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What's in a Feeling? Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Perspectives Symposium
19th February 2010 Oorala Lecture Theatre 9.15 – 3.30 pm
Opening: Vice Chancellor and CEO Professor Jim Barber
Session 1: Speed Papers (5 mins + 2 mins Q and A each)
• Don Hine: Heart and Head: The role of affect and reason in human decision making.
• Cliff Goddard: Huh? Interjections can express emotions? Wow!
• Isabel Tasker: The emotional side of language learning.
• Peter Corrigan: Emotion terms in tributes to dead dogs.
• Drew Khlentzos: Philosophical thoughts about feelings.
• Debra Dunstan: The role of emotions in work disability.
• Anna Gladkova: Linguistic evidence in emotion research.
Morning Tea
Coffee and cakes provided
Session 2: Keynote Address 11.30am
Greg Downey (Macquarie University): Deep enculturation of suffering – a neuroanthropological perspective
Lunch 12.30–2.00pm
Buffet lunch provided
Session 3: Focus On “Happiness” 2.00–3.30pm
• Navjot Bhullar: Happiness – a psychological perspective.
• Carsten Levisen: Danish is different – a linguistic perspective on “happiness”.
• Discussion
Afternoon Tea
Coffee and cakes provided
Our Plenary Speaker
Greg Downey is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at Macquarie University. He is co-founder with Daniel Lende (Notre Dame) of Neuroanthropology.net, and the two are working on a forthcoming volume on the subject, exploring the ways that the nervous system and brain are shaped by cultural influences. His research explores how diverse sports, dance, martial arts and other physical disciplines over long terms shapes sensory perception, motor skills, and the human nervous system.