Programme & Abstracts The Fifth International Conference on the Dialogical Self Queens College, Cambridge, United Kingdom August 26-29th, 2008 The Fifth International Conference on the Dialogical Self Scientific Committee Hubert Hermans (Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands) (Chair) William Gomes (Psychological Institue UFRGS, Brazil) Miguel Gonçalves (University of Minho, Portugal) Alex Gillespie (University of Stirling, UK) Beatrice Ligorio (University of Bari, Italy) Shinichi Mizokami (Kyoto University, Japan) Peter Raggatt (James Cook University, Australia) Katarzyna Stemplewska (Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland) Jaan Valsiner (Clark University, USA) Leni Verhofstadt-Deneve (Ghent University, Belgium) Tania Zittoun (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland) Organizing Committee Alex Gillespie (University of Stirling, UK) (Co-Chair) Tania Zittoun (University of Nauchatel, Switzerland) (Co-Chair) Emma-Loiuse Aveling (University of Cambridge, UK) Mick Cooper (University of Strathclyde, UK) Gerard Duveen (University of Cambridge, UK) Hannah C Hale (University College Dublin, Ireland) Hubert Hermans (Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands) Carol Jaspers (University of Stirling, UK) Irini Kadianaki (University of Cambridge, UK) Mariann Märtsin (University of Bath, UK) Helen Moore (University of Stirling, UK) Ben Tyler (University of Stirling, UK) Brady Wagoner (University of Cambridge, UK) Lisa Whittaker (University of Stirling, UK) Introduction to the Conference The concept of dialogical self is a new development in psychology which combines the work of theorists such as Bakhtin and James with the latest developments in cultural, cognitive and social psychology and in psychotherapy. This new approach is closely related to narrative psychology, constructivism, and cultural psychology, but the focus is upon the multivoiced self. According to the concept of the dialogical self, the individual self is social in origin and dialogical in function. The self reflects and appropriates the voices of society and significant others, and within the functioning of the self we find these voices in dialogue. Exploration of the dialogical self has broad scope, ranging from literary sciences to brain research and from empirical psychology to psychotherapy practice. It brings together different fields of psychology, such as personality, developmental, social, and clinical psychology. Across these diverse fields, the concept of the dialogical self provides an interdisciplinary platform for innovative research, theory and practice. The Fifth International Conference on the Dialogical Self will focus upon the self and dialogue and the ways in which meaning is constructed and reconstructed. The purpose of the conference is to organize interchange and discussion of problems related to the dialogical self across the boundaries of specific (sub)disciplines. As such, the Fifth International Conference on the Dialogical Self is open to psychologists and representatives of other social sciences and arts. From the first Conference in Nijmegen (2000), through the second Conference in Gent (2002), the third Conference in Warsaw (2004), and the fourth Conference in Braga (2006), these International Conferences on the dialogical self have served as exciting meeting places for theoreticians, researchers, psychotherapists and trainers interested in exploring the implications of the dialogical self in their fields of work. We trust that the fifth conference will further enhance this lively field of research Programme -------------------------------------- Day 1 Fitzpatrick Hall Bowett Room Old Kitchens 11:00- 2:00 Registration At the Conference Registration Office 12:00-2:00 Tea & coffee In the conservatory and bar area 2:00-2:40 Welcome Reception In the Fellows' Garden (beside the Erasmus building) 2:40-3:00 Introduction Hermans & Organisers - Introduction (Fitzpatrick Hall) 3:00-4:40 Presentations Symposium 1: Experimental approach to Symposium 2: Hearing what is not yet said: Panel Discussion 1: The integration of dialogical self microanalysis of development in the psychotherapy with medication: A Organiser: Stemplewska-Żakowicz dialogical self dialogical resolution of existing Discussant: Barresi Organisers: Abbey & Cunha counselling/ psycho-pharmacological Architecture of the discursive mind: Theoretical Discussant: Valsiner conflicts grounds for the research project The dialogical self in movement: Microgenesis Participants: Schureman, P. Lysaker, (Stemplewska-Żakowicz & Suszek). of change and stability in the self (Cunha & Dimaggio & Ward Experimental method of studying effectiveness Gonçalves). The experimental study of of different positioning techniques (Kobylinska transformation: Principles, history and & Suszek). Effectiveness of different application to the dialogical self (Wagoner). experimental techniques of positioning: Results Digging up thought’s skeleton: Exploring the of the pilot study (Stemplewska-Żakowicz & process of associogenesis (Surgan). Viewing Kobylińska). Two different methods of boundary process: Using ambiguity to ‘see’ positioning and personality traits in Five Factor what the dialogical self has to say (Abbey). Model (Szymczyk). 