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Events

01 Sep

Posted at 14:09h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Health Care, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Politics, Publications, Theatre

  The Performing the World 2016 newsletters can't help but inspire you. Each newsletter features some of the creative performance activists presenting September 23-25 at this important gathering. Check back for more newsletters over the next two weeks.  ...

16 Jul

Posted at 20:52h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Health Care, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Play, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Theatre, What's New, Youth Development

Performing the World (PTW) is a cross-disciplinary gathering of practitioners and scholars from every continent. Participants include performers and performance scholars, psychologists and social workers, physicians and nurses, educators and youth workers, community organizers and activists, and all others for whom performance, play and the creative/expressive arts offer a new...

09 May

Posted at 16:06h in Events, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming, Vygotsky, What's New

On Friday evening, April 29, 2016 I hosted a conversation with life-span developmental and cultural psychologist Joe Glick, Professor Emeritus at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The event was part of the East Side Institute’s ongoing series, “Making a Conceptual Revolution,” at which I interview...

19 Feb

Posted at 14:37h in Events, Interviews, Look and Listen, Overweight Brain Mini Blog, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, What's New

Thanks to the dozens of people who created conversation with me the week of Februry 8-12 on my book-in-progress, The Overweight Brain. You can view the online running conversation—so thoughtful and playful—and view or listen to the live chat. Video recording of the webinar with Lois Holzman on The Overweight Brain: Audio...

27 Jan

Posted at 17:31h in Events, Human Development, I Like This, Interviews, Look and Listen, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy

Eric Maisel is conducting 100+ interviews on the future of mental health and posting them on his Psychology Today blog. Each week, he's summarizing them at Mad in America. Here's week 1's summary of The Future of Mental Health Interview Series And here's links to each interview Day 1: Bonnie Burstow on feminist psychotherapy and...

14 Jan

Posted at 18:08h in Culture, Events, Human Development, Philosophy

On January 25, 2016  I’ll be interviewing Ananta Kumar Giri, associate professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies in Tamil Nadu, India, as part of the Side Institute’s “Making a Conceptual Revolution” series. Professor Giri is a fascinating person whose interests include social movements and cultural change, creativity and...

09 Jan

Posted at 01:43h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, What's New

There's lots of activity around the 9th Performing the World conference/happening to be held in New York City Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. Proposals are due February 21, so please help spread the word (and get your proposals in)! I've heard from PTW old timers who are designing sessions across...

11 Dec

Posted at 19:12h in Applied Theatre, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Play, Politics, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Theatre, What's New, Youth Development

  ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PROPOSALS September 23-25, 2016 Deadline for Proposals: February 21, 2016 The ninth Performing the World (PTW) conference will be held in New York City, Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. As the practice, understanding and appreciation for performance and play continue to grow, the world context in which...

27 Sep

Posted at 16:00h in Community Organizing, Events, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, What's New

    Can We Perform Our Way to Power? The ninth Performing the World (PTW) conference will be held in New York City, Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. As the practice, understanding and appreciation for performance and play continue to grow, the world context in which it spreads becomes more conflicted....