HIV/AIDS as Cultural Complex
Viral invasion, infection anxiety, illness and death returning to the contemporary world – HIV/AIDS has been an intensely charged crisis for forty years, and continues to be an ongoing disaster in many parts of the world. I will present material from my current research to approach AIDS as a series of dense cultural complexes, all combining ancient roots with modern patterns.
Bio: Paul Attinello is a Jungian analyst in private practice and a senior lecturer at Newcastle University who has also taught at the University of Hong Kong and as a guest professor at UCLA. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA and diploma as an analyst from the C. G. Jung-Institute in Zürich. He has lived and worked on four continents, has been involved in HIV groups and programs, creative and academic events and projects, and is a co-founder of the current Psychosocial Wednesdays series. He is published in essay collections, journals, and reference works, writing on contemporary music, HIV/ AIDS, and philosophical and psychological topics. He is co-editor of collections on the Darmstadt avant-garde and on music in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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