The EUROCORES programme “Understanding and Misunderstanding: Cognition, Communication and Culture (EuroUnderstanding)” is proud to announce its Launch Meeting, on 14-16 October 2011, in Malmö, Sweden.
Background and Objective
To understand the social generation of understanding and misunderstandings, we need to analyse the conditions for interpersonal, intra-group and intergroup understanding. Examples include the coordination of joint action, the exchange of information and the sharing of experiences, meanings and values. These issues are widely investigated across academic traditions and disciplines, at vastly differing levels of analysis: from neural processes (within an individual brain) all the way to cultural processes (across societies). What is needed for a comprehensive explanatory account of these phenomena, is the integration of the different levels of analyses in a non-reductionist framework
The EUROCORES programme “Understanding and Misunderstanding: Cognition, Communication and Culture (EuroUnderstanding)” is based on the conviction that such an integration is not only possible but also timely. It is also foreseen that in this proposed methodological pluralism, the Humanities disciplines, with their focus on meaning, need to play a crucial role. This is why the EuroUnderstanding programme invites Humanities-based researchers to collaborate with each other, and with researchers from life and social science disciplines, to work towards an integration of the above explanatory hierarchy and in this way advance the science and scholarship of understanding and misunderstanding.
The scientific “EuroUnderstanding Launch Meeting” is designed to give the programme a head start by actively promoting the exchange and cooperation between the various EuroUnderstanding projects. It will be the perfect occasion to explore possible networking opportunities for your team at an early stage.
Meeting format
At the EuroUnderstanding Launch Meeting each of the three funded Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) will present itself in a dedicated session. The project leader will decide which team
member(s) will give a presentation.
Click here for the Programme booklet (last updated 12 October).
When
The meeting will take place from 15-16 October 2011, with a welcome dinner scheduled upon the participants’ arrival on Friday 14 October. The event closes on Sunday 16 October with a farewell lunch. For the project leaders, a closed session is planned on Sunday afternoon.
Before the event, on Friday afternoon 14 October, there is an opportunity for the various EuroUnderstanding Collaborative Research Projects to have internal meetings. Your project leader will contact you further about this.
Where
Location is the Park Inn Hotel in Malmö, Sweden, situated near the buzzing waterfront area of Västra Hamnen.
How to get to the venue
The Park Inn Hotel is conveniently accessible by public transport. A route description can be downloaded here .
Registration
Participation in the EuroUnderstanding Launch Meeting is by invitation only. Registration is now closed.
Important information for invitees:
For invitees, travel costs (economy class) will be reimbursed up to a maximum of € 300,- in accordance with the ESF rules of reimbursement that can be found on the second page of the ESF Travel Claim Form. Accommodation will be arranged by the organisers and covered for the two nights from Friday 14 October to Sunday 16 October (for the project leaders for three nights, from Friday 14 October to Monday 17 October).
Information
For further information about the EuroUnderstanding Launch Meeting, please contact the ESF office at eurounderstanding[at]esf.org.
