| This panel included four academics
who are organizing resistance against psychiatry within the university
context. Each presenter discussed how they have used university resources
to contribute to community and movement work, some of the advantages
and challenges that come with the territory, and ways they have addressed
the challenges. The presenters come from different disciplines including
adult education, sociology, social work, psychology, history, and
disability studies. Each presenter discussed the types of resistance
they have pursued within the academy, including organizing conferences
that are against or critical of psychiatry; establishing antipsychiatry
and psychiatric survivor perspectives as legitimate within the university,
whether that be through the creation of courses, scholarships, or
university organizations; accessing university space and resources
for community events; and carving out strategies for students in the
"helping” professions to choose to work in places other
than psychiatric settings. The panel requested 90 minutes in total,
so that each presenter will had 15 minutes to explain their specific
experiences of resistance work, leaving 30 minutes for questions and
discussion with the audience. |