Carla Di Martino

Biography

An alumnus of the Normal School of Pisa, after studies in philosophy (PhD 2003) and several years in university research and teaching, she moved closer to geopolitical issues (Diploma IIIème Cycle 2018) to become involved in medico-social action research and in the management of interdisciplinary SHS and Medical Sciences projects. She has also worked for Samusocial International. She is currently Project Manager for the valorization and evaluation of the PAERPA project within EA2694, at the Pôle Recherche of the University of Lille’s Faculty of Medicine.

Conference: Does it take time to remain human?

Classical Western thought conceives of time in three ways. There’s Chronos: physical, linear time, in which we move and which we can measure. There’s Kairos: the instant, the occasion, that punctual moment that makes the difference – the difference between a “before” and an “after”. And then there’s Aiôn, the cycle(s) of the universe and of life, the ages, the era, the generation. Today, in the age of globalization and mediatization through the Internet, social networks and increasingly powerful technological resources, our societies live in simultaneity: in the immediacy of information, in the heat of action, in the urgency of re-action. But where there is action and urgency, there is often a need for care. In medico-social care procedures, whether personalized or population-based, the question of time is essential, all the more so with people or populations in a state of fragility or vulnerability. And it intersects with another major issue in today’s society: the need to “remain human”.