Resistance Psychology Network

Join us online on Nov. 28th (11.00 Ecuador; 16.00 GMT)! In our next public session in the meeting series on the Psychology of Resistance in Repressive and Violent Contexts, Dr. Manuel Capella (University of Guayaquil) will lead a 60-minute discussion on how psychologists can resist in the face of necropolitics. The discussion will be informed by a contextualization of the Ecuadorian case; key findings from work in progress that suggest necropolitics is omitted from psychological research; and stimulating ideas proposed by a group of Ecuadorian psychology students, which may lead to important collaborative discussion. Dr. Capella argues that resisting necropolitics is crucial for many societies around the world, as power renders some lives more disposable than others, and that psychologists may want to engage more seriously with these complex, life or death scenarios. To register, please sign up here: https://clarku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdeiqpjkuE9z3DyNRqxAukM8GY-Xxquh-#/registra

Join us online on Nov. 15th (09.00 GMT)! In our next public session in the meeting series on the Psychology of Resistance in Repressive and Violent Contexts, Dr. Fouad Bou Zeineddine (University of Greenwich) will lead a 90-minute discussion on the question of political relevance in research on the psychology of resistance, including: Do we want academic research in the psychology of resistance to be used? Do we know enough that it can be used? Do resistance movements or opposition parties want what we have? What are the pipelines between academia and resistors, and do they need to be re-engineered? How strong is the potential for this research to be appropriated and misused by repressors? Without direct political influence, is the cultural impact of sharing this research with university students or the general public worthwhile, where that is possible? How do we reach people in places where such dissemination is repressed? How do we cope with the rising levels of censorship and suppre