Group-Analytic Contexts, Issue 80, June 2018

50 Group-Analytic Society International - Contexts
abstracts - Katrin Stumptner came to London one weekend.
It is both difficult and advisable to have joint chairs. Difficult
because a lot of the detailed administration fell to the local Chair and
we needed much better administrative support. At the very first
moment of entering the contract between the symposium
administration (in Berlin 2017: Geber & Reusch) and organisation of
LOC & GASI, the distribution of administrative responsibilities
between SC and the symposium administration should be clarified.
The SC needs support from the symposium administration
(distribution of the abstracts, requiring of rooms, etc.)
Good to have joint Chairs as we could talk things through and
tended to meet weekly on Skype. There were loads of detailed
decisions that needed quick responses through shared information.
New Initiatives
Meet the Authors: Set up to celebrate the number of books being
published and launched since the last symposium. Great help from
Kjersti Solberg-Lyngstad. We need to write to everyone to see how it
went. Some people said they were a success but for others, not well
attended. Needs a better time in the Programme or perhaps an evening
when there could be a sort of book fair??? We really do need to
celebrate our colleagues hard work and be aware of the many
languages in which the books are written.
Scientific Programme (SP) themes for the four days:
- SP working with refugees (Regine Scholz, John Schlapobersky)
- SP working with children (Katrin Stumptner)
- SP working with violence (Pam Kleinot)
SP theme for three days:
- SP social unconscious (Earl Hopper, Haim Weinberg)
SP theme for two days:
- SP research (Kristian Valbak)
It was the first time there was a focus on group-analysis with children
and this was a great success.
Leaderless Groups
How did they go? Women’s Leaderless Group - a real success. We
had 25 women and began a very interesting process. (Sue Einhorn)
Feedback from other Leaderless Groups also very positive.