This anniversary conference (25 years of Herbstakademie!) addressed theoretical
and application questions of embodiment:
and application questions of embodiment:
- Which role does the body play in feeling and thinking?
- Which new perspectives arise for the philosophy of mind and cognitive sciences?
- How can clinicians and psychotherapists incorporate principles of embodiment into their work?
- How does embodiment influence social and communicative processes?
Keynote speakers
Steven Boker Psychology, CharlottesvilleMarianne Eberhard-Kaechele Dance Therapy, Köln
Karl Friston Theoretical Neuroscience, London
Hermann Haken Theoretical Physics and Synergetics, Stuttgart
Scott Kelso Biology and Complex Systems, Boca Raton
Mark Solms Neuro-Psychoanalysis, Capetown
Thomas Heidenreich (University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen)
and
Miriam Kyselo (University of Basque Countries, San Sebastian)
held pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, March 25th, 14-18h / 2pm - 6pm.
Topics: "Embodiment in mindfulness-based interventions" (Heidenreich);
"Enacting the Self - A Bodily Exploration of Self with Others" (Kyselo)
and
Miriam Kyselo (University of Basque Countries, San Sebastian)
held pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, March 25th, 14-18h / 2pm - 6pm.
Topics: "Embodiment in mindfulness-based interventions" (Heidenreich);
"Enacting the Self - A Bodily Exploration of Self with Others" (Kyselo)
Diana Fischman (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
and
Suzi Tortora (Dancing Dialogue: Healing & Expressive Arts, New York)
held post-conference workshops on Saturday, March 28th, 15-18h / 3pm - 6pm.
Topics: "Transcontextual Metapatterns in Dance/Movement Therapy" (Fischman);
"The Dancing Dialogue: The Felt-Experience of Embodied Implicate Knowing and Its Role In the Development of Self, and Self - Other Relationships" (Tortora)
and
Suzi Tortora (Dancing Dialogue: Healing & Expressive Arts, New York)
held post-conference workshops on Saturday, March 28th, 15-18h / 3pm - 6pm.
Topics: "Transcontextual Metapatterns in Dance/Movement Therapy" (Fischman);
"The Dancing Dialogue: The Felt-Experience of Embodied Implicate Knowing and Its Role In the Development of Self, and Self - Other Relationships" (Tortora)
This symposium was 18th in the series of Herbstakademie meetings dedicated to the topic of complex systems in psychology and related disciplines. Information on previous meetings of the Herbstakademie community is provided here. A list of Herbstakademie publications is this.
ORGANIZERS
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Tschacher
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Universität Bern
Prof. Dr. Sabine Koch
Fakultät für Therapiewissenschaften
SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs
Klinik für Allgemeine Psychiatrie
Universität Heidelberg