Speculative lunch around the theme of Relationships
Relationships as a concept is central in many social scientific and other disciplines. Social relationships are often seen at the core of social science: society is what happens between people, objects and places, in interactions. In education, for example, relationships between teachers and students are key for student outcomes and as ‘protective factors’ for addressing risks of social exclusion or marginalisation among vulnerable students. In clinical psychology, relationships are instrumental in forming our core belief about ourselves and the world since a young age, and as such supporting individuals to develop secure attachment and social support is an important goal in psychotherapies. In arts and humanities one might think of relationships between reader and text; artist and work; or the important, emerging, relationship is that between production, representation, and consumption in culture. Many theories and methods have been developed across the arts, humanities and social sciences to explore the nature, structure and influence of relationships, depending on research topics and goals. The speculative lunch will provide an opportunity to discuss different ways of conceptualising and gaging relationships by researchers across schools and disciplines in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, with the aim to generate discussion, debate and cross-fertilization.
The initiators are:
Dr Nataša Pantić, Chancellor's Fellow – Lecturer from the School of Education, with interests in transformative power of interpersonal relationships in education and mixed method approaches to study of teacher relationships with students, families, school staff and other professionals.
Dr Gil Viry, Chancellor’s Fellow – Lecturer from the School of Social and Political Science, with interests bridging the fields of spatial mobilities, social networks, family and personal relationships.
Dr Stella Chan, Chancellor’s Fellow – Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, with research interests in youth mental health, in particular biological and psychosocial factors contributing to risk and resilience for adolescent depression.
Staff and PGR students from CAHSS are welcome to join us in the speculative lunch for an initial exploration of our common interests across disciplines. The lunch will take place at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square, on 15 December 2016 at 12:30 -14:00.
If you would like to attend, please email iash@ed.ac.uk