Amy Carrell
Ph. D., Associate Professor, University of Central Oklahoma; Past President, International Society for Humor Studies; Director, International Humor Studies Institute and International Humor Studies Seminar, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, USA
Humor and laughter: historical views and contemporary applications
Throughout history, from the ancient philosophers and the Bible, from the earliest scribes to contemporary writers, from folk medicine to modern medicine, humor and laughter have elicited discussion. Viewed alternatively and sometimes simultaneously as healthy and devilish, humor and its physical manifestation laughter have long been the subject of discourse and debate, of business and pleasure, of entertainment and scorn. Recently, however, humor and laughter have become a focus of the health fields, both physical and psychological. This lecture traces the conceptualizations of humor and laughter from their early references in antiquity through the present day, highlighting and underscoring the importance of the social facets and functions of humor and laughter.
(Workshop in englisch mit Simultanübersetzung ins Deutsche) |