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DISPUK turns 20 years Anniversary-seminar at Crete

• What are we doing with the inspiration, the knowledge and the heritage from Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida & Michael White?
• How can we actively make resistance towards modern power and creates pockets of freedom and communities of life styles?
• How to create an esthetical ethics and regard life as a piece of art?
• How can art get a bigger place in our lifes?



Narrative practice and poststructuralist philosophy for: Leaders, therapists, consultants, social workers, priests, supervisors, coaches & philosophers.

Sign up for this conference no later than the 1st of April 2010 by filling out the conference-participation form from www.dispuk.dk  
Any questions: Contact DISPUK at dispuk@dispuk.dk  

Presentations from:
• Jørgen Leth: Outstanding, internationally famous and provocative Danish filmdirector and poet (who lives half the year in Haiti), distinguished tour de France commentator in Danish Television.
• Rune Lykkeberg: Political commentator, chief editor and author on politics, society and philosophy at the Danish newspaper Information.
• Søren Ulrik Thomsen: Leading and outstanding Danish Poet, commentator and essayist.
• Arnhild Lauveng: Norwegian psychologist and author who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent ten years as a patient at psychiatric hospitals before she studied psychology. Works as a psychologist outside Oslo, Norway.
• Jacob Holdt: “American pictures” – World famous photographer and lecturer. His pictures are now exhibited at Louisiana, museum of modern Art.
• John Winslade: "Specialist“ in narrative mediation and narrative counselling in schools.
• Ole Fogh Kirkeby: Professor at Copenhagen Business School in leadership philosophy – represents a radical phenomenological perspective.
• Art Fisher: Former artist, now responsible for therapeutic work with „violent men“ in Nova Scotia, Canada, from a deconstructive perspective.
• Maggie Carey: Co-founder of Adelaide Narrative Therapy Centre with Michael White, Shona Russel and Rob Hall. Works as a therapist and teacher.
• Ali Borden: Narrative therapist from USA, especially working with anorexia.
• Alan Jenkins: Co-founder of a private shelter in Adelaide, Australia, working with men who have engaged in violence; strongly inspired by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze ethics.
• Barnett & Kimberly Pearce: professor emeritus and professor in communication, Redwood City, CA, USA; together they are continually developing their Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory.
• Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen: Professor in leadership and politics at Copenhagen Business School; has written extensively about the concepts of leadership and employees combining perspectives from both Foucault and Luhman.
• Jon-Roar Bjørkvold: Professor in music, retired from his position in protest against the new administrative procedures that made artistic freedom impossible, Oslo, Norway.
• Suzanne Aaholm: Director of the second largest municipality in Denmark Frederiksberg Kommune and has used narrative ideas in working with organisations and conflicts.
• Peter Majgård Nørbjerg: Operational Manager, Naviair, Copenhagen Airport. Has changed procedures and ways of working radically with inspiration from narrative ideas.
• Tim Andersen: Director of a large municipality in Denmark: Lyngby. Has changed the culture completely using creative narrative inspired ideas.
• Kenneth Flex: Director of social affairs in Frederiksberg municipality; inspired by narrative and poststructuralist practices and ideas he has changed his approach to leadership and organisational development.
• Anette Holmgren: Director of the clinical work in DISPUK, psychologist, narrative therapist, has written extensively about narrative practice.
• Sarah Walther: Psychologist, narrative therapist, using narrative ideas and poststructuralist philosophy inspired especially by Deleuze; Manchester, UK, in her work with poor families and families with multiple problems.
• Tom Bjerre: Director Back Office, Saxo Bank A/S. Has used the ideas in working with his IT-team.
• Anne Romer & Anne Saxtorph: Consultants in DISPUK, psychologists, narrative therapists),
• Lasse Offenberg: Consultant in DISPUK, narrative therapist, works in and with organisational development; focuses especially in different ways of listening.
• Anders Fogh Jensen: Consultant in DISPUK, narrative therapist, philosopher, Ph.D. – has written extensively on “the project society” and its implications for leadership, therapy and life, and about Foucault, Bourdieu and Metaphors.
• Allan Holmgren: Director and founder of DISPUK, adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School in coaching and leadership; has written extensively on therapy, leadership, coaching and organizational development.