CONTENTS December, 2002 Publication Date: January, 2002

Editor's Rant: What? I Spent My Youth in Graduate School? The editor proposes that academia is not part of the real, physical universe and suggests we loosen up. Bill Gabrenya IACCP in a Time of Challenge The new IACCP president discusses Association issues involving conferences, Congresses and communications. He invites your comments. Peter B. Smith Development Applied: Some Characteristics of a Brazilian Perspective On Developmental Psychology Elaine and Ana describe the interests of Brazilian developmental psychology in the context of the debate over the role of cultural theory and research in the discipline. Elaine Pedreira Rabinovich & Ana Cecília de Sousa Bastos		Report of the XVI Congress of the IACCP: July 15-19, 2002, Yogyakarta, Indonesia A step by step account of where the Congress came from, the troubles it encounted when the world went nuts, who came, what they did, and what they experienced. Johana E. Prawitasari Hadiyono Regional Report: Culture and Psychology in Canada, 2002 Kim illustrates the growth the cultural psychology in Canada by introducing several of the new graduate programs in the area.. Kimberly Noels Review: Culture as a Central Theme in Life-span Develpoment: A Review of Gardiner and Kosmitzki, Lives Across Cultures Karen likes the book, in particular for its breadth of coverage, but wonders if some of the topics are mainly of interest to North Americans. Karen Pfeffer		Convenors Needed for ARTS John Adair Triandis Award 2004 Announcement Treasurer’s Report Michele Gelfand Final Treasurer’s Report Ted Singelis Witkin-Okonji Awards 2002 Debbie Best New Books Conferences IACCP Hungary 2003 IACCP China 2004 And more... 2002 Index
About the Cover Photo Editor I took this photo from the express train that runs from Yogyakarta to Jakarta. I had been warned that this would be a dangerous journey, and my several consultants were correct: the TVs in the passenger cars ran MTV-style shows for 8 hours. To say that the Java countryside is “lush and green” is a bit like saying that Colorado is “hilly” or Florida is “damp.” A motorcyle, not a train or a bus, would be the appropriate way to explore rural Java (well, maybe an air-conditioned motorcycle).