Friday (18/07)— In a thought-provoking session of the 2025 Summer Course “Beyond Boundaries” hosted by CICP, psychology and culture came under fresh light with a lecture by renowned scholar Prof. Emiko Kashima from La Trobe University. The session, titled “What is Polyculturalism? A New Perspective for Understanding Culture and Cultural Identity”, invited participants to explore how cultures are not fixed but interconnected and ever-evolving.
Thursday (17/07), Rogelia Pe-Pua launched the “Beyond Boundaries” International Summer Course with a reflective presentation about “Tracing the Trajectory of Indigenous Psychology: A Reflective Dialogue on Knowledge, Method, and Identity”. This presentation explain the development of Sikolohiyang Pilipino, a homegrown psychology movement pioneered by Virgilio Enriquez. She emphasized cultural identity as a foundation of psychology, stating, “Psychology is too important to be left only to psychologists.” The concept of kapwa—shared identity—was presented as central to Filipino social interaction.
Wednesday (16/07), has been presented the first lecturer session in International Summer Course CICP 2025. This session titled “The Dynamic Nature of Psychological Phenomena: Where Cultural Psychology Solves the Main Problem of General Psychology” by Prof. Jaan Valsiner (Aalborg University) and Assoc. Prof. Giuseppina Marsico (the University of Salerno). Valsiner and Marsico addressed a fundamental shortcoming in mainstream psychology—its neglect of semiosis, the process through which meaning is created and understood in human experience. Marsico delivered a sharp critique of the historical trajectory of psychology, arguing that throughout the 20th century, the discipline failed to recognize meaning-making as a central psychological process, thereby sidelining a crucial dimension of the human mind.
Yogyakarta, 14 July 2025 — The Centre for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP), Faculty of Psychology, Gadjah Mada University, officially opened the 2025 International Summer Course series themed ‘Beyond Boundaries: Reflection and Forward Looking into Psychology and Culture’. This online event marks the 15th anniversary of CICP’s journey in developing and strengthening indigenous and cultural psychology approaches in Indonesia and the Global South.
