Tinted Lens: The Lost Weekend
The screening at
Chapter Arts Centre (www.Chapter.org) will be followed by an expert panel
discussion and audience debate to explore some of the themes raised by
this film. This will explore the philosophy of addiction, reason,
emotion, free will and responsibility; a historical perspective of understandings of alcoholism and addiction
and how the alcoholic or addict has been portrayed in literature; public health
perspectives on developing complex interventions to reduce drug and alcohol
misuse; and insights into the development of new consumer products
and the role of marketing in addictions.
A collaboration
between Chapter Arts Centre, the British Film Institute (Film hub Wales) and
Cardiff University. This programme of events curated by Dr Katie
Featherstone will explore contemporary social and cultural developments and the
ideas found within new-release, cult and classic film, with a focus on
understandings of the mind, human behaviour, memory, the life-course, and ageing.
This free event is Sunday 2nd of August, with the screening
starting at 5pm, Chapter Arts Centre, followed
by the panel discussion and debate.
Speakers
Andrew Edgar,
Reader in Philosophy, Cardiff University, will explore the
philosophy of addiction, and in particular reason, emotion, free will and
responsibility.
Alice Rowe, English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, will discuss how understandings
of alcoholism and addiction developed through the 19th century and her work
examining how literature has portrayed the alcoholic or addict.
Annie Williams, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff
University, will examine the motivations
and triggers for substance misuse to provide insights into the changing
patterns in alcoholism, drawing on her work with public health developing complex
interventions on drug and alcohol misuse.
Shumaila Yousafzai, Business School, Cardiff University,
will draw on her work on
gaming to examine the development of new consumer technologies and the
role of marketing in addictions.
