Conference to shine light on ‘meaningful madness’

A two-day conference which will focus on madness as a meaningful human experience is due to get under way at University College Cork tomorrow.

Moving beyond the traditional notion of academic expertise, the speakers at the conference will include individuals with experience of “madness or distress”.

The organisers say that madness is a word that continues to invite controversy, with some perceiving it to be a derogatory term while others view it as a celebration of human creativity and diversity.