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M.18. Pedagogies of Wellbeing: Self-Regulation, Inclusion and Learning in Diverse Educational Contexts Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI Bis Convenor(s): Letizia Zampino (University of Trento, Italy) | |
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The individual Beyond the "Clinical Case": Practices of Subjectivation and Democracy of Learning in Digital Mental Health Narratives La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Democracy requires that all voices possess citizenship. Yet, in the field of mental health, since the 17th century, medical knowledge has held an interpretive monopoly over the social experience of mental distress (Foucault, 1961; Goffman, 1961). This proposal analyzes how the figures of bloggers who disclose their mental health status on social media platforms break this hegemony, positioning themselves as "experts by experience" (Rose, 1996; 1999), capable of restoring cognitive and transformative value to subjective lived experience. In these spaces of “democracy of learning” (Freire, 1970), the individual transits from object (“clinical case”) to narrating subject through processes of subjectivation (Dubet, 1994; Rose, 1999) and new forms of democratic citizenship, passing through the effects of digitalization on mental health (Illouz, 2012). Integrating the Re-figuration of Space (Löw, 2001; 2022), the Sociology of Experience (Dubet, 1994), and the Politics of Subjectivation (Rose, 1996; 1999), the contribute explores how users practice active citizenship by reclaiming their experience, conquering their own spaces of listening and representation, and partially redefining treatment practices. The empirical research, based on a digital ethnography of 70 social profiles and 30 in-depth interviews, examines how the tactics of social actors intersect with institutional strategies (de Certeau, 1980), focusing on the co-production of knowledge and affective practices (Slaby & von Scheve, 2019). This research highlights, therefore, how media self-exposure is not merely an empowerment strategy, but a practice of knowledge production that challenges stigma, transforming digital technologies into tools for emancipation and the restoration of agency (Rebughini, 2014). In conclusion, the study investigates the transformation of the psychiatric patient into a digital narrating subject, analyzing how self-narration on social media configures, emphasizing the valorization of subjective voices as essential partners in the design of clinical services and the fight against discrimination. | |