Programme

This programme may be subject to change

 

Pre-Conference Events

There are several pre-conference optional events planned including a Wittgenstein & Mental Health Symposium and an Interdisciplinary Symposium on Mental Disorder and Mental Health

Thursday 5 July 2012
8.30 am - 9.00 am Transportation from St David Lecture Theatre Complex (University of Otago) to Araiteuru Marae

9.00 am - 10.00 am

Powhiri (Traditional Maori Welcome) and Opening Address
Professor Peter Crampton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago, NZ

10.00 am - 11.30 am

Marae Encounters, Maori World Views and Dilemmas for Clinicians
Professor Sir Mason Durie, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Maori and Pasifika) Massey University, NZ

11.30 am - 1.00 pm

Lunch

1.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Transportation back to St David Lecture Theatre Complex (University of Otago)

1.45 pm - 3.00 pm

Non-rational understanding? Can psychiatry draw on Wittgenstein’s discussion of other cultures?
Professor Tim Thornton, Professor of Philosophy & Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire, UK

1.00 pm - 1.30 pm

Transportation to St David Lecture Theatre Complex

1.30 pm - 2.30 pm

Lunch

2.30 pm - 4.00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

4.00 pm - 5.30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

5.30 pm - 6.15 pm

Welcome Reception

6.15 pm - 7.30 pm

Public Lecture

Friday 6 July 2012

 

9.00 am - 10.15 am

Communication between cultural worlds: perspectives from Wittgenstein’s On Certainty
Professor Derek Bolton, Professor of Philosophy & Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings' College, London UK

10.15 am - 10.45 am Morning Tea
10.45 am - 12.00 pm

Contradiction in diagnostic classification regarding causes: a conceptual challenge
Professor Werdie van Staden, Nelson Mandela Professor of Philosophy & Psychiatry, Pretoria, South Africa

12.00 pm - 1.00 pm Lunch

1.00 pm - 2.15 pm Armon Tamatea, Senior Advisor, Psychological Research, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services, Departments of Corrections, NZ
2.15 pm - 3.15 pm Concurrent Sessions
3.15 pm - 3.45 pm Afternoon Tea
3.45 pm - 5.15 pm Concurrent Sessions
7.00 pm - late

Conference Dinner (University Staff Club)

Saturday 7 July 2012

9.00 am - 10.30 am

Hauora Hinengaro: Historical and Contemporary Trends in Māori Mental Health
Dr Te Kani Kingi, Director: Te Mata o te Tau, The Academy for Maori Research and Scholarship, Massey University, NZ

10.30 am - 11.00 am Morning Tea
11.00 am - 12.30 pm Concurrent Session
12.30 pm - 1.30 pm Lunch
1.30 pm - 3.00 pm Debate (Topic to be Announced)
3.00 pm - 3.30 pm Afternoon Tea
3.30 pm - 5.00 pm Concurrent Session, Summing Up and Closing


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