(Online) ADDICTIONS - in Psychology, Culture and Art

Wojciech Owczarski Announcement
Location
Poland
Subject Fields
Anthropology, Literature, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Psychology, Popular Culture Studies

ADDICTIONS - in Psychology, Literature and Art

International Interdisciplinary Conference (online-via Zoom)

Scientific Committee:
Professor Wojciech Owczarski – University of Gdańsk, Poland
Professor Paulo Endo – University of São Paulo, Brazil

ABOUT CONFERENCE: 

              By living in constant stress, rivalry, hurry and uncertainty of tomorrow, we become victims of various addictions more and more often. During our international conference we would like to observe this phenomenon in a possibly broadest perspective. We will be interested in all kinds of addictions: both the most popular, well-known ones, and the rarest, eccentric and surprising ones. We would like to talk about alcoholism, drug addiction, workaholism, sexoholism, but also, for instance, addictions to sushi, fortune telling, or taking part in conferences. We will describe addictions in their present and historical aspects, in cultural, social and individual dimensions, in real life and in artistic representations. That is why we invite researchers and practitioners representing various disciplines: psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, anthropology, politics, philosophy, history, literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, memory studies, migration studies, consciousness studies, dream studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, medical sciences, cognitive sciences, law, to name w few.

            Different forms of presentations are encouraged, including case studies, theoretical inqueries, problem-oriented arguments or comparative analyses.

            We will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics, doctoral and graduate students. Therapists, counselors and practitioners in the field of addiction treatment are also very welcome. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation.

            Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:

  1. Everyday life

  • Games people play

  • Addiction as entertainment

  • Addiction as escape

  • Addiction as self-destructiveness

  • Addictions and crimes

  • Positive aspects of addictions

  • Addicts’ families

  • Life without addictions

   2. Science

  • Addictions and compulsive-obsessive disorder

  • Addictions and neurosis

  • Addictions and psychosis

  • Addictions and hypochondria

  • Addictions and trauma

  • Addictions and mind

  • Addictions and brain

  • Addictions and soma

  • Therapeutic methods of coping with addictions

   3. Society and culture

  • Addictions and cultural differences

  • Common addictions

  • Rare addictions

  • Gender related addictions

  • Age related addictions

  • Children’s addictions

  • Politicians’ addictions

  • Priests’ addictions

  • Animals’ addictions

   4. Literature and art

  • Literature and art about addicts and addictions

  • Addictions and narrative

  • Addictions and representation

  • Addicted artists

  • Addiction to writing

  • Addiction to reading

  • Literature and art as therapy


Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentations, together with a short biographical note, by 4 June 2022 to: adconference2022@gmail.com
or by REGISTRATION FORM.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by 7 June 2021.

The conference language is English.

Note:
As our online conference will be international, we will consider the different time zones of our Participants.
The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentations (also posters) are available

Contact Information

Conference Office

Contact Email
adconference2022@gmail.com