The CIF Talks project was created in 2020 to provide a space within the Cultura Inglesa Festival for reflection, dialogue, and the collective production of knowledge on relevant contemporary issues. This edition features two panel discussions focused on youth, covering climate change, social media, and mental health.
PANEL 1 | 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Listening is essential: youth, mental health, and social media
The conversation is sparked by an excerpt from the show Famehungry, by Louise Orwin, presented at the festival. The performance takes place simultaneously for an in-person audience and a live TikTok audience, highlighting the attention economy and the price of being seen.
The panel proposes an act of listening: hearing from adolescents and young people before diagnosing them, listening to what clinical practice and research already record about the effects of virtuality, and listening to content creators, not just consumers.
The goal is to hold both potential and risk in the same debate, recognizing what social media opens up in terms of creativity, belonging, and collective organization, without losing sight of the toll it takes on mental health, privacy, and exposure.
Participants:
- Louise Orwin. Performance artist and creator of Famehungry. An internationally acclaimed multidisciplinary artist from the UK, Louise Orwin works across performance, writing, film, and movement. Her projects revolve around liveness, the female gaze, and radical feminist theory, having recently turned her focus to contemporary themes such as social media, the attention economy, and what the future holds for us.
- Marília Velano. Psychologist, psychoanalyst, and PhD in Psychology from the Institute of Psychology at USP. She specializes in child and adolescent development, with research on the impacts of virtuality and social media on the mental health of adolescents and young adults.
- Haron Miquilno. Public Relations (PR) professional, content and career strategist, and founder of the RP no Mundo community.
Moderator:
Isabela Villas Boas Executive Director of Learning Products and Experiences at Cultura Inglesa and Director of the Cultura Inglesa College. She holds a PhD in Education, with a focus on second language reading and writing development, from the University of Brasília, and a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Arizona State University in the United States. She is an author of books and academic articles.
Location: CBB Centro Brasileiro Britânico | Rua Ferreira de Araújo, 741 - Pinheiros, São Paulo - SP
Date: October 21st
Time: 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Age Rating: 14+
Accessibility: Sign Language (Libras)
