At 01:04 PM 4/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>This is a very important workshop for those studying Restorative Justice
>process theory.=A0 The complex set of emotional responses known as shame is
>the most important psycho-social dynamic at work in Restorative Justice
>methods.=A0 If learning about this in depth is important to your work, then
>by all means -- get to this workshop if you can!=A0=A0 --=A0 John=
Wilmerding
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>Last call for the workshop on shame and related emotions that Suzanne
>Retzinger and I will be giving in Santa Barbara, California July 17-19,
>1998.=A0 If you wish, I can send you a brochure.
>
>Tom
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>Thomas J. Scheff, Professor Emeritus
>Dept of Sociology, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA. 93105
>Phone 805 893 3510=A0=A0 Fax=A0=A0 805 893 3324
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<http://sscf.ucsb.edu/~scheff/scheff.html>http://sscf.ucsb.edu/~scheff/schef
f.html
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>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 WORKSHOP ON SHAME AND RELATED EMOTIONS
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>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Suzanne M. Retzinger and Thomas J. Scheff=3D09
>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Santa Barbara, CA, USA - July 17-19, 1998
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> We consider shame to be the master emotion, and yet little explored and
>discussed.=A0 If mentioned=A0 at all in discussions of emotion, shame is=
not
>prominent. Yet it has many more functions in the internal and social
>systems of human life than any other emotion. We emphasize two components=
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>it regulates (and often suppresses) the expression of other emotions,
>particularly grief, anger, fear, and shame itself, and it serves as the k=
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>signal of the state of the bond in all social relationships. (We can tell
>where we stand with others by their words and manner, however subtle). We
>will show how to detect these processes using verbal and nonverbal cues t=
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>shame and anger.
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>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The relation between emotions and the social bond,=
particularly,
>offers a powerful tool for managing and understanding clinical and
>interview sessions. For these and other reasons, knowledge of shame is
>important for mediators, psychotherapists, group facilitators and other
>practitioners, as well as researchers interested in fundamentals of human
>behavior. Even small increases of knowledge about shame will bring
>immediate payoffs in the effectiveness of our work, because it so pervade=
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>virtually all human contact, yet is virtually invisible without tutoring.
>This workshop is organized to be useful to both the newcomer to shame and
>the veteran.
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> Shame is usually disguised, hidden from view and therefore ignored in mo=
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>sectors in modern societies. In those few sectors where shame is routinel=
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>explored, as in AA meetings, there appears to be many problems of theory
>and procedure that go undiscussed.=A0 This workshop takes the lid off of
>shame and its relationship to other emotions, thought and behavior, by
>exploring its=3D20
>psychological, social and practical dimensions.=3D20
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> After a brief introduction to the basic ideas involving shame, the first
>session will emphasize dialogue contributed by the participants from thei=
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>own lives. This hands-on approach to hidden shame in one=3D92s own life=
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>in much more rapid learning about shame in general. Of course we will not
>insist on personal disclosure, in the hope that enough participants will
>volunteer on their own. Please feel free to discuss this matter with us
>beforehand, by phone or email, should you have any questions about it.
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>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The 3-day workshop will be held in La Casa, a beautiful=
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>spacious retreat nestled in an elegant part of Montecito, a suburb of San=
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>Barbara, July 17-20, Friday through Sunday.=A0 Each day will be devoted to=
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>particular theme, with theory stressed in the morning session, and
>applications in the afternoon, or, on the first day, in the evening
>session. Meals and accommodations are at this site.
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>1. Introduction: Understanding shame. The pervasiveness of unidentified
>shame in our lives, and its social and psychological functions. The
>relationship between shame and guilt, anger, embarrassment, pride, and
>love. The concept of the social bond, and its intimate relationship to
>shame. By social bond, we understand the degree of connectedness, or
>attunement, between persons.=3D20
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>2. Identifying unacknowledged shame: observable CUES to inner states. Slo=
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>and stop- motion use of videotapes of marital quarrels will be used to sh=
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>how hidden shame can be detected and understood, using the Retzinger
>identification system. In the afternoon and subsequent sessions,
>participants will be asked to contribute dialogue involving quarrels,
>impasses and other incidents from their own lives and from the subjects o=
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>clients with whom they work. Please bring video-, audiotaped, printed or
>remembered dialogue that can be volunteered for discussion or role-play.
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>3. Identifying shame in interviews, psychotherapy, community conferences,
>and written material.=A0 Shame in individual and group life, with=
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>reference to gender, race, class, and ethnic relationships.=3D20
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>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The workshop will consist of a=A0 brief introduction,=
and 4
>three-hour sessions, and a two-hour closing session. The experience shoul=
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>be very intense, since it will involve both our personal and professional
>lives.=3D20
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>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Registration will begin at 2pm, La Casa, 800 El=
Bosque Road,=3D20
>Montecito, Ca. The first session will begin at 3 pm. The last=3D20
>session will end at 4 pm, Sunday, July 19. There will be a wine and chees=
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>social at our home, following the end of the workshop.
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>Texts:
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>Suzanne Retzinger:
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>'Violent Emotions: Shame and Rage in Marital Quarrels'. Newbury Park, CA:
>Sage Publications
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>'Identifying Shame and Anger in Discourse'.=3D20
>American Behavioral Scientist. 38, #8, 1104-1113.
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