Our research collective hosted a series of panels on the theme of ‘Mental Health Commons: Fantasy, Utopia and Infrastructure’ at the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought, 5-6 April at Nottingham Trent University.
Read our blog about this conference.
Mental Health Commons: Fantasy, Utopia and Infrastructure
PANEL 1 FRIDAY APRIL 5th 9:30-11:00
‘Writing Out of This World’: Restoring Texts from the Archive of Psychosis. Author: Matt ffytche (University of Essex, UK)
Dig a hole and step inside: On collective wounds and artistic interventions in public sites. Author: Magda Schmukalla (University of Essex, UK)
PANEL 2 FRIDAY APRIL 5th 11:30-13:00
The movements of listening: Cartography of the psychosocial care offered to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Author: Gustavo da Silva Machado
Dispersed Transference: Francesc Tosquelles and the Saint-Alban Hospital. Author: Candela Potente
PANEL 3 FRIDAY APRIL 5th 14:00-15:30
Conversations and Scraps: Free clinic experience in a southern Brazilian city. Authors: Gustavo da Silva Machado, Fabiana Wolff Kogi, Isadora Sammi Clausen, Jade da Silveira Fraga, Kleriane Napp Ribas, Vitoria Martins Limas.
Psychoanalysis and the politics of common. Authors: Aline Rubin, ClaricePaulon and Augusto Coaracy (São Paulo, Brazil)
The boom of ‘Social Clinics” of psychoanalysis in Brazil from 2017-2022: Current movements and their discourses. Author: Paula Costa Camarão, University of São Paulo, Brazil
PANEL 4 FRIDAY APRIL 5th 16:00-17:30
The Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis: Towards a Psychosocial Ethnography and a Clinical Anthropology. Author: Alexander Miller
In Defense of Psychosis. Author: Kendra Terry
Jung’s Approach to Psychosis – A Relevant Model for the Present Day.Author: Andrew Howe
PANEL 5 SATURDAY APRIL 6th 9:30-11:00
Alone Together: A Brief Inquiry into Political Economy of Affect and Emotion. Author: Rifki Akbar Pratama
Considerations on the Popular Teaching of Psychoanalysis. Author: Luíza Girolamo Canato Magro
Midlands Conference in Critical Thought 2024: Centre for Policy, Citizenship and Society + Department of Social and Political Sciences, Nottingham Trent University.
Venue – Nottingham Conference Centre – Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU.
