1 I nt er nat i onal psychoanal ysi s. net was l aunched i n Januar y 2007. On t he mast head we wrot e: "Thi s web si t e present s a wi de vari et y of cont ent t hat we believe will be of interest to the mental health professional community, academi a, and t he wi der publ i c. I t pr ovi des a pl at f or m f or announcement s of publ i c and pr of essi onal i nt er est, f i l m, t heat er and book r evi ews, Op Ed and ot her opi ni on pi eces, as wel l as l i nks t o meet i ng and conference web cast s. We see i t as bot h a pl at form and a cl ear i ng house f or psychoanal yt i c event s and wor ks i n pr ogr ess. " Our i nt ent i on was t o pr omot e psychoanal yt i cal l y- i nf or med educat i on, t reat ment, and research. and t o i ncrease publ i c awareness of t he cont r i but i ons made by psychoanalysts to the artistic, cultural, political, and soci al cl i ma t e i n whi c h we l i ve. Howe ve r di s c omf i t i ng t he j uxt aposi t i on of psychoanal ysi s and comput er s may feel at fi rst, t he t i mes demand t hat we become ci t i zens of bot h cul t ures. The i nt eract i ve format t hat al l ows for engagement bet ween our cont r i but or s and our r eader s i s j ust one advant age of our joint citizenship. We assembl ed a di st i ngui shed gr oup of 20 t opi c edi t or s, 26 r egi onal edi t or s f r om ar ound t he wor l d, and 8 l i ai son edi t or s t o psychoanalytic societies and institutes. The si t e i ncl udes a sear ch f unct i on and ar chi ved l i nks by mont h and t opi c. I t i s suppor t ed by cont r i but i ons f r om many psychoanal yt i c or gani zat i ons i ncl udi ng APsaA, t he IPA, The New York Freudi an Soci et y, The West chest er Cent er f or t he St udy of Psychoanal ysi s, The American Institute for Psychoanalysis, The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, The
2 Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, The China American Psychoanalytic Alliance, The Sigour ney Awar d Tr ust and t he Psychoanalytic Institute affiliated with the NYU Sc hool of Medi ci ne. Si nce i t s begi nni ng t he number of cont r i but i ons and t he number of vi ewer s has expl oded. I n Febr uar y 2007 t her e wer e t en post s. One was a l i nk t o an ar t i cl e i n t he Christian Science Monitor entitled Is this the End of the Scholarly Journal? In t hat pi ece, Gregory M. Lamb described the new possibilities for publ i shi ng sci ent i f i c paper s onl i ne, wi t hout peer r evi ew but i n a f or mat t hat al l ows di r ect i nt er act i on bet ween aut hor s and t hei r r eader s. I n August 2010 t her e wer e si xt y- f our cont r i but i ons. One l i nk at t hat t i me wa s t o a Ne w Yor k Ti mes article, Scholars Test Web Alternatives to Peer Review by Patricia Cohen. Ther e ar e cer t ai nl y pr os and cons t o t he di st r i but i on of sci ent i f i c knowl edge t hr ough open web based peer r evi ew. I n some of t he "hard" sci ences - - physi cs, chemi st r y, and mat hematics among t hem -- It is now standard for scholars to make t hei r cont ri but i ons avai l abl e t o t he communi t y as soon as they are written. In psychoanalysis the time lag fromf i ni shed cont r i but i on t o publ i cat i on i n pr i nt has sometimes been as l ong as t hr ee year s. Internationalpsychoanalysis.net and related Internet sites enabled faster di st r i but i on of cut t i ng edge i deas, and t he oppor t uni t y t o l et t he psychoanal yt i c communi t y j udge t hem directly We can al so post publ i shed paper s with the permi ssi on of t hei r j our nal s of or i gi n, and pr esent at i ons f r om anal yt i c congr esses and symposi um t ext s can be made avai l abl e wi t hi n a few weeks of the events. Our list to date includes papers fromt he 2007 I PA Ber l i n