4:40-5:00 Tea & coffee In the conservatory and bar area 5:00-6:20 Presentations Symposium 3: Notions of psychological Symposium 4: Development of self as Symposium 5: Epistemological distancing and approximation applied to social phenomenon Foundations and methodological exactness psychotherapeutic dialogue Organisers: Reddy, Yilmaz & Zeedyk Guiding regarding research in the discursive Organisers: Simão, Albornoz & Pavez infant actions: Parental directives in two science Approximation, distancing and sense cultures (Reddy, Hicks, Jonnalgadda, Liebal Organiser: Mussoni negotiation in I-other relationships (Simão). & Chintalapuri). Maternal role in the Introduction: Mussoni & Turchi Psychological distancing as a tool to development of self-awareness in early infancy: The dialogical identity as a discursive understand a therapeutic encounter A Scottish perspective (Yilmaz). Early mother- configuration: what scientific foundation? (Tesi (Albornoz). Psychological distancing: A infant mirror play in Turkish and UK cultures & Maiuro). Methodological correctness of therapeutic device (Pavez). (Zeedyk). research in the discursive science field (Sarasin, Fattori, Turchi & Durante). The change process of the discursive configuration ‘consumption of drugs’: A research (Mazzotti, Turchi, Zamboni, Zamai & Dal Bon). 7:00-8:00 Social events Punting tours and walking tours of Cambridge - sign up at the reception desk 8:00-9:00 Dinner In Cripps Dining Hall *Only for conference participants who have booked accommodation 6:00-12:00 Bar The bar in the conservatory will be open Tuesday 26th ---------------------------------- Erasmus Room Armitage Room DD47 Foyer Workshop 1: Resolving inner conflict, Paper Session 1: Communication Paper Session 2: Dialogical self & literature Book stall building inner harmony - the negotiational Chair: Linell Chair: Simão self workshop The role of teachers' self dialogue in regulating “I See You Face to Face”: The Poet-Reader Organisers: Nir classroom dialogue (Chak). 'Foot in the door' Relationship in Waltwhitman's Leaves of Grass technique of social influence and positioning (Desai). Narrative therapy in Joseph Conrad's (Zalewski). Translation and Cultural Dialogue: Heart of Darkness (1902) and Ford Madox Semantic Construction and Communicative Ford's The Good Soldier (1915) (Deyab). A Reconstruction (Fan-yu In). Do different transition of the voiceless into the multi-voiced speech-acts better work with different self self: An empirical study of gender in the plays domains? Communication and cognition as a of Vijay Tendulkar (Malhotra). The dialogical double function of dialogue (Popescu & self in Nathalie Sarraute's You Don't Love Radu). English as a lingua franca (ELF) users' Yourself (Langhelle). multivoiced selves: the case of binational EFL couples (Dervin). Meet the Author: Peter Zomer Paper Session 3: Migration & self Paper Session 4: Tools in therapy Paper Session 5: Parenthoods Book stall Chair: César Chair: Gonçalves Chair: Zittoun Intercultural adjustment, culture shock and the The Personal Position Repertoire as an Does the world move after women talk? dialogical self (Varhegyi). Cultural identity instrument for distinguishing clinical and non- Meaning making processes around pregnancy development of Portuguese students in British clinical narratives (dos Santos & Gomes). and childbirth from a mother-daughter schools: Drawing from the notion of symbolic Personification and the Dialogical Self conversational setting (Bastos, Chaves & Sá) resources (Hale & de Abreu). Birds of (Rowan). Rhythms of the Dialogical Self Traversing adoptive parenthood: A dialogical passage: disillusion and surprise (König). (Chaplin). I am Sustainability: How a novel inquiry (Bhargava). Dialogical self and agency embodied dialogical self can save the planet in father identity processes (Salguero & (Wensing). Pérez). Intergeneration dialogues: Contributions to dialogical analysis of human development from a study on the communication between grandparents and grandchildren (Marangoni & Oliveira). -------------------------------------- Day 2 Fitzpatrick Hall Bowett Room Old Kitchens 7:30-8:30 Breakfast In Cripps Dining Hall *Only for conference participants who have booked accommodation 8:30-10:10 Presentations Symposium 6: Dialogical self and Symposium 7: Dialogical mind