Discussion of academic texts and began screening of film
12 Março 2019, 10:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Finished the discussion of the chapter "Narrative Knowing" and Norman Holland's essay "The Mind and the Book".
General discussion of the influence of stories in the formation of conceptual frameworks of thought - specific discussion of the representation of black women in medicine in the USA as presented by the popular TV series Grey's Anatomy in preparation for the screening of Crystal Emery's documental film Black Woman in Medicine (2016).
Began the screening of George Cukor's film Gaslight (1944) to offer an illustration of the manner in which the arts can offer illustration of phenonena which can then enter the regular vocabulary of ordinary people. Because of the example this film offers of intimidation or psychological abuse, where false information is presented to the victim, making them doubt their own memory, perception and quite often, their sanity this phenonena became known as gaslighting. We will continue this screening on 19th March.