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the
funding
situation,
is via the
increased
carmunication
with
one
another that
has
resulted from the conferences.
Most European countries
(those who are members
of
the
European
Economic
Community or EEC)
are
currently combining economic forces,
and in 1992 many economic boundaries
which
have
previously
separated
these European countries will cease to
exist.
One outcome of this
is
that
research
proposals
which involve
researchers
and
institutions
in
different
EEC countries are currently
being encouraged by the various governmental
bodies
who normally finance
scientific
research,
via
the
offering of preferential consideration to
such
joint
research
proposals.
The
increased
communication
amonq
researchers stemming
from
the
Euro-PA
conferences
may
encourage
the
formation
of
such
joint research projects.
Also,
while this is purely
speculation,
we may also shortly be finding similar funding encouragement
u S ^ °r
sPecific governments) to conduct joint research projects
with those countries which were
previously
behind
the
'iron
curtain'.
Again,
the Euro-PA offers an excellent means of bringing such researchers
together.
Language
also
remains
a
problem
for
which no immediate
solution
is
apparent.
To this observer,
it appears that
most of the younger members
of
the
Euro-PA
are
increasingly
fluent in spoken
English.
Yet
an
increasing level of fluency in English
does
not necessarily address many
of the problems that Alvarado
(1989) noted,
as writing and translating in
English can remain a very difficult and time-consumiing
task.
it
should
also
be
noted
that
the.
recent
crumbling
of the
'iron curtain' could
increase
the
number
of
’different languages encountered within European
parapsychology
(and all
the
problems inherent therein),
although at the
moment this is purely a manner of speculation.
In
, hls
article
Alvarado
(1989)
suggests
four
strategies which could
minimize
the
problems
raised
by
language
differences,
namely:
1)
publishing in English the
summaries,
bibliographies and reviews of works
originally
published
in other languages;
2)
English-language
journals
actively
seeking
and
encouraging
publication
of
the
research
of
foreign- language
speakers;
3) developing an
active
translation
policy
into English
of works previously published in foreign languages;
and,
4)
e forts on the.
part of the PA to encourage greater foreign participation.
suggestions were aimed
at
the
'conventional
'
carmunication
and
collaboration network,
and
they
are
all
excellent
strategies,
the
implementation
of
which
would benefit all.
However,
as Alvarado notes
possible solutions such as
conferences
and translations may prove to be
expensive and, consequently, beyond the means
of
groups and individuals'
(pg.
134).
As has previously been discussed,
they
w>uld
certainly
be
teyond the means of the European parapsychology comnunity.
Ihere
is
one
problem
area
which,
in the opinion of the author,
the1
Orro-PA has successfully addressed.
It
has
decreased
the
isolation of
individual
researchers
and of research groups from each other
and,
by
tnis means,
greatly
increased
conmunication
and collaboration
between
ivi ual researchers
and also between the
various research groups.
As
rSf
teen Previously stated,
as a consequence
of
the conferences we know
another
better
on
a
personal
level,
and
have
a
much
better
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understanding
of
each
of he-
at, 1
KQ
t° exchange research ideas and learn^f^3^?
1 persPectives.
We are
members,
who have thus far
of specific developments naL £
software develops/
in
communication
has
not to
'restrf^
?e noted
this increase
conferences .
via the m iciof t
j
M
to
those
who
'-^‘“‘'unrcanon
has
not
been
J 7
ULea ^t this incr
conferences,
via the questionnaire
t
f?'
C?
d
to
those
who
attend
voice
an
opinion
of
what
they ’wanti^^'^
mQ:,lbers
were
able
"t
parapsychology.
indeed,
over a^ird^f +h°
S
f
S
develoP
in
Europea
per cent)
were
received
from
peoDle
wh^
e
k
retUrned
c3uesti°nnaires
(3
conference,
as of yet.
Also,
5l
have
,
not attended a Euro-P.
developments
via
mailings,
regardW t
are kept breast o
conference
or
return
questionSS
a a
whether
they
attend
th<
list,
the number of Euro-PA iremherc h
’
^
n<^'
3S refdected by our mailinc
since the first Euro-ra o^nfS^S
h“ ““eased by owr twelve pS cS
Europe, we hope we will see
further
,
rect
'nt d''Velop,rents in Easterr
attempt to further aid communication
ac* eases ln the near future,
in ar
the
Edinburgh
research
unit
which wil^h?*
0^
1S
ccnPiled
by
While
similar
to
the
pa
directory
S
Sent
J° a11 ^o-PA members!
information,
such
as
whether
mPThK!’
lt:
includes
some
additional
research and/or corresponding with one ^nth
*2
lnterested
in
conducting
ther
areas
of expertise relevant to
hnt-
and
whether
they have
about which they
would be willing to off^heTn^nd^
5^01097 ^
Se
rnat
by
having
a
semrafo
V7 icr neip and advice.
it i s honed
5S*' ”*“
* ^SeT^co^to SterSrS™
parapsychologists rOT i„
greater
interaction
and
see
the d^i
that future years will produce
projects.
