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‘Trauma’ work today. Curating and commodifying human suffering. Transformative possibilities through epistemological agility. Professor and Founder Director of the Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees and of the MA /PhD Programmes in Refugee Care, University of Essex, UK The ‘trauma’ industry is one of the most increasingly thriving enterprises in the world over the last few decades. The predominant approach of conceptualising human suffering in the context of ‘trauma’ is on mastering specific techniques that are aimed at alleviating specific symptoms and other forms of discomfort and anguish. This presentation will explore the importance of appreciating the role of imperceptibly constructing epistemological presuppositions that position us in ways that we adopt certain perspectives in perceiving relevant events and experiences. What is the role of ‘curating’ societal discourses that construct commodifying human suffering? How do we inadvertently develop a ‘victim identity’ in those we want to help? What other identities are constructed from such ‘curating’ of societal discourses? Is there an epistemological framework that can overcome such distortions? | ||
