It will be held on Thursday 20 June, at the headquarters of CESV (Volunteering Service Center) of Messina located in Via Salita Cappuccini, il seminary Of study by title “You disappeared! You look great. There violence from the words Between visible And Invisible“, a focus in presence on micro aggressions.
The seminary will be led by Prof. Francesca Dragotto of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, with the intervention of neurologist Barbara Rizzato of the Polyclinic Of Rome Tor Vergata. Verbal expressions, attitudes and behaviors, intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, negative, offensive and insulting messages towards members of oppressed or marginalized social groups.
“The micro aggressions – explain the experts – they can be considered of little importance, without consequences or even normal, because they are present in the communicative practice everyday, but which in reality represent real forms of discrimination And mortificationand can cause psychological damage long lasting. In order to recognize and counteract the micro aggressions it is first necessary to know them and overcome the prejudice, which leads, in a completely erroneous and unfounded way, to superimpose the use of these discursive devices with freedom of speech. It’s not about using politically correct language, but about dealing with prejudices. The micro aggressionsin fact, reflect an idea of dichotomous society: right wrong, upper lower, included/excluded, normal/deviant. The micro aggressions gender reflect the ambivalent sexism (Glick and Fiske), which characterizes relationships between men and women. But there are also micro aggressions racist, religious, homo/transphobic“.
The contents of the seminary I am: tongue, languages, mind and brain, the role of tongue and languages in the construction of knowledge, of the world and of oneself, words neither neutral nor neutral, micro aggressions in the life daily life, neurobiology of stress and micro aggressions, need to rethink how language acts and its effects, in the time of artificial intelligence. To sign up for seminary it is necessary to fill in the form at the link by June 19th https://forms.gle/d5QsBgnq6315JomTA.
