Reshaping the mind: Evolutionary psy-disciplines, universality, and the legacy of the “primitive” in understanding human nature

Description

How have psychiatry and primitivist representations interacted with ideologies and nation-state projects in (post)colonial times in different contexts? fined our understanding of the human mind and mental disorders by situating their etiological scale at the genome/ancestry level. These entanglements have impacted at individual and community levels, reshaping perceptions of self, mental disorders, and deviancy, and have provided new languages and frameworks for political identities and biosociality. Despite promoting a new universality based on our shared origins, evolutionary psy-disciplines have reproduced a colonial epistemic domain reorganizing racial order in the so-called post-racial era. For example, some studies have associated specific genotypes with gang membership and weapon use, and other studies claim that children of absent fathers engage in sexual activity-and impulsivity and substance abuse, among others-at an earlier age due to genetic traits inherited from their parents rather than as the influence of environmental aspects.

Period	2024
Event type	Workshop
Location	Tarragona, Spain
Degree of Recognition	International