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TRAMAS. Subjetividad y procesos sociales, 1990

La tarea d e enfermcria, lugar d e encrucijada, pivote del equipo d e salud, resume una vasta gam... more La tarea d e enfermcria, lugar d e encrucijada, pivote del equipo d e salud, resume una vasta gama d c matices que el dolor, el sufrirlo y provocarlo, tiene para el ser humano. E n el trabajo con la enfermcdad, consideramos el rol d e enfermcria como riesgoso, tanto a nivel fisico como psiquico, como una ocupacion con un sufrimiento, un erotismo y un trabajo psiquico intenso. El personal de enfermeria ocupa ese lugar d e mediacion, d e contencion de emociones, fantasias y angustias, d e contacto, dond e el cuerpo s e juega e n relacion a otro cuerpo e n peligro, sufriente, e n lucha, d e alguna manera, entre la vida y la muerte. El dolor-dice Joyce MacDougall-ese puente privilegiado que asegura el vinculo entre soma y psiques, interroga a todos los que se ocupan del sufrimiento humano.' Haciendo un rapido recorrido por los diferentes momentos d e la obra d e Freud sobre el tema del dolor2, este aparece e n una * Elena de la Aldea. Psicologa. Trabaja con grupos e instituciones. Silvia Emmer. Psicologa. Trabaja cuestiones de psicologia grupa1 e institucional. Vir ina Schejter. Psicologa. Trabaja sobre instituciones y comunidades. 'HacDougall, Joyce, Alegato por una cierra anormalida4 Petrel, Barcelona, 1982. 'Existe un interesantey completo trabajode LB. eoEntrelerevee1 le douleur,. Gallimard,

TRAMAS. Subjetividad y procesos sociales, 1999

Traumatology, Sep 1, 2014

Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highligh... more Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highlighted the need for recognition of different voices and perspectives on trauma. This paper describes a trauma training exercise called the "House of Stories," conducted in the context of a clinically oriented seminar series "Working with Culture," offered during the McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, which aims at eliciting a wide array of voices about trauma and establishing a teaching space in which multiple ways of knowing, telling, and listening coexist. A thematic analysis of the content of these sessions during a 10-year period (2001-2011) along with trainees' evaluations are presented. The "House of Stories" is an intense, affect-laden exercise that successfully elicits multiple voices around trauma. The pedagogical approach emphasizes reflective capacity, anchored in the group experience. The group teaching exercise interfaces experience and reflection that are organized around personal, cultural and political dynamics, encouraging a movement between empathy and distance. Despite the collective holding of affect, this exercise is not without risk, and raises questions about the balance between safety and experiential learning in trauma training.

L'auteur considere la culture comme un ensemble de representations imaginaires qui fait lien ... more L'auteur considere la culture comme un ensemble de representations imaginaires qui fait lien social et produit la subjectivite d'une societe, ces savoirs partages et institues sont des dipositifs de reproduction qui peuvent constituer un obstacle a la pensee sur le reel. Ainsi le rapport au savoir sur le politique acquis pendant les annees de dictature en Argentine et en consequence la perte de foi dans toute idee de transformation et de justice pourraient entrainer actuellement le triomphe de la dictature dans la subjectivite de la generation de 1970.

Educación y Vínculos. Revista de estudios interdisciplinarios en Educación

El tema del cuidado ha sido un campo de interés creciente y actualmente a partir de la situación ... more El tema del cuidado ha sido un campo de interés creciente y actualmente a partir de la situación sanitaria por la pandemia de COVID-19. Un aspecto a considerar que resulta relevante en estos contextos es el de cuidar al que cuida, una de las dimensiones que se aborda haciendo hincapié en la problematización del concepto de subjetividad heroica, como así también algunas herramientas para pensar el autocuidado. En estas conversaciones Elena de la Aldea, una informante clave en el tema, nos aporta problematizaciones enriquecedoras y fundamentales para pensar el autocuidado en profesionales que trabajan en constante vinculación con el sufrimiento o vulnerabilidad de determinadas poblaciones, con un testimonio de experiencia profesional de más de 50 años. Elena de la Aldea es Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y Licenciada Complementaria en Psicología (Maestría) por la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, Bélgica, donde además cursó su Doctorado. Es Analista de Grupo...

Salud mental, diversidad y cultura, 2008, ISBN 978-84-95287-43-4, págs. 141-151, 2008

Traumatology, 2014

Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highligh... more Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highlighted the need for recognition of different voices and perspectives on trauma. This paper describes a trauma training exercise called the "House of Stories," conducted in the context of a clinically oriented seminar series "Working with Culture," offered during the McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, which aims at eliciting a wide array of voices about trauma and establishing a teaching space in which multiple ways of knowing, telling, and listening coexist. A thematic analysis of the content of these sessions during a 10-year period (2001-2011) along with trainees' evaluations are presented. The "House of Stories" is an intense, affect-laden exercise that successfully elicits multiple voices around trauma. The pedagogical approach emphasizes reflective capacity, anchored in the group experience. The group teaching exercise interfaces experience and reflection that are organized around personal, cultural and political dynamics, encouraging a movement between empathy and distance. Despite the collective holding of affect, this exercise is not without risk, and raises questions about the balance between safety and experiential learning in trauma training.

