Landscapes of empathic understanding: spatial metaphors and metonymies in responses to distant suffering
Cameron, L. and Seu, Irene Bruna (2012) Landscapes of empathic understanding: spatial metaphors and metonymies in responses to distant suffering. In: Living with Uncertainty, 2012. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Event synopsis: A conference for professionals and practitioners. Examining empathy across international contexts (responses to terrorism in UK and to urban violence in Brazil, police-community interactions in USA, conflict transformation in Northern Ireland and Kenya) has revealed how people block empathy through the interaction of emotions, moral reasoning and social dynamics. If these blocks can be dismantled, then empathy with others is made more possible. Tracking successful empathy has identified strategies that can support better understanding of others through dialogue, even in times of increasing uncertainty.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
|---|---|
| School: | School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > Psychosocial Studies |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics (MAMSIE), Gender and Sexuality, Birkbeck (BiGS), Social Research, Birkbeck Institute for (BISR) |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2015 17:17 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2016 14:26 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/11718 |
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