At the
least,
th?n^!M
of
inter-lab
resSrch
to improve seme of
the circumstance
provided us with an opportunity
f
d
it
places us in
a ^^SsiSn
opportunities which may develop.
n
to
take
advantage
of
other
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References
Alvarado,
Carlos
A.
(1989)
The
Journal of Parapsychology , Vol
.
,
language
barrier
in
parapsychology
No.
2.,
pp.
125-139
Beloff, John
(1990)
personal cormunication
Blackmore, Susan
(1989)
1988 Euro-PA Conference.
Vol.
20,
No.
4, pp.
5-7
Parapsychology Review ,
Johnson,
Martin
(1976)
Some
reflections
after
the
P.A
European Journal of Parapsychology .
Vol.
1,
No.
3,
pp.
1-5
Convention.
“'of
p
(1978)
we r
f*dy for the establishment of a European
branch
of
the
Parapsychological
Association.
European
Journal
of
Parapsychology ,
Vol.
2,
No.
3,
pp.
203-205
-
Johnson,
Martin
(1979)
The
European
Parapsychological
Association
(ERPA)
is
Journal of Parapsychology .
Vol.
3,
No.
1,
regional
branch
new
established.
pp.
1-2
of
the
European
Parker, Adrian
(1989) Applying for
Paper
presented
to
the
Second
Netherlands,
Nov.
10-12
Research
Funding
in
Parapsychology
.
Annual
Kuro-PA Conference,
Vught,
The
Watt, Caroline
(1990)
Euro-PA
1989.
No.
2,
pp.
10-11
Parapsychology
Review .
Vol.
21,
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Appendix
“e Questions and a
of the _
euro-pa questionnaire
Name:
Country
been provided for your answers.
'
f yoU need
rT)ore space than has
folWnf£
ld
™ln Eur°-™goals
toi lowing as appropriate:
-'v- i
1 0
1 8
An annual conference
administration^^the ronfere^e
*** organizati°n and
Fund-raising
"
admb?w ^
Willing to help with
tlie
administration of fund-raising projects
organization
and
Public relations/publications
I wuld te wi!S 1
° Kf W
ft
f
1 P*1*® relations
1 5
I would be willing to hel£ with ^blJcaUons^
Inter- lab research projects
I
would
be
interested
in
Dart-ir-ir^*-
research projects
Participating m
inter-lab
u
Other
(please specify):
contact ^wit^each^other
0 ^
EUr ° Pean
or
interdisciplinary
research
parapsychology
these goals?"
°f at3mimstrati°n or coordination would be needed to achieve
“ee ,°° or^diff^t ^tSW
fc?
JU8%.^
~
camuttee,
public
relations
committee
P^
lf
re
areas
(conference
17 L™::
s
i
c
y
o
o
: mi^e
shouid ^ ™s
?
h^
s°'
piease“
few
smaller
committees
minimum
possible
committees
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b.
Do you have any other suggestions
as
to means of organizing
the
administration
and
coordination
of
the
Euro- DA?
How
formal
an
organization
do
you think we need?
Should it be organized by country as
well?
formal
organisation
similar
to
PA
formal
European
branch
of
PA
against
a
formal
organisation
semi-formal
organisation
against
organising
by
country
for
organising
by
country
affiliation
with
other scientific
bodies
c.
How
sliould
we
attempt
to
ensure rotation of
res[>onsil>i
l.i
t Jos
whilst maintaining continuity?
Should we have an election at each annual
meeting?
1 6
i n
f a V ou r
o f
a n n u al
i n f r e q ue n t
e i e c t i on
P o s t a l
V o te
V o l u n t ar y
d u t i e s
d e c i d e
E u ro - p A
a i ms
3.
Would
you
normally
be
conference?
(please circle)
interested
in
Yes
2 3
attending an annual
Euio-PA
No
if yes:
a.
Please specify what the
presentation
format
should
Ik?
fot
the
conference
(e.g.,
short
papers
with long discussion periods,
formal
papers with shorter
discussion
periods,
etc.).
Should presentations
lx?
refereed?
1 8
s h o r t
V a per s
,
long
d i sc us s ion
lo n g
p a P e r s
,
s hor t
d i sc us s ion
A
f 1 e X lb 1 e
fo rma t
1 0
i n
f a v 0 u r
o f
r ef e ree d
P ap e r s
ag a i ns t
ref ere ed
pap e rs
b.