Anthropology & Medicine, 2005

The collective return of refugees to their country of origin is a challenge for youths who have s... more The collective return of refugees to their country of origin is a challenge for youths who have spent most of their lives in exile. In 1996, a research project concerning young Mayan refugees who returned from Mexico to Guatemala in 1993 suggested that international aid and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) influenced the memory strategies chosen by the young returnees, and shaped their narratives about the past. The aim of the present article is to examine the evolution of these youths' memory strategies three years later, following the departure of most NGOs from the community, and to analyse the influence of this departure on their memory strategies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 returnee youths aged 18-25 to document the transformation of the representations and expectations of the homecoming. To complement these narratives the subjects' imaginary world was explored through TAT plates. Results show how, as the dream of the return home falls apart, narratives of the past are also transformed, suggesting that the changes induced by an international presence may be relatively superficial, and that the reconstruction process is shaped by a plurality of voices which emerge in different moments as attempts to partially contain the multiple uncertainties of post-war life. These results suggest that massive international aid over a short span of time, by implicitly proposing a monolithic interpretation of the past and of the reconstruction process, might in some ways make vulnerable communities they aim to protect.

Traumatology, 2014

Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highligh... more Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highlighted the need for recognition of different voices and perspectives on trauma. This paper describes a trauma training exercise called the "House of Stories," conducted in the context of a clinically oriented seminar series "Working with Culture," offered during the McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, which aims at eliciting a wide array of voices about trauma and establishing a teaching space in which multiple ways of knowing, telling, and listening coexist. A thematic analysis of the content of these sessions during a 10-year period (2001-2011) along with trainees' evaluations are presented. The "House of Stories" is an intense, affect-laden exercise that successfully elicits multiple voices around trauma. The pedagogical approach emphasizes reflective capacity, anchored in the group experience. The group teaching exercise interfaces experience and reflection that are organized around personal, cultural and political dynamics, encouraging a movement between empathy and distance. Despite the collective holding of affect, this exercise is not without risk, and raises questions about the balance between safety and experiential learning in trauma training.

TRAMAS. Subjetividad y procesos sociales, 1990

La tarea d e enfermcria, lugar d e encrucijada, pivote del equipo d e salud, resume una vasta gam... more La tarea d e enfermcria, lugar d e encrucijada, pivote del equipo d e salud, resume una vasta gama d c matices que el dolor, el sufrirlo y provocarlo, tiene para el ser humano. E n el trabajo con la enfermcdad, consideramos el rol d e enfermcria como riesgoso, tanto a nivel fisico como psiquico, como una ocupacion con un sufrimiento, un erotismo y un trabajo psiquico intenso. El personal de enfermeria ocupa ese lugar d e mediacion, d e contencion de emociones, fantasias y angustias, d e contacto, dond e el cuerpo s e juega e n relacion a otro cuerpo e n peligro, sufriente, e n lucha, d e alguna manera, entre la vida y la muerte. El dolor-dice Joyce MacDougall-ese puente privilegiado que asegura el vinculo entre soma y psiques, interroga a todos los que se ocupan del sufrimiento humano.' Haciendo un rapido recorrido por los diferentes momentos d e la obra d e Freud sobre el tema del dolor2, este aparece e n una * Elena de la Aldea. Psicologa. Trabaja con grupos e instituciones. Silvia Emmer. Psicologa. Trabaja cuestiones de psicologia grupa1 e institucional. Vir ina Schejter. Psicologa. Trabaja sobre instituciones y comunidades. 'HacDougall, Joyce, Alegato por una cierra anormalida4 Petrel, Barcelona, 1982. 'Existe un interesantey completo trabajode LB. eoEntrelerevee1 le douleur,. Gallimard,

TRAMAS. Subjetividad y procesos sociales, 1999

Traumatology, Sep 1, 2014

Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highligh... more Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highlighted the need for recognition of different voices and perspectives on trauma. This paper describes a trauma training exercise called the "House of Stories," conducted in the context of a clinically oriented seminar series "Working with Culture," offered during the McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, which aims at eliciting a wide array of voices about trauma and establishing a teaching space in which multiple ways of knowing, telling, and listening coexist. A thematic analysis of the content of these sessions during a 10-year period (2001-2011) along with trainees' evaluations are presented. The "House of Stories" is an intense, affect-laden exercise that successfully elicits multiple voices around trauma. The pedagogical approach emphasizes reflective capacity, anchored in the group experience. The group teaching exercise interfaces experience and reflection that are organized around personal, cultural and political dynamics, encouraging a movement between empathy and distance. Despite the collective holding of affect, this exercise is not without risk, and raises questions about the balance between safety and experiential learning in trauma training.

