Gail Steketee • Buried in Treasures: When Stuff Takes Over

ASL version:    • ASL • Gail Steketee • Buried in Treasures:...   A program of the Wolf Humanities Center's 2018-19 Forum on Stuff October 24, 2018 Gail Steketee Professor and Dean Emerita, Boston University’s School of Social Work What happens when stuff takes over? Hoarding disorder is a startlingly common, and complicated, mental health condition. Not only a personal problem, social groups and institutions can also be overwhelmed by their material possessions. Museums, for example, may devote themselves so blindly to the tasks of collection and storage that they lack resources to do much else. One of the world’s leading authorities on the social and medical aspects of hoarding, Gail Steketee discusses the current research on this challenging problem and some emerging strategies for overcoming it. Cosponsored by the School of Social Policy & Practice. For more information on this event: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/even...