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Welcoming Professor John Shotter to the KCC Foundation

Professor John Shotter has joined the KCC Foundation staff on a part time basis as a Principal Consultant from September 2003. John Shotter is a leader in the field of social constructionism. He has close connections with the therapy world as well as with the world of organisations. He brings with him an enormous treasure of knowledge and experience which will greatly enhance the training programmes in KCCF.

He will be a central figure in the new Research Unit now being created in KCCF. He is able to provide supervision and consultation for people undertaking research whether for one of the KCCF masters programmes of for people who would like to undertake research as part of their professional practice or for organisations that would like some research to be undertaken in their situations. He is also being active in the development of the new Doctorate in Systemic Practice which KCCF is currently developing with the University of Luton. In addition, he will be available to supervise PhD research projects for those who would like to do this through KCCF with the unique dimension of social constructionism and systemic methods.

Short Courses with John Shotter

Toward Dialogically Structured Action Research: A Program of Five Classes

Presenter: John Shotter

Saturdays:7 & 21 February, 6 & 20 March, 3 April 2004 9.30am to 12.30pm

Ł250.00 for series of 5 classes. Ł60.00 for Individual Classes

CLASS 1: General features of a relational-responsive approach to language (in contrast to a representational-referential approach).

CLASS 2: Wittgenstein in practice: from the 'way of theory' to a 'social poetics'.

CLASS 3: Conceptual resources and methods drawn from other writers: Vico, Bakhtin, Voloshinov, Vygotsky, and G.H. Mead - and their links to Wittgenstein.

CLASS 4: The social construction and sustaining of a developmental, conversational space within an organizational group: practices, procedures, and problems

CLASS 5: Two styles of writing: objective, retrospective, monological styles and involved, prospective, dialogical styles.

We have become aware that many people interested in attending these events have been unable to come on the advertised dates. We would be very happy to hear from those who would like to participate on their preferred days and times they are available and will do our very best to fit future series to these choices.

To book, please call Charles Bell, Service Team Co-ordinator on Tel. 020 7720 7301 or email to Charles Bell

John Shotter at the 2004 Management Summer School

We are delighted that Professor Shotter will join us at the 2004 Management Summer Schools. Details can be found at Management Summer School

Classes take place at the KCC Foundation

Academic Activity

A new possibility for the professional development of systemic therapists who have experience of working over a number of years and would now value the opportunity to renew and learn further ideas which could enhance their reflective abilities leading to new and innovative practice. KCCF is delighted to offer a series of four modules of five three hour sessions each, in the evening, led by John Shotter. Each group of five sessions stands on its own in such a way that participants can chose which modules they would be interested in participating in. The modules will consist in learning ideas and ways of conceptualising our methods of doing therapy and developing therapeutic methods out of the learning given to us by philosophers and thinkers.

Papers to download

Following John Shotter's very successful workshop "Making Meaning Together" presented for the KCC Foundation on May 11th 2002 at the Long Hall, Oval Cricket Ground, a series of papers were kindly made available from John Shotter for participants of the workshop and visitors to our website. .

KCC: A day of classes with John Shotter: 11th May, 2001

THE ABACKGROUND@ IN WITTGENSTEIN AND OTHERS

Class 1 Background-Dialogical.htm

From Shotter, J

John Shotter, 14th Feb 2001

From Shotter, J

Excerpted from Alienation from interaction

WITTGENSTEIN=S METHODS: TO TRAIN US IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF THE SELF

Lancaster, M

VOLOSHINOV=S DIALOGICAL MODE OF INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY:

Tannen, D

Writing: two relational stances and styles, to our 'subject matter' and to each other