Queer Tentacles – Theory, Arts and Activism
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- 2 000,00
Rahoitusohjelma
Hankkeen aikataulu
Hankkeen aloituspäivämäärä: 01.08.2022
Hankkeen päättymispäivämäärä: 31.12.2022
Tiivistelmä
The Society for Queer Studies in Finland (SQS) Seminar, 23.–24.9.2022 University of Jyväskylä
Queer Tentacles – Theory, Arts and Activism Seminar explores the many forms and transformations of queer in contemporary critical practices.
Our key metaphor of the tentacle suggests three interrelated ideas. First, we think of the lengthy and sustained reach of queer concepts, ideas and works over cultural, national and temporal borders, including the exchanges between arts, theory and activism. Second, we want to focus on the affective complexity of “feeling” these connections and their grasp. These include different, potentially new forms of embodiment or intimacy – as suggested not only by queer, trans, feminist, posthumanist and critical race theories but also by, for instance, speculative fictions, poetry and experimental artworks in different media. Third, we cherish the resilience, relentlessness and elasticity of queerness and queer themes and subjects: as a squid manages to grow a fresh tentacle to take the place of a severed one, queer is always returning in new forms. While queer theory has often focused on loss, grief and death, we also like to reflect on the possibilities of (re)imagining new forms of queer lives and queer survival.
The seminar is organized by The Society for Queer Studies in Finland (SQS) in collaboration with the Department of Music, Arts and Culture Studies in University of Jyväskylä. The conference is supported by The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta) and Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing (Suomen tiedekustantajien liitto ry).
Queer Tentacles – Theory, Arts and Activism Seminar explores the many forms and transformations of queer in contemporary critical practices.
Our key metaphor of the tentacle suggests three interrelated ideas. First, we think of the lengthy and sustained reach of queer concepts, ideas and works over cultural, national and temporal borders, including the exchanges between arts, theory and activism. Second, we want to focus on the affective complexity of “feeling” these connections and their grasp. These include different, potentially new forms of embodiment or intimacy – as suggested not only by queer, trans, feminist, posthumanist and critical race theories but also by, for instance, speculative fictions, poetry and experimental artworks in different media. Third, we cherish the resilience, relentlessness and elasticity of queerness and queer themes and subjects: as a squid manages to grow a fresh tentacle to take the place of a severed one, queer is always returning in new forms. While queer theory has often focused on loss, grief and death, we also like to reflect on the possibilities of (re)imagining new forms of queer lives and queer survival.
The seminar is organized by The Society for Queer Studies in Finland (SQS) in collaboration with the Department of Music, Arts and Culture Studies in University of Jyväskylä. The conference is supported by The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta) and Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing (Suomen tiedekustantajien liitto ry).
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https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/mutku/tutkimus/konferenssit-seminaarit/queer-tentacles
