The whole world watched in horror when George Floyd was choked to death by a police officer, saying "I can't breathe." This terrifying phrase has returned again and again with the coronavirus and its ravaging effects on the lungs, the frenetic rush to procure ventilators, viral videos of police brutality, and the intensification of Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, against a backdrop of questions concerning climate crisis and the pollution of the air more generally.  

 Can psychoanalytic discourse bring anything to the heated debates on breath?  Working with the hypothesis of a respiratory drive, we will elaborate the question of breathing in psychoanalytic thought. We will begin tackling the crucial role of breath in psychic life in three films that we will discuss.

November 11, 2022

7:30-9pm

This event is FREE!

In person at the Fidget Space.

Information on how to access our space here.
*Fidget is on the fourth floor of the building and is not accessible by elevator.

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Funding has been provided by PA Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.