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Keynote Speakers
(Please click on names for a description of their talk and
a brief biographical synopsis)
Dr Jane Goodall, DBE.
Reason for Hope
Wednesday 10th August, 14.30 - 15.30pm
Professor Ernesto Spinelli.
Existential Psychotherapy and the Value of Relatedness
Thursday 11th August, 9.15 - 10.15 am
Professor Amedeo Giorgi.
The Role of Values in Human Scientific Psychology
Friday 12th August, 9.15 - 10.15 am
Professor George Kunz.
Psychology for the Other: Emmanuel Levinas' distinctive contribution
Saturday 13th August, 9.15 - 10.15am
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Welcome
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to
join us in being part of the 24th International Human Sciences
Research Conference. Established in 1982, the conference initially
attracted psychologists, educators, sociologists and nurses
who were interested in the philosophical and methodological
challenges of studying human experience in qualitative and
non-reductionistic ways. An indebtedness to the philosophical
traditions of phenomenology, hermeneutics and existentialism
was acknowledged. Since this time, the focus has broadened
to include a wide range of disciplines and alternative qualitative
approaches. Such diversity has been welcomed and has enriched
the debate about the boundaries and directions of human science
research.
Over the years, the conference has included qualitative researchers
from other orientations such as grounded theory and social
constructionism. This welcome diversity announces a tension:
between coherence and openness. And it also raises a question:
Are there values which bind us as human science researchers?
This is the theme that we would like to offer for consideration
at the 2005 conference.
From time to time, the conference has visited the theme of
values. For example, from 1992: "the ultimate purpose
of human science research is a moral one: To humanize everyday
life by producing scientific knowledge that is action-sensitive
rather than purely theoretical. Such knowledge is radically
empirical because it is gained through disciplined descriptions
and interpretations of lived experience." And from 1988:
"….we are searching to discover that which is fundamentally
human."
It may be timely to revisit some of these issues and we very
much hope that you can join us here in Bournemouth in 2005.
Immy Holloway, Kate Galvin, Les Todres
Conference Organisers
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