Hi everyone
Hope you are all doing well.
A reminder we have our member Stan presenting Tues 16 May, 1pm AEST (Qld time).
Meeting Zoom link: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/83669977005?pwd=TXhhRW1xNkVjTU9UV2lmbWhUTm5oQT09
STAN KOROSI
Sociological Implications of Alienation in Families: The cancel Culture No-One is Talking About
Recent sociological research situates social alienation as a clinical concern in families due to the harm it causes children. Social alienation in families presents as parental alienation. Its behaviours coerce children into cancelling a family member’s identity leading to their unwarranted rejection. Rejected family members may present with hallmark social and psychological sequelae of an alienating family. Sociological research proposes that alienation in the family is a structuring discourse reflecting broader societal alienation. A sociological view of parental alienation offers a structural perspective on social alienation in the family and its implications for public health policy not addressed in the current psychological and legal discourse.
Dr Stanley (Stan) A. Korosi PhD (Soc) is a clinical sociologist and counsellor. He is researching parental alienation as a significant social and public health issue and how to address structural social, psychological, and legal reforms. Stan chairs the Society and Ethics Working group under the international Change for Children organisation, where he is the principal investigator for a study of parental alienation dangerousness. This organisation is a network of leading experts on parental alienation and child psychological abuse. Stan is also a principal of Dialogue in Growth Pty. Ltd in Australia., specialising in providing consulting services, assessment and remediation of parental alienation.
We also have member Yoland presenting Tues 6 June, 1pm AEST (Qld time)
Meeting Zoom link: https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/88331762536?pwd=ZFVKTHg0WmFWZ1hIRXMwelh2RHI1dz09
YOLAND WADSWORTH
Inquiring for Life - How to build in research and evaluation systemically for (truly) living systems
With a long career of 28 years in applied social research (1973-2001) and 20 years in academic settings (2002-2022), in this presentation Yoland will report on the most important insights derived from her work.
Her questions arose initially out of the puzzle of why it is that health, community and human services want to hear from their service-users and paradoxically act repeatedly as if they don't want to hear from their users. This inquiry morphed into a PhD that asked how research and evaluation could be both methodologically sound and effectively valuable for the purposes of meeting service end-users' needs. And finally it became a question of how could the act of human inquiry per se best bring life to question-askers and serve their deepest value-driven purposes.
The presentation will set out to outline a complex theory by means of a relatively simple and hopefully familiar conceptual cycle 'backbone', on which the theory's extensive implications may then be mapped. We will steer between over simplification and excessive complexity of what is really a Great Big Theory of Everything! (Although this theory hopes to escape the worst dangers of Grand Theory by being reflexive in its own terms.)
Yoland Wadsworth has worked for local, state and federal governments, large and small NGOs, and self-help and community groups, including in child and family services, hospitals and community health, aged services, and community services. She has worked as Senior Research Sociologist and consultant for government committees of inquiry, deputy to the Director of Policy & Research Department of Premier & Cabinet, and Director of the National Collaborative & Action Research Program in a university. She also ran for 17 years the Action Research Issues Centre and co-founded the Health Issues Centre and the National Women's Health Network.
We also encourage you to register for our FREE hybrid event on Fri 23 June. This is our pre-ISA2023 event with amazing Applied Sociologists from around the world. More information & registration: https://tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=671860&item_id=1948493&event_date_id=255
Transformative social science: a dialogue between evidence, policy & practice: Panel disc.& workshop
Friday, June 23, 2023, 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM, University of Melbourne
Featuring guest speakers: A/Prof Catherine Robinson, UTAS; Jane Stratton, CEO Think+DO Tank Foundation; Anna Adcock, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ); Professor Jan Marie Fritz, University of Cincinnati; Dr Simone Casey, Senior Policy Advisor ACOSS; and Professor Barry Judd, University of Melbourne.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
As always, feel free to get in touch,
Catherine & Sophie
Co-convenors TASA Applied Sociology Thematic Group
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