Nourishing the soul of community/‘Meithrin Enaid Cymuned’
8th Community Psychology Festival
Organised by UWE Bristol's School of Social Science and Psychological Sciences Research Group
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Key Information:
- Date and time
- Wed 09 October 2024, 09:00 - Fri 10 October 2025, 17:00
- Location
- Newport Market, High Street, Further info
- Contact
- Research Events Team researchevents@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Academic/Institutional rate (£100); Standard rate (£65); Concessionary rate (£35)
- Attendance
- Booking required
About the festival
Organised by UWE Bristol’s School of Social Sciences/Psychological Sciences Research Group (PSRG), the 8th Community Psychology Festival is coming to Newport Market in Wales. The Festival was founded in 2014 by the BPS Community Psychology Section as an accessible and engaging alternative to an academic conference. Since then, it has given platform to work by community organisations, collectives, artists, academics, students, activists and charities; in short, psychologists and non-psychologists eager to bring psychology closer to the real world.
Community psychology seeks to dismantle barriers to civic participation and inclusion, as it views people in interlocking contexts. Beyond showcasing community psychology, the Festival has one mission: to sustain and replenish us as we continue working towards transformative social change.
This year, we are keen to extend the Festival’s nourishing potential towards an abstract entity, which some of us experience as real nonetheless: The soul of community. While we might think of soul (psyche) as an individual entity and even a world concept (world-soul), we wonder what might happen if we harness the Festival’s liminal energies to animate an intermediate level of soul: community soul. We warmly invite you to come and wrestle with this concept, as we gather to celebrate and immerse ourselves in community psychology.
Dress code: Festival realness.
Cherry on top: Glitter is back (please use sustainable versions of the sparkly goodness).
Call for contributions
We are looking for contributions that align with, are inspired by, or stand to enrich community psychology. We value formats that subvert the conventions/constraints of academic conferences such as participatory workshops, performances, overviews of grassroots work, discussion fora, and art installations.
Good news! The Call for Contributions date has been extended to 8 September 2024.
Deadline to submit contributions: 8 September 2024.
Event programme
The full programme will be available nearer to the date of the Festival.
Event registration
All are welcome to attend.
Tickets are for the entire Festival (two days) and include tea/coffee, and the Festival bracelet which gives access to discounts at selected vendors in Newport Market.
Please note festival ticket rates do not include travel or accommodation.
- Cost: Academic/Institutional rate (£100); Standard rate (£65); Concessionary rate (£35)
- Attendance: Booking required
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