New perspectives in transcultural psychiatry
In November 2021, DECOLMAD has co-organised a large international conference on new interdisciplinary perspectives in transcultural psychiatry, together with another ERC StG project Governing Madness (MadAf). This hybrid event happened over three days and was kindly hosted by the Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin. It gathered historians, anthropologists, psychiatrists, social workers and psychologists, and fostered several genuinely inclusive and innovative cross-disciplinary conversations.
The conference focused on alternative geographies, actors and networks of transcultural psychiatry, explored a variety of methodological and research ethics issues, and engaged with the politics of transcultural psychiatry from different disciplinary angles. We were also thrilled to host the world premiere of the ethnographic documentary ‘Nkabom – a little medicine, a little prayer’, created by the research project Together for Mental Health. To learn more about the conference’s goals and discussions, you can watch the video below.
We are also delighted to introduce the research of six fascinating scholars, who took part in the conference, and who offer different disciplinary and thematic perspectives on transcultural psychiatry and related fields.
Dr Sofie Baarnhielm, Karolinska/Transcultural Centre, Stockholm
Dr Baher Ibrahim, University of Glasgow/University of Sheffield
Professor Michael Pettit, University of York
Dr Ursula Read, University of Warwick