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For additional information on the following, please contact:
Bela Scheiber at 303-444-5368 •E-mail: cfirockies@aol.com
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Explores:
The Gender Politics of Science
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
June 6-7, 1997
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The First Annual Meeting of the Rational Feminist Alliance of CSICOP
Gender and racial politics frequently resort to claims that go unchallenged
for political reasons. This amounts to intellectual intimidation, most
notably -- and of greatest concern -- in academic institutions which condone
any trivial social or ethnic influence in order to avoid offense. In these
circumstances, considerations of intellectual rigor or academic relevance
inevitably fall by the wayside. Feminist rhetoric has been misused most
explicitly in medicine and psychology while racial/nationalistic rhetoric has
been misused in anthropology. The consequence of this kind of academic
misbehavior can be seen permeating popular culture. Laws are being written
institutionalizing these kinds of anti-rational impulses. The burgeoning
influence of creationism, Afro-centrism, "alternative" medicine and repressed
memory and their legitimation in vital societal institutions is far too
common. This conference will elucidate the misuse of evidence in Anthropology
and Psychology. We will not flinch at controversy. We hope that the outcome
will give participants a weapon or two in defense of reason.
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FRIDAY
3:30 - 5:00
Registration, Reception and Book Signing
5:00 - 7:00
Welcome -- Barbara Voorheis -- Chair, Anthropology
Introduce Center for Inquiry - Rockies -- Paul Kurtz, Director, CSICOP
Introduce participants -- Carla Selby, Bela Scheiber, Conference Co-Chairs
Set Agenda Barbara Eisenstadt
SATURDAY
9:00 - 10:30
First Session -- Misuse of Psychotherapy
Barbara Eisenstadt -- Chair, Gina Green, Merrily Shade Brown, Debra Nathan
10:30 - 11:00 BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
Second Session -- Misuse of Archaeology
Carla Selby -- Chair, Bernard Ortiz de Montellano, Steve Lekson
12:45 - 2:15 LUNCH
Carol Tavris: Keynote -- Back to Rationality
2:30 - 4:00
Third Session -- Why the alternative "Paradigms"
FACILITATED COMMUNICATION, THERAPEUTIC TOUCH, REPRESSED MEMORIES, ALIEN
ABDUCTION
Judith Crandall -- Chair, Bela Scheiber, Gina Green, Elizabeth Loftus, Debra
Nathan: Discussant
4:00 - 4:30 BREAK
4:30 - 6:00
Fourth Session -- Misuse of evidence on the right and the left
CREATIONISM, MYTH VS. ARCHAEOLOGY
Carla Selby -- Chair, Eugenie Scott, Bernard Ortiz de Montellano, Paul
Shankman, Hazel Barnes: Discussant
6:00 - 7:00 BREAK
7:00 - 10:00 Dinner
Where to now?
Paul Kurtz, Bela Scheiber, Carla Selby, Eugenie Scott, Carol Tavris, Barbara
Eisenstadt, Elizabeth Loftus
Sunday 9:00 - 1:00
Bus tour of the Boulder mountain area & gold mining towns with breakfast in
historic Gold Hill, Colorado
Seating is limited, register early!
Raconteur -- Huntley Ingalls
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First Annual Rational Feminist Conference
Center for Inquiry- Rockies
Post Office Box 2019
Boulder Colorado 80306
$145 per person early bird registration by May 1. . .
$160 per person registration after May 1 ...
$30 per person for Luncheon & Carol Tavris' keynote speech...
$25 per person for Sunday bus tour and breakfast...
$300 for CLE credit*...
$145 per person registration CU Faculty and Students...
(confirmation will be mailed within two weeks of receipt of payment)
First Class Accommodations are available at the Broker Inn, a fifteen minute
walk to the conference. Rooms are S79.00 single or double. Call Toll-Free
1-800-338-5407 or FAX (303) 444-6444
Dormitory rooms are available on campus at Kittridge Commons adjacent to the
conference site. Dorm rooms are $40.00 singe or double. Call (303) 492-5151
or FAX (303) 492-5959 Mention Center for Inquiry - Rockies to obtain the
conference rate.
Make checks payable to Center for Inquiry - Rockies. Mail to: P.O. Box 2019,
Boulder, CO 80306
For Speaker and Additional information contact:
Carla Selby at 303-447-1429 FAX:303-447-9713
Bela Scheiber at 303-444-5368 •E-mail: cfirockies@aol.com
Or see: http://www.csicop.org/events/feminism.html