The 8th Nordic Trans Studies Network Conference (PDF)
Time: 23.-25.02.2023
Venue: Tampere University, Finland
Proposals by: 31.10.2022
Over the past three decades, trans related issues have evoked strong affects and feelings within and beyond trans communities and activism. The title of this conference does not thus imply a one-directional movement from rage to joy, but rather aims to cover the vast array of feelings and affective responses arising from, and guiding, the actions of trans scholars, activists and artists working on knowledge production and political struggles concerning trans lives and rights. It acknowledges the struggles, but also the joy and love in lived realities and embodied experiences of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people.
By affective we refer to the rich theoretical field with scholarly work coming from many different fields and approaches – affect as becoming, un/belonging, potentiality, (human and non-human) body’s capacity to affect and be affected. Yet, it also points to the more mundane intermingling of emotions and feelings connected to trans as an identity, experience, positionality, research field and a political concept. We are welcoming paper presentations as well as artistic work addressing these affective and emotional entanglements. Read more … (PDF)
Possible paper topics can include, but are certainly not limited to:
- Affective landscapes of trans activism
- What does trans* feel like
- Gender dysphoria / gender euphoria
- Vulnerability of trans bodies
- Affective engagements of/with trans culture
- Trans community care
- T4T as love, relationships and politics
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