Call for papers

Abstract Submissions – International and interdisciplinary congress

Identity Threats and Resilience in the World of Today

Argument

            The world is currently traversed by a set of bodily, psychic and identity traumas that threaten the balance of plural and mixed societies. Faced with these threats, real or fantasized, different individual and collective strategies are put in place at the level of states, societies, institutions and singular individuals. In order to anticipate the collapse of identity, plural forms of resistance and resilience appears. From terrorist attacks to natural disasters, migration crisis to sexual harassment, stigmatization to (cyber)bullying, genocides, all forms of identity threats will be taken into consideration to determine the invariants and defensive strategies of the humanity of man in a context marked by the rise of extremes.

            Following the conference "Adolescence in the world, the world of adolescents", the Psy-DREPI proposes, through its second international and interdisciplinary symposium, to analyze identity threats and resilience in today's world. It involves questioning the historical, psychic, somatic, psychosocial, groupal, cultural, intercultural and global processes involved in vulnerability issues and current societal identity crises, as well as the encounter between humans and their changing environments. The symposium aims to appreciate how the changes in the global world resonate in the internal world of individuals, but also how what emerges from the individual internal world can enlighten living together in our globalized societies.

            Specialists in mental health, human and social sciences, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, social workers, educators, teachers, directors of care structures ... from all geographical and disciplinary horizons are called to share their practices, their reflections and research work on themes related to issues of identity and resilience in today's world: identity, interculturality, globalization, globality, violence, migration, trauma, radicalization .... but also creativity, resilience, social bond and emotional life.

Participants are invited to submit a proposal either in French or English, in the following areas :

- Natural disasters

- Genocide

- Radicalization

- Migration crisis

- Harassment in socio-educational, health and school institutions

- Discrimination in Sport

- Postcolonial studies

Instructions for Authors

• Two types of communication are possible (oral presentation or poster). The presentations and posters may be either in French or English.

• Oral presentations will be grouped into thematic sessions. Each oral communication will last 15 minutes (plus 5 minutes of discussion with the audience).
  • A poster session in the presence of the author (s) or author (s) will be organized.

Abstracts: 150 words with 5 keywords. The author will mention his institutional membership, an email address and the format of communication (oral or posted).

Sending address: colloquemenacesidentitaires@gmail.com

Deadline : 31/05/2019