International Conference „Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life”

This con­fe­rence explo­res the con­duct of ever­y­day life in con­tem­po­ra­ry socie­ty. Alt­hough the stu­dy of ever­y­day life has a long tra­di­ti­on within the social and human sci­en­ces, the ques­ti­on of how human beings as acti­ve sen­suous sub­jects live their ever­y­day life is rare­ly included in theo­re­ti­cal and empi­ri­cal rese­arch. The con­fe­rence intends to explo­re the con­duct of ever­y­day life as a basis for under­stan­ding the dilem­mas and con­tra­dic­tions of how to live one’s life. How can we deve­lop know­ledge about and rese­arch into the acti­ve efforts of sub­jects to enga­ge in ever­y­day acti­vi­ties, tasks and par­ti­ci­pa­ti­ons across time and space? What kind of new forms of doing and thin­king ever­y­day life are emer­ging and how do they con­tri­bu­te to the rema­king of the social world? How to recon­cep­tua­li­ze sub­jec­ti­vi­ty, agen­cy and the pos­si­bi­li­ties for social and poli­ti­cal chan­ge? The con­fe­rence attempts to sub­stan­tia­te a cri­ti­cal situa­ted approach to the expe­ri­en­ces and actions of prac­ti­cing human life in today’s social and tech­no­lo­gi­cal world, and to deba­te how the stu­dy of sub­jects in the con­text of their con­duct of ever­y­day life can con­tri­bu­te to the deve­lo­p­ment of psy­cho­lo­gi­cal theo­ry, metho­do­lo­gy, and prac­ti­ce.

Ute Oster­kamp, Free Uni­ver­si­ty Ber­lin

Abs­tracts should be no lon­ger than 250 words and should include the full name, insti­tu­tio­nal affi­lia­ti­on and email of each aut­hor. For sym­po­sia an abs­tract of no more than 250 words is requi­red, along with short (no more than 150 words) sum­ma­ries of each indi­vi­du­al con­tri­bu­ti­on.

Plea­se sub­mit paper and sym­po­sia pro­po­sals to celc@ruc.dk by Janu­ary 15, 2013.