Deakin University's HDR Philosophy Seminar Series invites current Australian graduate students to present their work for feedback\, discussion\, and engagement. We aim to foster a supportive space so that the seminar is thoughtful and constructive for all involved. We look forward to seeing you there!
\nDetails: \;From TikTok Tics to Vampire Panics: Notes Towards a Schizoanalytic Theory of Mass Hysteria \;
\nAbstract: \;Contemporary discourses on social media regulation tap into a long history of media pathologisation. These discourses frequently evoke well-established images of media functioning as a vector for social contagion or mass hysteria. In this presentation\, I consider the theoretical presuppositions and cultural history subtending social media regulation debates through the lens of Deleuze and Guattari&rsquo\;s references to mass hysteria cases in A Thousand Plateaus. Through examining Deleuze and Guattari&rsquo\;s allusions to the European vampire panics of the 1730s\, I provide some thoughts towards developing a schizoanalytic theory of mass hysteria. I ask if and how a schizoanalytic theorisation of mass hysteria can re-frame our understanding of social media as a vector for mental contagions.
\nBio: \;Georgia Gibbs is a PhD candidate at Monash University whose research focuses on the intersection of feminist theory\, schizoanalysis\, and contemporary digital cultures. She also has a visual art practice and produces works related to her research.
\nZoom Link:
\nhttps://deakin.zoom.us/j/81924932129?pwd=z5bjLyTaOq2FsWzg6AyM2aSt514uDf.1&\;from=addon
\nMeeting ID: 819 2493 2129 // Passcode: \;73062796
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