About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of self-understanding and cultural translation.

How much of our self-understanding is essentially untranslatable? References: Brian Eno on culture https://musicthoughts.com/t/114 https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_eno-a-big-theory-of-culture DSM & Culture Bound Syndromes https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/psychology/culture-bound-syndromes Lumping and Splitting https://jenamartin.substack.com/p/nosology Featured guests: W.David Marx, author http://www.neomarxisme.com Lisa Marchiano, Jungian analyst and author https://lisamarchiano.com Ethan Watters https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-watters-51a8aa16 Nicholas Haslam https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/6837-nicholas-haslam Jonathon Tsou, The Marvin and Kathleen Stone Distinguished Professor of Humanities in Medicine and Science https://profiles.utdallas.edu/jonathan.tsou Thanks to Kat Chamberlain for her Turkish translations. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jenamartin.substack.com

People in this episode

Host: Jena with 1 n

Guests: W.David Marx, Lisa Marchiano, Ethan Watters, Nicholas Haslam, Jonathon Tsou

Topics covered

• culture
• self-understanding
• translatability
• psychology
• cultural syndromes

Keywords

• culture
• self-understanding
• translatability
• DSM
• culture bound syndromes
• psychology
• Brian Eno

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