How do armed conflict, exile, and structural violence impact a child’s psyche? Even more critically: how do these silent psychic wounds transcend time and pass from parents to children?
We live in a world where sociopolitical crises, guerrilla warfare, and extreme violence continue to claim not only lives, but the very innocence of millions of children. In war zones, many endure abuse, loss of family, or are forced into combat. Yet the psychological toll does not end when conflict ceases. It unfolds across generations in silences that scream, somatic symptoms, and transmitted trauma.
To explore pathways for clinical listening, psychosocial support, and psychological reconstruction from a Global South perspective, an international network of psychoanalysts, researchers, and specialists from Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, the US, and the UK are coming together.
Whether you work in mental health, education, human rights, or are deeply engaged with child development and contemporary psychoanalysis, this document is essential reading.
What Will You Find in This Ebook / Comprehensive Guide?
This document presents the official, detailed program for the IV International Congress of Psychoanalysis, hosted in Maputo (Mozambique) by Universidade Politécnica alongside partner institutions. Key thematic axes include:
- Legacies of Silence & Transgenerational Trauma: Deep reflections on identity searches among youth exposed to war, alongside the enduring impacts of colonialism and political violence.
- Wounded Territories & Bonds of Resistance: The psychic function of the unsaid in war contexts, clinical work with family therapies, and pathways toward reconciliation.
- Inherited Violence & Youth Destinies: The impact of conflict in urban peripheries, post-election violence, and healthcare and racial relations in childhood.
- Lives in Transit — Exile & Reconstruction: Psychosocial care for refugee children, child labor exploitation, and how colonial violence attempts to strip individuals of their future.
- The Body as the Site of the Unspeakable: Clinical case studies and integrated approaches to somatic expression, analytical listening, and rebuilding personal narratives in shelters and vulnerable settings.
Why Should You Read This Material Today?
- Global South Perspective: A unique opportunity to understand psychoanalysis through African and Latin American local knowledge and practices, moving beyond traditional eurocentric frameworks.
- Real Clinical Case Studies: Supervised clinical presentations demonstrating practical interventions and paths toward healing in the face of the unspeakable.
- Global Network of Experts: Connect with the work and insights of leading international speakers and researchers dedicated to child trauma.
“Violence begins when we stop seeing the other.”
— Paulina Chiziane
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