How are medical concepts of emotion reflected in movies and TV films? How do they travel and transform in social science research? And which concepts of emotion and cultural identity did audio-visual productions propagate since the 1950s?
The EU-funded SCECI (Scientific Concepts of Emotion and Cultural Identities) project argues that a transdisciplinary approach is needed to understand contemporary concepts of self, emotional identity, and societal change. Starting from the assumption that (a) medical and psychological concepts of emotions profoundly inform our concepts of self and identity, that (b) movies and TV films have become the dominant media through which cultural concepts are expressed and spread, and that (c) the social sciences conceptualize cultural change on a theoretical plane, the project combines the perspectives of three disciplines. First, it studies how emotions are conceptualized in medical research. Second, it traces the transformation of these concepts in the social sciences literature. And, third, it analyses the reflection of scientific concepts of emotions in audio-visual productions.
Further details: Emotion and Identity: Medical, Social Sciences and Cultural Perspectives