L'auteur considere la culture comme un ensemble de representations imaginaires qui fait lien ... more L'auteur considere la culture comme un ensemble de representations imaginaires qui fait lien social et produit la subjectivite d'une societe, ces savoirs partages et institues sont des dipositifs de reproduction qui peuvent constituer un obstacle a la pensee sur le reel. Ainsi le rapport au savoir sur le politique acquis pendant les annees de dictature en Argentine et en consequence la perte de foi dans toute idee de transformation et de justice pourraient entrainer actuellement le triomphe de la dictature dans la subjectivite de la generation de 1970.

Educación y Vínculos. Revista de estudios interdisciplinarios en Educación

El tema del cuidado ha sido un campo de interés creciente y actualmente a partir de la situación ... more El tema del cuidado ha sido un campo de interés creciente y actualmente a partir de la situación sanitaria por la pandemia de COVID-19. Un aspecto a considerar que resulta relevante en estos contextos es el de cuidar al que cuida, una de las dimensiones que se aborda haciendo hincapié en la problematización del concepto de subjetividad heroica, como así también algunas herramientas para pensar el autocuidado. En estas conversaciones Elena de la Aldea, una informante clave en el tema, nos aporta problematizaciones enriquecedoras y fundamentales para pensar el autocuidado en profesionales que trabajan en constante vinculación con el sufrimiento o vulnerabilidad de determinadas poblaciones, con un testimonio de experiencia profesional de más de 50 años. Elena de la Aldea es Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y Licenciada Complementaria en Psicología (Maestría) por la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, Bélgica, donde además cursó su Doctorado. Es Analista de Grupo...

Salud mental, diversidad y cultura, 2008, ISBN 978-84-95287-43-4, págs. 141-151, 2008

Traumatology, 2014

Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highligh... more Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highlighted the need for recognition of different voices and perspectives on trauma. This paper describes a trauma training exercise called the "House of Stories," conducted in the context of a clinically oriented seminar series "Working with Culture," offered during the McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, which aims at eliciting a wide array of voices about trauma and establishing a teaching space in which multiple ways of knowing, telling, and listening coexist. A thematic analysis of the content of these sessions during a 10-year period (2001-2011) along with trainees' evaluations are presented. The "House of Stories" is an intense, affect-laden exercise that successfully elicits multiple voices around trauma. The pedagogical approach emphasizes reflective capacity, anchored in the group experience. The group teaching exercise interfaces experience and reflection that are organized around personal, cultural and political dynamics, encouraging a movement between empathy and distance. Despite the collective holding of affect, this exercise is not without risk, and raises questions about the balance between safety and experiential learning in trauma training.

Anthropology & Medicine, 2005

The collective return of refugees to their country of origin is a challenge for youths who have s... more The collective return of refugees to their country of origin is a challenge for youths who have spent most of their lives in exile. In 1996, a research project concerning young Mayan refugees who returned from Mexico to Guatemala in 1993 suggested that international aid and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) influenced the memory strategies chosen by the young returnees, and shaped their narratives about the past. The aim of the present article is to examine the evolution of these youths' memory strategies three years later, following the departure of most NGOs from the community, and to analyse the influence of this departure on their memory strategies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 returnee youths aged 18-25 to document the transformation of the representations and expectations of the homecoming. To complement these narratives the subjects' imaginary world was explored through TAT plates. Results show how, as the dream of the return home falls apart, narratives of the past are also transformed, suggesting that the changes induced by an international presence may be relatively superficial, and that the reconstruction process is shaped by a plurality of voices which emerge in different moments as attempts to partially contain the multiple uncertainties of post-war life. These results suggest that massive international aid over a short span of time, by implicitly proposing a monolithic interpretation of the past and of the reconstruction process, might in some ways make vulnerable communities they aim to protect.

Traumatology, 2014

Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highligh... more Training models in trauma have emphasized the value of multifaceted training methods and highlighted the need for recognition of different voices and perspectives on trauma. This paper describes a trauma training exercise called the "House of Stories," conducted in the context of a clinically oriented seminar series "Working with Culture," offered during the McGill Summer Program for Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, which aims at eliciting a wide array of voices about trauma and establishing a teaching space in which multiple ways of knowing, telling, and listening coexist. A thematic analysis of the content of these sessions during a 10-year period (2001-2011) along with trainees' evaluations are presented. The "House of Stories" is an intense, affect-laden exercise that successfully elicits multiple voices around trauma. The pedagogical approach emphasizes reflective capacity, anchored in the group experience. The group teaching exercise interfaces experience and reflection that are organized around personal, cultural and political dynamics, encouraging a movement between empathy and distance. Despite the collective holding of affect, this exercise is not without risk, and raises questions about the balance between safety and experiential learning in trauma training.