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Kennen en begrijpen doen we in verbinding met elkaar

(Eerder verschenen op Bijnaderinzien.org) Op een morgen, ergens in oktober vorig jaar, op de Thalys onderweg van Amsterdam naar Nantes, zit ik over mijn laptop gebogen. De man naast mij opent een gesprek met “schrijft u een boek?” Meteen goed! Ja, ik schrijf een boek, over kennen.* En hij, schrijft hij een boek? Misschien na zijn pensioen. Dat […]

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Spontaneity

Spontaneity Hanne De Jaegher Note: this text* was written and then (the next day) read out loud at a small gathering of neuroscientists, philosophers, linguists, artists, and psychologists. We spent two intense days thinking about spontaneity and mind-wandering at a wonderful meeting organized by Dr. Kalina Christoff and Dr. Caitlin Mills: From Villain to Virtuoso: […]

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Would you like to apply for a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie fellowship with me?

If you’re interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie scholarship with me at the IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind and Society (http://www.ias-research.net/), please do get in touch. I’d be happy to consider topics related to participatory sense-making, including, but not limited to: Intersubjective epistemology/epistemology of engagement Love and intimacy (incl. feminist theory) The phenomenology of […]

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On writing

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Towards a humane science of intersubjectivity

The theme of this year’s Mind and Life Summer Research Institute (June 6–11) was “Intersubjectivity and Social Connectivity”. It was an amazing meeting. What struck me most were, first, the great diversity and interest of the people there and their research and humanitarian work. And second, the most important theme in my view, which unfolded […]

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Deelnemend zin-geven

Deze tekst is verschenen als: De Jaegher, H. (2016). Deelnemend zin-geven. Een wetenschappelijke basis voor genuanceerde interacties (PDF van voorpublicatie hier). Systeemtheoretisch Bulletin, 34(2), 121-138. Deelnemend zin-geven. Een wetenschappelijke basis voor genuanceerde interacties Hanne De Jaegher* Samenvatting: Voor systeemtherapeuten is het werken met mensen-in-interacties dagelijkse kost, maar in de cognitie- en geesteswetenschappen is het een […]

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How we affect each other

The social interaction processes we engage in can affect the core of our self-constitution, because the intimate relations between intercorporeality and personal experience can reach deep levels of bodily affection. And so, in and through social interaction, we can truly affect each other. De Jaegher, H (2015). How we affect each other. Michel Henry’s “pathos-with” […]

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Video Introduction to Participatory Sense-making

In March 2015, I presented an introduction to participatory sense-making at the integrative science symposium on Making sense: society, culture and meaning systems, at the inaugural International Convention of Psychological Science, organized by the APS (Association for Psychological Science) in Amsterdam. The session was organized by Gün Semin, and the other speakers were Shihui Han, Benjamin K. Bergen, […]

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“Trends in Social Cognition and Neurophenomenology” (video report)

A video report from the symposium: “Tendencias actuales en cognición social y neurofenomenología” Symposium organizers: Prof. Otto Dörr and Dr. Leonor Irarrázaval Centro de Estudios de Fenomenología y Psiquiatría Universidad Diego Postales, Santiago de Chile, 24 October 2014 Symposium Programme

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Carol Gilligan: “To care is to be present, it’s to have a voice, it’s to be in relationship.”

This is so important, I have to share it. Below is a video of Carol Gilligan, giving a talk at MIT about relationship, love, and voice in developmental psychology, ethics, and politics. Title: “Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance” (April 24, 2009). You can also find it here: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/729 http://mitworld.mit.edu/flash/player/Main.swf?host=cp58255.edgefcs.net&flv=mitw-01214-dalai-lama-center-roots-ethical-resistance-gilligan-24apr2009&preview=http://mitworld.mit.edu//uploads/mitwstill01214dalailamacenterrootsethicalresistancegilligan24apr2009.jpg […]