CONSTRUCTIVISM -       
      THE WAY FORWARD!



 
8th to 11th April 2006
The VIIIth Biennial Conference of the European Personal Construct Association
Kristianstad, Sweden

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About the Conference
George Kelly (1955) said that Personal Construct Psychology should be fertile in producing new ideas, in generating hypotheses, in provoking experimentation, in encouraging inventions. He encouraged us to strive to make our theoretical position provocative and hence fertile.

At the 8th EPCA conference we would like to welcome contributions exploring the theme Constructivism – The Way Forward. The conference will seek to highlight the strong potential of PCP  for addressing issues that are of contemporary concern and give examples of how Kelly’s work can be applied across a wide range of disciplines.

The social and creative dimension of the conference is considered of vital interest. Therefore while welcoming papers, we actively encourage offers of symposia, workshops, interactive presentations and discussions that embrace the conference theme.

The conference venue is chosen for its potential to facilitate the social and creative aspect of the conference. Bäckaskog Slott (Castle) is a very well-reputed conference venue with which our University has had a long co-operation. Among their recurrent guests are several Swedish Universities and the Nobel committee. The management and staff are looking forward to our conference and they will be doing their very best to make our stay pleasant and enjoyable. We are convinced that conference delegates will find that Bäckaskog Slott provides the right setting and atmosphere for researchers and practitioners to share their mutual interest in PCP and in developing ideas on constructivism.

Get a taste of the atmosphere by visiting the picture galleries of Bäckaskog and of Kristianstad and the Baltic coast!

Conference delegates will have several opportunities to participate in social activities.

In order for the delegates to get to know "our" castle we have arranged a guided tour through the Castle. We will embark upon a journey through time and space, starting in the year 1250, where you will meet monks, kings, fair maidens and maybe even the castle ghost.
  • A sightseeing tour along the coast is arranged. We will be enjoying lunch at a fish restaurant overlooking the sea and harbour in the small and picturesque village of Kivik. Thereafter we will be going north to the medieval town of Åhus where we will visit the famous Absolut Company (http://absolut.com) and the glass workshop Studio Glashyttan (http://www.studioglashyttan.se) where unique crystal with very personal design and exquisite quality is produced.
  • The recently started network arts & personal construct psychology is planning to arrange "An Evening of Creative Construing". Conference delegates willing to contribute to this event by playing music, reciting her/his poems, dancing, acting in a scene - why not from Romeo and Juliet? - are invited to contact Vivien Burr (v.burr@hud.ac.uk) or Jörn Scheer (joern.scheer@joern-scheer.de).
  • The conference dinner will held at Bäckaskog Slott. We will be enjoying a delicious meal and a troubadour performing songs from Sweden’s great poet Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795). (http://hem.passagen.se/iblis/bellman.html).
We hope that you will find the 8th Conference of the European Personal Construct Association (EPCA) a positive and memorable experience which in all aspects reflects its theme.
 
Warm welcome to Sweden and Bäckaskog in April!

Marie-Louise Österlind



The support of the University of Kristianstad is gratefully acknowledged.

EPCA The conference is organised by Marie-Louise Österlind, University of Kristianstad,
on behalf of the European Personal Construct Association