Raffaella Scarpa
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TEACHING |
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2016-present Course of Medical and Clinical Linguistics
University of Turin, Department of Humanities
36 hour cycles of lectures for the Master’s Degree course, aimed at presenting the methods and application of the discipline within the areas of doctor/healthcare professional-patient communication and psychopathology of language (psychosis, eating disorders, autism, Alzheimer and dementia)
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PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH PROJECTS, CONFERENCES |
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PUBLICATIONS (Research Areas: Medical and Clinical Linguistics and History of Medical Language - selection)
Books
- The Style of abuse. Domestic violence and language, Roma, Treccani, (forthcoming, October 2020)
- The language of psycosis. Prodrome, Milano, Mimesis, (forthcoming, December 2020)
- Rosa Piro, Raffaella Scarpa (ed. by), Chapters of Linguistic History of Medicine, Milano, Mimesis, 2019
- Sara Boggio, Luisa Di Biagio, A reasonable compromise: language time diagnosis. An interview about neurodiversity (ed. by), Milano, Mimesis, 2016
- The languages of disease. Psychosis, autistic spectrum, Alzheimer (curated by), Milano, Mimesis, 2016
- Cesare Mocca, Discorsi preservativi e curativi della peste col modo di purgare le case e le robbe appestate (Torino 1623), (ed. by), Firenze, Olschki, 2012
Essays
- Preliminary Observations for a Linguistic Study of the Italian Medical Consultations (Corpus CoMe700),
in R. Piro, R. Scarpa (curated by), Chapters of Linguistic History of Medicine, Milano, Mimesis, 2019
- Linguistics and Medicine: the Language of the Medical Profession Ethic Code, in "Language and
Pathology. The Interdisciplinary Boundaries of Language", curated by M.F. Dovetto, Roma, Aracne, 2017;
- Observations about Interdisciplinarity: intersections of Linguistics and Medicine, in M. Cini (curated by),
“Humanities al confronto e altre scienze”, Roma, Carocci, 2017;
Words as a Cure: Intersections of Language and Medicine in Italy in the XVIII Century, in S. Buzzi (a
cura di), Health regime in medicine. From the Hippocratic diet to Epigenetics, Alessandria, Edizioni
dell'Orso, 2017
Perspectives for a linguistic approach to mental disease, in «Tendenze nuove», 4-5, October 2010
The Effects of Language in Disease. The Rhetorical Value of Silence and Words, in La parola e la cura,
Torino, Fondazione Colonnetti, 2010
RESEARCH PROJECTS (Research Areas: Medical and Clinical Linguistics and Linguistics History of medicine)
2018-2022 Scientific Director and Research Project Coordinator of "ELDA-Exploring Language Dementia and Alzheimer" (funded by Orpea Italia https://www.orpeaitalia.it)
2016-2018 Scientific Director and Research Project Coordinator of"Corpus CoMe: the Medical Consutlations between the XVII and XVIII Century in Italy. At the Source of the Modern Medical Language" (funded by the University of Turin, 2016);
2016-2017 Scientific Director and Research Project Coordinator of “The Turin Medical School: the XVIII Century Medical Consultations in Turin’s Libraries" (Funded by the Piedmont Region, LR 58/1978. Funding assignment for 2016. Conservation and promotion of books and publications of cultural value)
2014-Present President and Coordinator of the Research Group "Remedia-Language Medicine Disease" (https://www.remedialinguamedicinamalattia.com/)
2013-2015 Scientific Director and Research Project Coordinator of “Language and Mental Disease: History, Methods, Analysis, (Funded by the Department of Humanistic Studies in 2013; The outcomes of this project conveyed in the book R. Scarpa (curated by), The languages of disease. Psychosis, autistic spectrum, Alzheimer, Milano, Mimesis, 2016]
2008-2010 Scientific Director and Research Project Coordinator of “The language of psychosis in acute phase”, Hospital “Amedeo di Savoia”, Department of Mental Health “Giulio Maccaro”, directed by Prof. Elvezio Pirfo. Research Project Participants: Flavio Vischia (Psychiatrist), Silvana Michelini (Psychologist), Rosa Revellino (Linguist) [The outcomes of this project conveyed in the article R. Scarpa-R. Revellino, Perspectives for a linguistic approach to mental disease, in «Tendenze nuove», Bologna, il Mulino, 4-5, October 2010]
EDITORIAL DIRECTION (Book Series)
- 2016-present “Language, medicine, disease”: http://mimesisedizioni.it/libri/narrativa-linguistica- studi-letterari/lingua-medicina-malattia.html
- 2018-present “Chapters of Linguistics History of Medicine”: http://mimesisedizioni.it/libri/narrativa-linguistica-studi-letterari/capitoli-di-storia-linguistica-della-medicina.html
