February 21 - May 23, 2019. Social Therapeutics: A Search for Method for Our Times - with Lois Holzman & Guests.
Happy New Year, Everyone! There are still spaces available for Lois Holzman's online seminar (see below). Melissa Meyer International Programs **** The East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy presents[ Social Therapeutics: A Search for Method for Our Times with Lois Holzman & Guests February 21 - May 23, 2019/b] The world is a wicked stage upon which we all perform our lives. The paradox of people trying to perform decent lives on a wicked stage sometimes becomes overwhelming....But although the stage is wicked, it does not follow that life is wicked. -[b]Sir Malcolm Muckerex, A character in Fred Newman's play, Life Upon the Wicked Stage We live in chaotic and some would say dark times. It often feels daunting to come up with tools to move forward. The familiar tools do not seem to be yielding humane results. This calls into question our understanding of tools and their results. In their provocative 1997 book Fred Newman and Lois Holzman called for "the end of knowing" and proposed a new conception of tool, of understanding and of development -- social therapeutics. Now some twenty years later their radical philosophizing and grassroots organizing are more relevant than ever, offering a positive, creative way forward on the wicked stage of the 21st century. In this advanced, 12-week course we will explore the foundations of Newman and Holzman's social therapeutics and its current practice. Led by Institute co-founder, Lois Holzman, the course will include guest faculty whose work in diverse communities and environments in the US and internationally is strongly influenced by this approach. In this course we will explore: The improvisational performance of developmental learning The collapse of contemporary liberalism Mental illness and alienation The performatory dialectic of being-and-becoming Human activity-practical-critical, tool-and-result, revolutionary Performed emotive conversations A hallmark of the Institute's study programs are its participants - coming from every continent and multiplicity of fields. We welcome applicants - researchers, scholars and practitioners - from a range of disciplines. A 12-Week Developmental Challenge We begin with a five-week intensive study of Newman and Holzman's The End of Knowing: A New Developmental Way of Learning, which addresses the practical question of how to reconstruct our world in the wake of modernism's colossal failure to solve social problems. With the support of presentations by, and intensive dialogue with, guest faculty, we continue with an exploration of contemporary on-the-ground projects that incorporate playful philosophizing and social therapeutics in their daily activity. Create the Conversation Conferencing - Every other week Zoom conference calls and live sessions with guest faculty. Online discussion - Ongoing and continuous discussion on source materials, assignments and the work of guest faculty. It's asynchronous so you can read and post at any time. Tuition: $525. (Students are responsible for purchasing required texts.) For more information and to apply go to: http://eastsideinstitute.org/training/social-therapeutics-online/ APPLICATION Social Therapeutics: A Search for Method for Our Times Date______________________ Name ________________________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________________ City___________________________________ State__________________________ Zip/Postal Code____________ Country______________________________________ Telephone (home)________________________ (work)_________________________ (cell)_______________________________ (fax)_______________________________ Email address__________________________________________________________ Profession and Current Employment ________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION (BACHELOR’S AND ABOVE) Institution______________________________________________________________ Years Attended_____________Degree____________________________________________ Department and/or Concentration_________________________________________________ Institution______________________________________________________________ Years Attended_____________Degree____________________________________________ Department and/or Concentration_________________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Institution_________________________________________________________________ Title/Position_______________________________________________________________ Dates____________________________________________________________________ Institution_____________________________________________________ Title/Position__________________________________________________ Dates__________________________ RELATED PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION Professional licenses or certificates ___________________________________ Areas of interest______________________________________ INTEREST IN SOCIAL THERAPEUTICS A. In what ways do you resonate with the following statement of the East Side Institute: “As progressives we have come to believe that if people address the issue of human development—in direct and practical ways—we might indeed change the world.” B. In what ways does this statement: “The fundamental insight of twentieth century physics - relationships are more fundamental than things - has yet to penetrate the social sciences and the social world.” You may attach additional pages. REFERENCES List two professional references we may contact regarding your application. Name: Title: Institution/Organization: Address: Phone: Email: Name: Title: Institution/Organization: Address: Phone: Email: Email or mail completed and signed application to Melissa Meyer at mmeyer@eastsideinstitute.org. Hand written applications will not be accepted. Date:_______________________ Signature:_____________________________
