Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:44:28 +0100 From: "Perret-Clermont A.N." &lt;Anne-Nelly.Perret-Clermont(a)lettres.unine.ch&gt; Sender: "Perret-Clermont A.N." &lt;Anne-Nelly.Perret-Clermont(a)lettres.unine.ch&gt; Reply-To: "Perret-Clermont A.N." &lt;Anne-Nelly.Perret-Clermont(a)lettres.unine.ch&gt; Subject: Piaget's centenary. "Mind & Time" Conference 1996 To: Non Receipt Notification Requested &lt;dev-europe(a)durham.ac.uk&gt; Message-ID: <6412441511101995/A14537/NEDCU5/119A5BEC0700*@MHS> -----------------MIND & TIME-------------------------- International Conference Neuchatel(Switzerland) 8-10 September 1996 This message comes from the country of watch makers in which Jean Piaget was born and might interest psychologists, linguists, logicians, educators etc... It can be forwarded! Yours Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont Department of Psychology University of Neuchatel Espace Louis-Agassiz 1 CH-2001 Neuchatel (Switzerland) Fax : +41 38 25 91 12 email: Anne-Nelly.Perret-Clermont(a)lettres.unine.ch Centenary of Jean Piaget's Birth in Neuchatel MIND AND TIME International Conference Neuchatel 8-10 September 1996 First announcement - Call for contributions Piaget was born in a country with a multisecular tradition of watch makers. But this was not of course the only reason for which he was confronted with the question of thinking time . His interest in the theories of evolution, his reading of Kant and Bergson and many other vivid debates have convinced him, already in his early years, that time is an essential dimension of the mind. In line with this tradition, the conference in Neuchatel will be centered around the the question of time but focusing on contemporary thinking: social and developmental psychologists, linguists, logicians, and educationalists will consider the interface between mind and time in a multidisciplinary perspective. Invited conferences and lectures. Symposiums and discussions around selected poster presentations. Round table. Exhibitions in museums. Other events, such as conferences and exhibits, will take place in Neuchatel and Geneva. In particular two conferences : Piaget and Vygotsky, organised by the Society for Socio Cultural Research (September 11-15) and The Growing Mind (Septembre 14-18), both in Geneva (one hour by train from Neuchatel). Official languages : English and French (simultaneous translation will not be provided) Chairs : Jean - Marc Barrelet (general chair) et Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont (scientific chair) Invited conferences : Bruno Latour and Francoise Macar Scientific committee : A.N. Perret-Clermont (chair, Neuchatel) , F. Alsaker (Bergen), J.M. Barrelet (Neuchatel), J.P.Bronckart (Geneva), C. Cardinal (Chaux-de-Fonds), D. Carraher (Recife), E. De Corte (Leuven), A. Flammer (Bern), O. Houde (Paris), B. Latour (Paris), D. Mieville (Neuchatel), J.F. Perret (Neuchatel), J. Perriault (Paris), W. Perrig (Basel), M. Rousson (Neuchatel), W. Wippich (Trier). Symposiums: (each symposium involves a poster session with contributions seclected by the scientific committee). Symposium no 1 : Memory in time Although often not mentioned explicitly and not discussed at length, the variable of time is crucial and genuine for discriminating structural and/or functional properties of memory. The goal of this symposium and its poster session is to elaborate on an open variety of dimensions of time that help us to a better understanding of how memory, automatic savings, recollective experience and knowledge are build up and retrieved. Convenor : Walter Perrig (Basel). Invited speakers : E.Loftus(Seattle),E.Poeppel (Munich), T, Salthouse(Atlanta) Invited discussant : W.Wippich (Trier) Symposium no 2 :Time, logic and language The awareness of time is apparently inborn and yet, as soon as we try to grasp the concept of time, to analyse its specific qualities and to find the basis of its objective representation, we are in a quandary.How do we perceive time? By which means do we become aware of it? Through which logical and linguistic acts do we structure it? Which aspects of time remain after its formalization ? These questions will be addressed in this symposium. Convenor : Denis Mieville (Neuchatel) Invited speakers : J.P.Bronckart(Geneve), J.B.Grize(Neuchatel), J.L.Gardies (Nantes) Invited discussant : O. Houde (Paris) Symposium no 3 : Time for learning The aim of this symposium is to further our understanding of the time dimension in the processes of learning and formation. The reflection on learning time will lead us to the examination of precise moments, as for instance the micro-history of a didactic interaction, and to the analysis of longer learning processes, which can last months, years, or even a life-time. Our purpose is to go beyond the traditional and rather sterile opposition between institutional and individual timings, and to work on the actual evolution of various learning processes, in order to grasp their dynamics whithin time-limits that can be imposed, negociated or chosen. Convenor : Jean-francois Perret (Neuchatel) Invited speakers : Pierre Dominice (Geneva), Jacques Perriault (Paris), Maria Luisa Schubauer-Leoni (Geneva) Invited discussant : Erik De Corte (Leuven) Symposium no 4 : Developmental timing Developmental changes take place in time, i.e., at given historical moments and at given ages. Thus, normative biographical patterns vary according to culture and historical period. People know about developmental timing; they anticipate that certain developmental changes will happen at given ages and accordingly (co-) construct life-schemes; but when individuals complete some developmental tasks off schedule, their resulting biographies vary from these schemes. In everyday life, people consider time as a commodity they can use and manage. The daily allocation of time for work, leisure, sleep etc. has important consequences on health and well-being. Again, time-use patterns develop according to age and history. Convenor : August Flammer (Bern) Invited speakers : Francoise Alsaker (Bergen), Jutta Heckhausen (Berlin), Willem Koops (Amsterdam) Invited discussant : Helmut Fend (Zurich) Deadline for proposals : 31st December 1995 Information, proposals and request for inscription formula : A.-N. Perret-Clermont Scientific chair "Mind & Time" Department of Psychology University of Neuchatel Espace Louis-Agassiz 1 CH-2001 Neuchatel (Switzerland) Fax : +41 38 25 91 12 email: Anne-Nelly.Perret-Clermont(a)lettres.unine.ch