CONFERENCES (research areas: Medical and Clinical Linguistics and Linguistics History of medicine; selection)
28th February 2019 "Rhetoric and Madness", School of Applied Rhetoric, University of Udine
9th June 2017 "Dancers to a discordant system: quantifying schizophrenic's self through rhythmic regularities" (with Beatrice Dema), International Conference, 7-9 June, "Metric Culture: The Quantified self and Beyond", Aahrus, Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark
30th March 2017 "The language of the diagnosis: the Text of Reality", Seminar of Psychoanalysis, Laboratorio Manituana, University of Turin
16th March 2017 "The Languages of Disease", Day of Study "Theory of Literature, Psychoanalysis, Medicine", Aula Magna-Rectorate, University of Torino
4th October 2016 "Linguistics and Medicine", Workshop “Beyond Disciplines: Humanities in Dialogue with Other Sciences”, University Turin
22nd January 2016 "Linguistics and Medicine", Seminar "Philosophy and Medicine", Turin, Circolo dei Lettori
20th January 2016 "Observations around Language and Medicine starting from De Martino", opening introduction for the Day of Study "De Martino Effect: Language Medicine Culture", University of Torino, Sala Rossa, Palazzo del Rettorato
10th -11th
December 2015 "Language and Medicine: the Re-writing of the New Medical Profession Ethic Code", "Language and Pathology: the Interdisciplinary Boundaries of Language", second day of study "Among Doctors and Linguists", Napoli, University Federico II
6th March 2015 "Codes: Medicine Language Law", Fondazione Premio Napoli, Napoli, Biblioteca Reale
21st November 2014 "Language, Politics, Healthcare. The Parliament Discussions about Health", International Conference ASLI (Associazione di Linguistica Italiana), Napoli, 20-22 November 2014
26th September 2014 "Alteration of the Language in the Prodromic Phase of Psychosis: Linguistic Analysis as a Tool for Prevention", Workshop "Between Medical Linguistics and Clinical Linguistics: the Role of Linguists", International Conference SLI (Società di Linguistica Italiana), Udine, 25-27 September 2014
23rd January 2014 "The Language of the Psychotic Discourse within the Interactions of Therapeutic Groups", X National Conference of the Italian Association Sciences of the Voice, "Prosodic and textual aspects of narration", University of Turin
7th January 2013 “The Effort of Understanding the Language of the Mad”, Conference “Sergio Piro”, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici e Fondazione Premio Napoli, Napoli, Palazzo Serra di Cassano
TRAINING COURSES (Research Areas: Medical and Clinical Linguistics and Linguistics History of medicine; selection)
14th December 2018 "Words as Medicine. The Languages of Medicine, Assistance and Pathology in Psychiatry", Training Center Asl To5, Turin
4th May 2017 "Intersections and Applications of Language and Medicine", Conference "The Languages of Disease", Rsa Agostino Richelmy-University of Turin
5th May 2016 "Does Pathologic Language Exist? The Case of Psychosis", Seminar 'Language and Schizophrenia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives', Tecnica della riabilitazione psichiatrica, Polo Universitario San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin
8th April 2016 "Medical and Clinical Linguistics", Seminar 'Language and Schizophrenia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives', Tecnica della riabilitazione psichiatrica, Polo Universitario San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin
7th May 2015 "Language and Psychosis: method, description, application", Seminar ‘Language and Schizophrenia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives', Tecnica della riabilitazione psichiatrica, Polo Universitario San Luigi Gonzaga, Turin
30th May 2014 Opening and moderation of the panel "Medicine and Reality: Language Philosophy Oncology", Association of Medical Doctors, Surgeons and Dentists of Turin, Turin, Villa Raby
17th May 2014 "The meaning of Language in the New Medical Profession Ethic Code", Conference for the presentation of the new medical profession ethic code, organized by the Italian Federation of Medical Doctors, Surgeons and Dentists, with the participation of the Heath Department of the Senate and of the Association of Medical Doctors, Surgeons and Dentists of Turin, Turin, Villa Raby
11th April 2014 "Eating Disorders: lie as a form of communication", International Conference "Cibo Amaro. Eating Disorders: pathology, symptom or life style?", Association of Medical Doctors, Surgeons and Dentists of Turin, Turin, Villa Raby