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Witnessing silence: the Palestinian genocide, institutional complicity, and the politics of knowledge. By : Aneeza Pervez
ABSTRACT This paper examines the complicity of academic institutions in the ongoing Palestinian genocide, arguing that silence actively sustains settler colonialism, erases Palestinian narratives, and inflicts psychological harm. Drawing on Galtung’s structural violence and Butler’s concept of grievable lives, it critiques the selective engagement of universities with geopolitical crises, exposing colonial hierarchies. Using autoethnography as Read more
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My Journey as a Black Trainee in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. By Ugo Chijiutomi
A trainee’s personal account. I am sure many BIPOC clinicians can relate. Read more
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[Open Access] Book: Psychoanalysis, Catastrophe and Social Action, by Robin Mccoy Brooks
This fascinating volume uses psychoanalytic theory to explore how political subjectivity comes about within the context of global catastrophe, via the emergence of collective individuations through trans-subjectivity. Serving as a jumping-off pointto address the structural linkage between collective catastrophe, subject, group, and political transformation, trans-subjectivity is the central tenet of the book, conceptualized as a Read more
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June 27 and 28, Online Event: The Challenge of Racism: A Black Empathic Approach to Therapeutic Practice. Engaging with Oppression in Practice, Supervision and Training
Outline These workshops are presented by BIPOC Masters trained by Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga in a ‘Black Empathic approach’ to therapy, and the challenge of racism. These workshops support participants to develop a framework for therapeutic understanding based on concepts such as Recognition Trauma and a black empathic approach presented in Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga’s books. Black Issues in Read more
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June 24, 11 am EDT via Zoom : Rede de Clínicas Abertas FREEPSY: Diálogos Abertos (em português)
About this event Na FREEPSY, estamos construindo uma Rede de Clínicas Abertas, composta por coletivos clínicos autônomos que oferecem psicanálise gratuita ou a baixo custo para indivíduos e populações marginalizados, ao mesmo tempo em que repensam a saúde mental. A Rede de Clínicas Abertas oferecerá um mapeamento global das clínicas sociais de psicanálise, explorando formas Read more
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