Understanding and Communicating Pain

Beskrivelse

Pain is not just an individual physical or emotional experience. The ways in which it is represented and imagined, and the knowledges, beliefs and values that surround it, have a direct effect on how it is experienced and managed by individuals, families and social groups. This event takes an interdisciplinary look at how pain is caused, experienced, understood and communicated exploring the following questions: How do different cultural and sub-cultural groups deal with pain: what kinds of beliefs and values do they have about pain; what kinds of rituals and forms of therapy do they employ in managing it; how do they communicate it? What can we learn from diverse cultural and historial perspectives on pain? Pain is represented in the arts in multiple ways: as something to be feared and conquered; as something that offers fascination and drama.

Periode	7. maj 2014 → 8. maj 2014
Begivenhedstype	Konference
Placering	Durham, StorbritannienVis på kort