Please express your views on whether the
number
of attendees
for.
any
given
conference
should
be limited,
whether non-FA members should
attend,
whether
any
restrictions
should
be
applied
to
who
makes
presentations
and/or
enters
into
any
discussion
[oericxls,
and
any
guidelines which should be used
in deciding the above.
Attendance?
PA
members
only
1 ^
PA
members
plus
guests/invited
speakers
^
anyone
can
attend
Present?
no
restrictions
PA
present,
guests
attend
firm
chairmanship
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area
of
So°
«*»* a
SI >ecin c
wlud, you would
like addressed^ such a conference?^
1^ dlffeiwt ***"«
1 3
were
against
partly /occasionally
specific
topic
linked
healing
to
a general
theme
country
each
year,
^r^should
he
i
ld ln
. Ule
safne
(centrally
located)
countries?
Please list^ wL
location
vary
between
different
you
Would
like
the conference to L
y°hen
ref
Ai’
enCe '
ln
countries
which are located at
such
a distance
ld *
A
,lso sPecify any countries
0 attend the conference if it were to beTekTthe?e.
Y°U W°Ul°
*** un31ke, V
T5
varying
locations
'
central
locations
Holland,
i
England,
i
France
i
rr
,
choose
location
for
special
reason
^
in
favour
low
to
medium
cos t
for you to attend U«"con?erenM,'
S
nKWhefu
Sas?”' “"V
f" i0nl
Opinion
very
varied
,
,
would be least convenient,
favoured,
November
to
Apr i ^ea
t0 October most
October
the
two
mos t°popuiar 'mon ths?
V ° Ured
* WUh
****
Sss
V »- -—
and/orS .2^
Policy?
Projects?
against
fund — raisin
Eu ro- PA
support
lnd Iv j;“ u
“
ities,
by
letters
of
efforts
to
minimi
against
use
of
as
a
priority
fund-raising
activ-
•raisers
PNGs,
etc
raisers
support
or
coordinating
se
interference
_
,
Professional
fund
ask
successful
fund-i
d
raffle
of
videos,
acek
practical
soin-offs
in
aeek
EEC
support
ask
international
companies
use
ESP/PK
for
applied
psychology
for
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5.
Please provide
further
information regarding what,
if any,
public
relations activities you think the
Euro-PA
sliould pursue.
Also,
it has
been suggested that
the general public may
appreciate
having
a
'journal
'
available
which
presented
high
quality
research
in
a
t >o|>ulni
,
non-teduiicai manner.
Do you support this idea,
and
if
so,
would you
l>e
willing
to
contribute popular versions of any technical articles you may
publish in other
professional
journals?
As such a
journal would need to
be published in different
languages
according
to
country,
would you
lx*
willing
to
help with the translation,
editorial,
and/or administrative
work involved in producing such a journal
in your country?
Publicity?
Popular Journal?
~
~1
Other?
occasional
public/press
releases
by
Euro-PA
use
existing
media
in
favour
against
volunteer
to
help
write
or
produce
help
translate
popular
books
produce
six-monthly
newsletter
6.
Presently,
the European
Journal
of
Parapsychology
(EJP)
is the
primary technically-oriented research journal published
in Europe which
is
aimed
at
an exclusively professional parapsychological audience.
(We now
have the Journal
of
Theoretical
Parapsychology as well
.
)
The future of
this journal is currently uncertain.
Do you feel that the
Euro-PA
should
be
involved
in supporting the continuance of EJP,
or some other similar
professionally-oriented journal?
Would you
lx; willing
to contribute
to
such
a
publication
as
an
author,
editor,
translator,
and/or
administrator?
Support
EJP/
Technical
Jou rnal?
Other?
7.
for
supporting
EJP
or
similar
technical
journal
d
volunteer
help
to
write
or
produce
combine
EJP
and
JSPR
resources
Euro-PA
supports
but
doesn't
run
a
technical
journal
reorient
present
journals
to
field
of
abnormal
psychology
too
many
technical
journals
EJP
too
dry
wider
What other cements do you have?
English
should
be
the
official
Euro-PA
conference
language
Euro-PA
should
seek
to
affiliate
with
other
scientific
and
professional
bodies
membership
of
Euro-PA
should
be
through
contribution
to
development
of
parapsych.
and
election
by
council
as
PA
Euro-PA
members
should
lower
barriers
by
writing
articles
for other
professions
research
would
suffer
if
time
devoted
to
popular
too
few
parapsychologists
to
allow
Euro-PA
to
be
Public
relations,
fund-raising,
publications
j on rn a 1
active
in
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