[PHILOS-L] Norms of Action and Belief in Practice Monthly Seminars: Co-Creation and Transformative Action

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The Norms of Action & Belief in Practice network is pleased to announce we are launching a new series of research seminars to be held online on the last Friday of every month, at 3pm.

Our first seminar will be held on 27th March, at 3pm (GMT). Our network lead, Lubomira Radoilska, will kick us off with a discussion of Co-creation and Transformative Action.

Abstract: What counts as successful co-creation? This talk approaches the question by treating co-creation as joint transformative action rather than transformative experience. It introduces three models—paradoxical, aspirational, and difficult—each identifying a different set of conditions under which co-creation can succeed. In cases from mental-health policy, practice, and research, these models help analyse modes of acting together through which participants transform both their shared practice and aspects of their own identities.

 If you would like to register for the seminar, or for the whole series, please contact Elliot Porter at e.por...@bham.ac.uk

 

The series

The series explores tensions that arise in professional practice: where the norms of what we do conflict with the norms of what we believe—across research, health and social care, policy work, community settings, professional practice and related fields. Sometimes, formal procedures require that we act as if we don’t yet know what we plainly know. Sometimes, doctors find that being a good scientist conflicts with being a good caregiver. Institutions invite the perspectives of service-users but do not have the ears to hear them.

The series provides a forum for examining how norms of action and norms of belief shape institutional and interpersonal interactions — at times aligning, at times diverging, and at times generating tensions. Norms of action govern role responsibilities, forms of participation, and institutional procedures through which collaboration is organised. Norms of belief govern what counts as credible knowledge, whose expertise is recognised, and which evidential standards guide decision-making.

Our discussions bring these tensions out of the background so that they can be examined and understood. By fostering dialogue between perspectives—anchored in professional practice, lived experience, policy and scholarship—we work to develop strategies to resolve these tensions.

We hope to see you there!

Elliot Porter,

Network Co-Lead

Dr Elliot Porter   (he/him)

Teaching Fellow in Ethics

University of Birmingham

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