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SUMMARY:Mind and Body in Health and Culture
DESCRIPTION:\nSeminar series Current Intersections of Culture\, Language a
 nd Wellbeing together with the research seminar of Research Center for Cu
 lture and Health presents:\n\n\n\nMind and Body in Health and Culture\nTim
 e: 14.5.2024\, 14:00-16:00 (EEST / UTC+03:00)\n\n\n\nPlace: Zoom (register
  here: https://utu.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Yoc--sqTIsGNLjK0Xr79CdKcIEr
 rLLEiRE#/registration)\n\n\n\nNB! There is also a possibility to follow th
 e seminar together in Arcanum (Arcanuminkuja 1)\, seminar room A127 Joki (
 University of Turku\, Finland).\n\n\n\n\nIn this seminar we will focus on
  Mind and Body in Health and Culture through various topics: diversifyin
 g psychology in African fiction\, dance movement therapy ans its effects 
 on quality of life and body image among widows and widowers\, and working
  with and for Indigenous people in research.\n\n\n\n\nThe seminar series C
 urrent Intersections of Culture\, Language and Wellbeing is a multidiscipl
 inary online seminar organized by three networks from the University of Tu
 rku\, Finland: the Cultural Interaction Researcher Network KULTVA\, the Ce
 ntre of Language and Wellbeing (LaWe)\, and the Research Center for Cultur
 e and Health. The aim of the seminar is to foster international networking
  and research collaboration between social sciences\, humanities\, and lin
 guistics\, focusing on topics related to health and wellbeing.\n\n\n\nPres
 entations:\n\n\n\nChristina Slopek-Hauff\, Heinrich Heine University\, Dü
 sseldorf\n\n\n\n“Against Psychiatric Imperialism: Diversifying Psycholog
 y in African Fiction”\n\n\n\nWhen transcultural psychiatrist Suman Fern
 ando speaks of “psychiatric imperialism”\, he means “the internation
 al use of [western-based] psychiatry in the context of  western political
  and military domination and the ethos of white  superiority” (1991\, 4
 ). His concept combines historical as well as  contemporary dimensions\, 
 for instance the subsumption and  marginalization of local psychological 
 knowledge in imperial times\, which is ongoing in  contemporary hegemonic
  psychology. As this paper will show\, contemporary  Anglophone African l
 iteratures are involved in the renegotiation of  psychological knowledge 
 as they articulate transculturally informed visions of psychology\, mind a
 nd body and frequently reaffirm  local knowledge systems in an effort to 
 diversify psychology.\n\n\n\nSilja McNamara\, Tampereen yliopisto\n\n\n\n
 “The Effect of Dance Movement Therapy Interventions on the Quality of Li
 fe and Body Image of Bereaved Widows/Widowers”\n\n\n\nThis research is a
  mixed methods study to explore the use of dance movement therapy within b
 ereaved widows/widowers. Grief has a tremendous effect on the whole embodi
 ed sense of self and may  cause many physical symptoms. The physical effe
 cts of grief are well established in science\, yet there is not much resea
 rch done on  therapeutic interventions that explore grief through body an
 d movement. Recent Finnish studies on dance movement therapy (DMT)  with 
 people with cancer indicate that DMT has a positive effect on the  partic
 ipant’s wellbeing. Furthermore\, another Finnish study concludes  that 
 DMT is an effective treatment for people with depression having a positive
  effect on the participants’ body image.  Therefore\, it is crucial to 
 research how a creative and a body focused  form of therapy\, DMT can sup
 port widowed people’s wellbeing through  integrating grief as a part of
  their lives. This research will respond to the gap in DMT and bereavement
  research.\n\n\n\nPauline Norris\, Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific 
 Health – University of Otago\n\n\n\n“Working With\, and For\, Indigeno
 us People in Research: Experiences From New Zealand”\n\n\n\nProfessor P
 auline Norris is a sociologist and health services researcher whose prima
 ry research interest is access to medicines. She is a Research Professor a
 t Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health at the University of Otago
 \, and Research Advisor at Te Hauora o Turanganui a Kiwa (Turanga Health)\
 , a Māori health provider in New Zealand. In this seminar she will talk a
 bout her experiences with two recent projects: a randomised controlled tri
 al of prescription copayments\, and an evaluation of Turanga Health’s Co
 vid response\, and what she has learnt about working with\, and for\, Indi
 genous people in research.\n\n\n
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