Christina Vedar

Sociologist, M.A., and art therapist (DFKGT)

With many years of professional experience in psychiatry and transcultural art therapy, Christina Vedar is actively engaged in research and teaching. She is a member of the German Professional Association for Art and Design Therapy (DFKGT) and is also involved there as moderator of the Art Therapy and Science Specialist Group.

She has given lectures and published on the topics of art, migration, and therapy.

Lectures, workshops, and publications

2023

• How can rituals be productively adopted for art therapy? 3rd Nuremberg Forum for Art Therapy, 22 and 23 September in Nuremberg; Winner of the Best Scientific Poster Award, 1st place.
• Art Therapy, Rituals, Culture: “How can rituals be productively adopted for art therapy? At: EFAT Conference 2023 “Growing*Together”, June 2023 in Riga, Latvia

2021

• How culturally sensitive can art therapy be? AGIK (DFKGT) Conference / ONLINE: “Art Therapy & Diversity: Contemporary Perspectives” from 14/05/2021 to 15/05/2021 at Alanus University in Bonn/Alfter.

2019

• How feminine is art? Gender conflicts in the visual arts. Art and Gender conference. Haus der Universität of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, organized by the Institute of Philosophy, supported by the Psychoanalysis and Philosophy Association, 02/02/2019, Düsseldorf.

2018

• Digital racism. When algorithms discriminate. Conference Escapes. Haus der Universität of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, organized by the Institute of Philosophy, supported by the Psychoanalysis and Philosophy Association, 01/12/2018, Düsseldorf.
• Flight and the digital world. Colloquium. Youth between fullness of life and violence. On forms of abuse and transgressive behavior in a real “World of Warcraft”. Institute for Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, 21/07/2018, Düsseldorf.
• Anti-discrimination in counseling and employment: 4th Partner Forum on Labor Market Integration and Professional Recognition. Chamber of Crafts, 05/06/2018, Düsseldorf.

2017

• Refugees, companies, and counseling professionals in the tension between differing expectations: 3rd Partner Forum on Labor Market Integration and Professional Recognition of Refugees in NRW; Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 30/05/2017, Düsseldorf.

2012

• The relationship of the hands. Results of a sociolinguistic study on the interplay of gestures, habitus, and gender. Linguistic Working Group of RWTH Aachen, 23 May 2012.
• Interactive Gestures, Space, and Gender. Insights from a sociolinguistic study. (April26, 2012). Network Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Group 2: German Studies, Linguistics.

Publications

2024

forthcoming. Exploring the Integration of Kapwa and Art Therapy in Trauma Management for Filipino Communities; In: Commmon Diversites 2.

2022

Heriniaina, Nele; Vedar, Christina; Zwick, Tanja (2022): Providing trauma-sensitive support and fostering positive self-experience within the framework of transcultural art therapy. In: German Professional Association for Art and Design Therapy (ed.) (2022): Art Therapy. Fields of Activity and Areas of Application. Claus Richter Verlag, pp. 108-123.

Refugees find a form of expression in art, In: PsyLife Online Magazine, June 2022.

How art therapy can help with depression, In: PsyLife Online Magazine, March 2022

2020

How feminine is art? Gender conflicts in the visual arts. In: Weismüller, Christooph (ed.): City, Delusion, Art. Yearbook 2020 of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy Association., Peras Verlag. Düsseldorf: 2020.

2018

Digital racism. When algorithms discriminate. In: Weismüller, Christooph (ed.): Escapes. Philosophical-psychoanalytic diagnoses of the times. Yearbook 2018 of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy Association. Peras Verlag. Düsseldorf: 2018.