External interventions

Akbar ABEDI (Tabriz University, Collegium de Lyon Fellow): The Importance of the Exploitation of Raw Materials and Prehistoric Trad

Organized by Thiago Chacon and Mary Walworth

Lia Epperson, fellow at the Collegium de Lyon 2018 - 2019, professor of law, American University, Washington College of Law

Courtesy of Archivio Storico Università di Pisa

Todd Reeser studies from an historical point of view the relationship between universalism and identity in France through médical, psychanalytic et juridic discourses, but also in more popular medium (television, movies, newspapers, documentaries, tabloïds, literature, theatre, autobiographies), through the transgender prism.

Comment la psychiatrie peut-elle appréhender l’altérité ? Comment comprendre, accompagner, soigner les usagers des institutions de santé mentale issus d’autres cultures, où la souffrance et le mal-être s’expliquent autrement ? Nos références occidentales peuvent-elles suffire à appréhender les désordres et les vulnérabilités des familles migrantes en difficulté ? À quoi les professionnels et les institutions sont-ils confrontés dans leurs pratiques avec des patients immigrés, exilés ou écartelés entre différentes références culturelles ?

The lecture will focus on the ways in which the ancient Maya have been studied, and the issues on whether it is possible to extend the analogies with the present-day Mayas. The Classic Maya built a fascinating civilization, which was firmly rooted in the ideology that involved beliefs in the inevitability of time changes, as well as in the complex sets of deities and spirits. The rulers had a special place in this microcosm, as they were believed to be direct descendants of the deities responsible for each city-state. Recent advancement in the decipherment of ancient Maya writing enables us to gain unprecedented insights into the structure and organization of their societies, as well as of the roles of the spiritual components in them.