3 Congr ess ( mor e t han 100 i n f our l anguages), t he 2009 I PA Chi cago Congr ess, and the C3PO symposi a. We ar e of t en asked how we f i ne t he di ver se st uf f we post ever y day. One answer i s t hat Googl e i s gr eat! We surf t he web every mor ni ng, l ooki ng f or cont r i but i ons i n many areas, from the traditional psychoanalytic pur vi ews of psychot her apy and chi l d devel opment t o appl i ed psychoanal ysi s and its broader cultural context. Our entries are informat i ve and sometimes cont roversi al. A pi ece by Yal e Kramer aft er t he Vi rgi ni a Tech massacre elicited mor e t han 100 r esponses A second gr oup of post i ngs ar e or i gi nal cont r i but i ons f or whi ch we ar e t he publ i sher of f i r st r esor t. Poems by Alicia Ostriker, Linda McCar r i st on, and Maxi ne Kumi n have been on Poet r y Monday, as have poems by our own poet r y edi t or, I r ene Willis. Photographs by Ernest Kafka and El sa Bl um have been on Phot ogr aphy Fr i day, as has t he wor k of our phot ogr aphy edi t or, Joel Selligmann. We published in its entirely a serialized f ul l - l engt h novel Wor ds Sai d Af t er Deat h by Naf t al i Moshe ( Pseudonym of t he author). We have post ed pl ays, t oo - - Freud In Rome: It Takes a Little Courage by Rober t Li ppman, and or i gi nal movi e r evi ews - - Ani t a Kat z on Utz and The Vanishing; Bennet t Rot h on In America, History of Violence, and Inception; Har vey Roy Gr eenber g on Crumb, Thirty-two Short Films about Glen Gould, O, and Brother, Where Art Thou?, Ar l e ne Kr a mer Ri chards on Matchstick Men, Pan s Labyrinth and Munich, BertramRosen on Erin Brokovich (with Paul Palvin), and Eyes Wide Shut, and book r evi ews i ncl udi ng Fr eud, t he I nvent or of t he Moder n Mi nd and separ at e r evi ews of Leo Rangel l s The Road to Unity by Ar nol d Ri char ds and Ar t hur Lynch al l written for the website.
4 A t wo- year gr ant f r om the Amer i can Psychoanal yt i c Foundat i on enabl es us to post recordings of scientific meet i ngs. We have post ed about t hi r t y si nce t he effort st art ed. The l i st of present ers i ncl uded Jack Arl ow, Charl es Br enner, Leo Rangel l, Len Shengol d, Har ol d Bl um, Her ber t Schl esi nger, Anna Fr eud and many mor e Thi s ar chi ve i s a wonder f ul t eachi ng resource t hat can be accessed for i nstitute courses. Our hope i s t o devel op a pr ogr am of di st ance l ear ni ng usi ng post ed paper s f or on l i ne seminars Eyeballs on the site have i ncr eased al ong wi t h cont ent. Googl e Anal yt i cs t r acks our t r af f i c. Dur i ng t he 30 days precedi ng Sept ember 23, 2010 we have had 10, 360 vi si t s and 16, 942 page vi ews. We have vi ewer s i n 55 count r i es and t er r i t or i es i n t he wor l d, and i n ever y st at e i n t he US. The t en count r i es wi t h t he most hits were United St at es, Uni t ed Ki ngdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, I t al y, I ndi a, Tur key, Greece and Brazi l. Al exa, a st at i st i cal t ool t hat ranks web si t es by t he number of si t es t hat have mor e hi t s has I P. net at 1. 9 million world wide. (As compari son accordi ng t o Al exa, APsaA. org scores 1. 7 million) I (ADR) I amsometimes asked why I chose t he name I did for the site. Was i t because I was not appoi nt ed edi t or of t he I JP? I have t ol d my questioners that this is exactly correct. I was one of two finalists for the posi t i on. I t r avel ed t o London on Thanksgi vi ng ( a hol i day not cel ebr at ed i n t he UK). I n my pr esent at i on I of f er ed suggest i ons about how t he Jour nal coul d better keep up with the times, and how i t coul d t ake advant age of i nt er act i ve medi a. The sel ect i on commi t t ee appreci at ed my suggest i ons, but di d not of f er me t he j ob. When I got back t o New Yor k, I cont act ed Devr a Hal l Levy ( our Web
desi gner ) and asked her t o const r uct t he si t e. We l aunched I P. net t wo mont hs 5 later. What does t he f ut ur e hol d? Rober t Whi t e, Bonni e Li t owi t z, and Ar nol d Ri char ds ar e l aunchi ng an E- Zi ne. Off The Couch will be publ i shed quar t er l y, and will include articles written especially for it, plus some of the original material posted on IP.net. The first issue will be about ci nema with articles by Her ber t St ei n, Ani t a Kat z, Rober t Whi t e and Jon Meyer. We hope t hat you' l l j oi n us, and t ake par t i n t he spi r i t ed di al og t hat has made IP. net such an exci t i ng vent ur e. We ar e gr owi ng and expandi ng. Hel p us devel op i n t he di r ect i ons t hat matter most t o you.