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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000>Dear </FONT>Lizzie (and all on the list),</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>A message from a critical ally in Europe . . . I have not yet had the chance to read your thesis, Lizzie, but I have enjoyed our occasional conversations and hope you will read the following message as NOT about your thesis but as an expression of concern about multifaceted United Statesian military, economic, cultural; intellectual, ideological global domination. . . and what US military have referred to as the US drive for 'full spectrum dominance' in every sphere. Amongst many other domains, via its domination of community psychology textbook production, cp journal publishing, cp faculty employment, postgraduate training course mounting and its outreach activities, there is a real danger in my view of diverse community psychologies around the world being colonised by United Statesian CP. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I am reluctant to leave unchallenged the positioning of your work to support an implication that US CP has any legitimacy at all in setting criteria of excellence in community psychology against which community psychology around the world in general or Australia in particular should be judged. In my view community psychologists around the world need to resist having their work compared against a US CP measuring stick. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I am also loathe to leave unchallenged the implication that other PhD thesis which never in a million years receive a SCRA award are not 'good' . . . on the contrary I think that the type of innovative critical community psychology praxis, which I see as very good indeed, amongst the best community psychology in Europe, would not stand a chance of winning a SCRA award. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>In my view community psychologists around the world have to be constantly vigilant that rather than it being the case that it is non United Statesian community psychologists "who have shown the USA what a good thesis looks like", the opposite is more often the case. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Surely Australian community psychology does not have to be measured for quality against a US yardstick?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> commpsych-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au on behalf of Adrian Fisher<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 6/18/2007 02:41<BR><B>To:</B> Brian Bishop; commpsych@lists.curtin.edu.au; Anna Warne (E-mail); Chantal Nel (E-mail); Contos and Heath Warren Natalie (E-mail); Costello Diane (E-mail); Dave Vicary (E-mail); Jennie Price (E-mail); Karen Johnson (E-mail); Kendra Swaine (E-mail); Laura Willis (E-mail); Lizzie Finn (E-mail); Melinda Jeffs (E-mail); Peta Dzidic (E-mail); Ron Baker (E-mail); Simon Colquhoun (E-mail); Susan Griffiths (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Commpsych] (no subject)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hi<BR><BR>Big congratulations to Lizzie on the award, it is a major achievement.<BR><BR>Also, contrats to Brian as the supervisor.<BR><BR>adrian<BR><BR>Adrian Fisher PhD<BR>Associate Professor<BR>School of Psychology<BR>Victoria University -- Footscray Park<BR>PO Box 14428<BR>Melbourne VIC 8001<BR>Australia<BR><BR>PH: +613-9919-5221<BR>Fax: +613-9919-4324<BR>www.staff.vu.edu.au/commpsych<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: commpsych-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au<BR>[<A href="mailto:commpsych-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au">mailto:commpsych-bounces@lists.curtin.edu.au</A>] On Behalf Of Brian Bishop<BR>Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2007 1:50 PM<BR>To: commpsych@lists.curtin.edu.au; Anna Warne (E-mail); Brian Bishop<BR>(E-mail); Chantal Nel (E-mail); Contos and Heath Warren Natalie<BR>(E-mail); Costello Diane (E-mail); Dave Vicary (E-mail); Jennie Price<BR>(E-mail); Karen Johnson (E-mail); Kendra Swaine (E-mail); Laura Willis<BR>(E-mail); Lizzie Finn (E-mail); Melinda Jeffs (E-mail); Peta Dzidic<BR>(E-mail); Ron Baker (E-mail); Simon Colquhoun (E-mail); Susan Griffiths<BR>(E-mail)<BR>Subject: [Commpsych] (no subject)<BR><BR>Dear All<BR>Dr Lizzie Finn won the Emory Cowan Memorial Thesis for 2006 for her<BR>thesis entitled "Mutual help groups and psychological wellbeing:<BR>A study of GROW, a community mental health organization". I was able to<BR>collect the award on her behalf and the reception for her award was<BR>overwhelming.<BR>She joins the list of Iain Butterworth and Chris Sonn as Australians who<BR>have shown the USA what a good thesis looks like.<BR>Brian<BR><BR>Brian Bishop<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Commpsych mailing list<BR>Commpsych@lists.curtin.edu.au<BR><A href="https://lists.curtin.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/commpsych">https://lists.curtin.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/commpsych</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Commpsych mailing list<BR>Commpsych@lists.curtin.edu.au<BR><A href="https://lists.curtin.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/commpsych">https://lists.curtin.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/commpsych</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY><p>-- </p>
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