Dienstag | 17.15 Uhr | Global Mental Therapy Prof. Dr. William Sax (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg) There is a kind of global mental therapy, which has been used by virtually everyone, in every culture and during all periods of human history: It is called "ritual." But the therapeutic aspects of healing rituals have never been adequately investigated by psychology and psychiatry, nor are these disciplines sufficiently aware of the degree to which their own practices are ritualized. What explains this lack of interest in what is likely the most ubiquitous type of global mental therapy? Why does the topic remain so dreadfully under-researched? Can "rituals" be effective in treating mental suffering, and if so, how? Drawing on several decades of ethnographic research on ritual healing in Asia, Africa, and Europe, I suggest a number of provisional answers to these questions. Adresse 4010 (CATS, Seminargebäude: Hörsaal) 010.01.05 Voßstraße 2 69115 Heidelberg Homepage Veranstaltung https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/ethno/mahassa/index.php?language=de&page=medicalAntWorkGroup Veranstalter Südasien-Institut, Abteilung Ethnologie Homepage Veranstalter https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/ethno/index.php?language=en&page=home Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'Medical Anthropology Forum - WS 2019/20': Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2019, 17.15 Uhr Engaging traditional healers for men’s sexual health promotion in Bangladesh” Dr. Mujibul Anam (Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh) Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2019, 17.15 Uhr Dr. Vibha Joshi Parkin (Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Tübingen) Dienstag, 12. November 2019, 17.15 Uhr Mercurial Medicines and Volatile Matters: Mercury as a Therapeutic Resource in Siddha Medicine Dr. Roman Sieler (Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Tübingen) Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2019, 17.15 Uhr Wild Animal Charmers, Ritual Healing and Ecopsychiatry in the Sundarbans Dr. Annu Jalais (South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore) Dienstag, 21. Januar 2020, 17.15 Uhr Global Mental Therapy Prof. Dr. William Sax (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg) Dienstag, 04. Februar 2020, 17.15 Uhr Self-Medicating with Research Chemicals: An Anthropological Exploration of an Online Drug Forum Dr. Kira Schmidt Stiedenroth (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg |