Magli, Dominique
Living in a sterile room
- 2023.
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For patients admitted to a sterile room following a cancer diagnosis, this place will be characterized by a specific psychological economy, mainly focused on survival. The sterile room could be compared to a topographical space, a way of making room for a drive overflow that needs to be embraced and symbolized. The psychic dynamics around leaving this unusual space involve establishing the boundaries between inside and outside, and reintroduces the temporality of a possible mourning process.