
B - Room 3534
Innovative Methods in the Study of Life Space and Culture
Dan Kelley
Two Prehistoric African Trade Routs
into the American Southwest
Xiao Jiaching
Fieldwork: Functions and Methods -
a Good Deal of Enlightenment from the Excavations
of Labau Jaiwa
Jamie Allen
How Culture Defines Itself in Music
4:00 - 4:15pm Coffee Break
4:15 - 6:15pm A - Room 3435
Lewinian Approaches to Moral Dilemmas in Today's World
Vicki Abt and Mel Seesholtz
Simulated Virtue and Other Distortions in the Electronic
Field: The Shameless World of TV Talkshows, Revisited
William F. Lawless and Teresa Castelao Lawless
The Interaction Context of Science: A Systems
Approach to Military Nuclear Waste
Jean Maria Arrigo
The Moral Dilemma of Nuclear Weapons Tests:
A Phenomenological Study
B - Room 3534
Sociocultural Determinants in the Process of
Meaning Construction
Eugene Matusov
In Search of Socio-Cultural Definition of Goal
Ana Marjanovic-Shane
Coordination between Actor's Goal and
Character's Intentions: Social Relationships,
Belief Systems and Meaning Construction
Dale Hample
The Interpersonal Conflict Situation's Climate
and its Effects on Messages
Saturday, September 7th, 1996
8:00 - 8:30am Registration - Franz Hall, Graduate Lounge Room 3423
8:30 - 10:30am A - Room 3435
Culture, Ethnicity, Identity and Values
Douglas Caulkins
Using Scenarios to Assess Cultural Consensus
and Cultural Criticism
Gui-Young Hong
The Sociocultural Construction of Just Worlds
through Lewinian and Vygotskian Lenses
Shen Heyong
The Chinese Heart and Psychology
B - Room 3534
Field Theory and Social Science in Africa:
Expanding Perspectives
Barnabas Okeke and Ben Sheku
What has Field Theory got to do with Africa?
Ben Sheku and Barnabas Okeke
The Nature of Scientific Activity in Africa:
Some Reflections and Extensions of the Field
Theoretical Approach
Benjamin Osare
10:30 - 10:45am Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15am A - Room 3435
Reevaluation of the Concept of "Life Space"
Robert Kleiner
Life Space in the Non-experimental Situation:
New Directions and Insights
Allan W. Wicker
Recent Conceptions of the Person Environment
Relationship in Ecological Psychology: a return
to Lewinian Life Space
B Room 3534
Groups and Group Conflict: A Historical Perspective
David Bargal
Training in Community Relations: Connecticut 1947
and Arab-Jewish Workshops 1997
Ralph White
Motivational Determinants of Aggressive Behavior
12:15 - 1:00pm Plenary - Room A279
Invited Presentation
John Popplestone and Marion White McPhearson
The Archives of the History of American Psychology,
Kurt Lewin and Field Theory
1:00 - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00 - 4:00pm A - Room 3435
Field theory, Motivation and Socialization
Virginia Blankenship
Level of Aspiration: Theory and Research in
Historical Perspective
Popie Mohring
Independence Training
B - Room 3534
Social Research and Community Development:
A Lewinian Perspective
Jennifer Mullett
If Community Development is the Melody, is
Community Action Research the Harmony -
And Who Sings the Lyrics?
Tom Sorensen
Why Can't a researcher Think like a Planner?
Frank Hawkinshire
Contributions of Social Psychology to Social Policy
4:00 - 4:15pm Coffee Break
4:15 - 4:45pm Eulogies Room 2258A
Eulogy of J.R.P. French by Bert Raven
Eulogy of Donald Campbell by Marilyn Brewer
4:45 - 6:00pm Business Meeting Room 2258A
Chair: Rie Gentzler
6:30 - 7:00pm Cocktail Hour - DoubleTree Hotel, President's Room
Awards - DoubleTree Hotel, President's Room
Introduction: R. Kleiner
Award giving by Beatrice Wright
7:00pm Banquet - DoubleTree Hotel, President's Room
Film Festival
Bernie Weiner
Lewin and Film
Sunday, September 8th, 1996
9:00-11:00am Plenary Room 2258A
Fritz Heider: Toward a Fuller Appreciation
Harold Kelley
Marijana Benesh-Weiner
Aroldo Rodrigues
11:00-11:15am Coffee Break
11:30-1:00pm Plenary: Room 2258A
Religion and Power
Bert Raven
Religions as Mechanisms of Social Control
Leonard Blumberg
Faith and Fear, Church and State: Concepts
Propositions and Conclusions
Albert Pepitone
Non-material Beliefs
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Dr. Ana Marjanovic-Shane
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