Mokslo darbuotojai – Socialinės Antropologijos Centras

Vytis Čiubrinskas

Vyriausias mokslo darbuotojas, SAC vadovas

VDU Sociologijos katedros profesorius.

Vidmantas Vyšniauskas

Jaunesnysis mokslo darbuotojas.

Tyrimų interesai: etnines mažumas, socialinio ir kultūrinio identiteto politiką, regioninė antropologija.

Rūta Dapkūnaitė

VDU sociologijos doktorantė.

Tyrimų interesai: prievartinė migracija.

Dovilė Grickevičiūtė

Tyrimų bendradarbė

Mokslinių interesų kryptys: (informacija rengiama)

Indra Lukošienė

Jaunesnioji mokslo darbuotoja. VDU socialinės antropologijos magistrė.

Administration

Kristina Jonutytė

Tyrimų bendradarbė

Mokslinių interesų kryptys: religijų antropologija; budizmo antropologija; politikos ir ekonomikos antropologija.

Mykolė Lukošienė

VDU sociologijos doktorantė.

Mokslinių interesų kryptys: miesto antropologija.

Aleksej Panov

VDU socialinės antropologijos magistras.

Tyrimų interesai: valstybes antropologija, naujų socialinių judėjimų antropologija

VDU Socialinės antropologijos centras/VMU Center for Social Anthropology

2 weeks ago

Dear Colleagues,Welcome to the Center for Social Anthropology (VMU) research seminar series of the fall term 2024.We are inviting you for the research seminar Cultural Psychiatry and Anthropology: Trends and ChallengesPresenter: Dr. Daiva Bartušienė (Vytautas Magnus University)Date: October 11 2024, 2:00 p.m.Place: Faculty of Social Sciences, Jonavos Street. 66, Room 324Abstract of the presentation:One of the main focus and goal of the presentation is to give some highlights on a very specificsubfield in medical anthropology - cultural psychiatry. We will look over it’s global trends andtendencies in current research. By sharing my personal and academic experiences of doingethnographic fieldwork in autism community I’ll try to reflect and stimulate a discussion aboutwhat does it mean to do a fieldwork in the field of neurodiversity and not identifying yourself asa neurodivergent person. Also by giving some examples I’ll talk about challenges that emergewhen the fieldwork is done by anthropologist who is on the autism spectrum and whatmethodological challenges may arise from this particular situation.Also the phenomenon of decolonization in psychiatry will be partially touched upon, and one ofthe most prominent consequences of this phenomenon – self-advocacy culture. How the mainslogan “nothing about us, without us” which represents the whole context of decolonization leadsus to refresh our understanding of contemporary anthropology and the role of anthropologists.What does it mean to give a voice to those who are already voiced?About the author:Dr. Daiva Bartušienė is a medical anthropologist who is mainly interested in medical sociologyand anthropology, cultural psychiatry and biocultural explanations of mental health andneurodiversity, also autism anthropology, diagnostic culture (mainly the cultural practice of self-diagnosis and self-medication). ... See MoreSee Less

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