Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Since 9/11 and the so called ‘terror attacks’, questions surrounding the nature of traumatic experience and how that experience may be presented/represented have dominated the Humanities.  This has led to a range of critical works which have attempted to evaluate the parameters of memory, testimony and the ethics of witnessing on both an individual and a collective level. 

Trauma theories exist at the intersection of disciplines such as psychology, history, cultural and media studies and the dramatic arts.  More recently this inter-disciplinarlity has led to a growing area known as the 'Medical Humanities' in which literary and cultural theorists work alongside practitioners and clinicians involved in furthering Traumatology.  Trauma theory is therefore at the forefront of contemporary debates about human subjectivity and experience, but also locates such discourses within historical and political contexts and agendas.

It will run from 31 August until 2 September and is reserved for invited media professionals. The weekend will be facilitated by a leadership group of journalists, journalism educators and health professionals.