Titel: Uniting Two Perspectives on Mental Illness: Philosophy and Linguistics

Termin: 13.9.2018 bis 14.9.2018

Veranstaltungsort:
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ

Referenten: Keynotes: Dr. Nelya Koteyko (Reader in Applied Linguistics, Queen Mary, University of London) *** Prof. Tim Thornton (Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire)

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Kurzbeschreibung: Mental illness has long been of interest to researchers in the humanities, including philosophy, linguistics, sociology, history and politics. In a domain where psychologists and psychiatrists have focused on identifying interventions and developing explanatory models, scholars in the humanities have preferred to explore broad conceptual and cultural questions. For instance:

Where do notions like “mental health” and “mental illness” come from? What can we learn from their history?
How do specific diagnostic categories emerge?
How does psychiatric language shape the way we think about ourselves and each other?
How should we understand the relationship between mental illness and personal responsibility?
How does stigma about mental illness function?
How can we distinguish illness and disorder from other kinds of difference?
To what extent can psychiatry be considered a science?
The aim of this conference is to demonstrate that a dialogue between two of these disciplines – philosophy and linguistics – can help shed light on these important issues.

With this in mind, we specifically encourage contributions that bring together methods and ideas from both of these fields. We also welcome submissions from philosophers who are specifically interested in discussing their work with linguists, and vice versa.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

Diagnosis and treatment ideologies
Mental illness in institutional discourse (e.g. clinical texts, law, government policy)
Models of mental illness (e.g. medical, social)
Feminist and minorities perspectives on psychiatry
Conceptualisation and portrayal of specific conditions
Diagnosis and self-understanding
Verbal and non-verbal communication in neurodiverse communities (e.g. autism communities)
Mental illness in clinical, education, workplace, or family settings
Mental illness in the media (e.g. newspapers, magazines, films, cartoons, advertisements)
Identity and political representation (e.g. the neurodiversity movement, mad pride)
Stigma and anti-stigma campaigns


Abstracts of up to 300 words (references excluded) should be submitted via the form provided (please see below). All abstracts will go through a double blind-review process. The deadline is 12:00 noon on the 20 April 2018. We will let you know if your paper has been accepted on the 4 of June 2018.

Presentations should be 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. The language of the conference is English.

For further information, please feel free to e-mail us.

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