II European Geographies of Sexualities Conference
5, 6, 7 September 2013 | FCSH, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal |
http://egsc2013.pt.to
Extended deadline for papers to open sessions – 30 April 2013
Call for papers
Sexualities have become a legitimate and significant area of geographical
research, across diverse areas ranging from cultural, social and feminist
geographies, to political and economic domains. One of the main
characteristics of studies on sexualities has been its critical and
reflexive perspective, namely questioning hegemonies and modes of sexualised
power relations. Although this work has brought some significant changes and
developments, still, many of the contemporary modes of knowledge production
reflect inequalities and hegemonies that need to be challenged.
The II European Geographies of Sexualities Conference wants to create a
space of debate, discussion and questioning to explore how we might attempt
to move beyond such normative domains and practices.
Conference sessions and papers will contribute to the questioning and
debating the following topics:
§ The hegemony of heteronormativity in social relations and everyday
environments, and across various other spaces;
§ The hegemony of the 'Western' views, the relative invisibility, and
lesser significance of research on sexualities in other social and cultural
contexts, as constraints in exploring cross-cultural variations on sexual
diversity and complexity;
§ The hegemony of English in academic publishing and wider modes of
knowledge production systems; work on sexualities in diverse languages has
become obscured and thus devalued, as reflected in invisible citation
records and general knowledge about its very existence;
§ The hegemony of large publishing companies which although profit- rather
than ethos-driven do influence and control the academic knowledge, decide on
its relevance, influence academic career and funding prospects;
§ The hegemony of globalisation discourses; 'sexual citizenship' and its
relation to the key sites of contemporary sexual politics and theoretical
debates on sexuality in relation to consumption, space and globalization;
§ The hegemony of whiteness and how it mediates other social categories
such as gender, sexuality, religion, social class and so forth;
§ The male hegemony in the 'power positions' in academia, and as valued
knowledge producers; intersections of gender and sexualities research;
§ Knowledge production through quantitative methods, measuring sexualities.
A comprehensive text of this call for papers is available at Beyond
hegemonies.
We encourage contributions in a diverse range of formats. Alongside
traditional academic conference papers, we welcome panel discussions, open
space discussions, film screenings, installations and other contributions.
We seek to foster networking, debate and discussions across national
borders, across language communities, and across academic disciplines.
Language: we currently do not have funding for the translation at the
conference. We plan a multilingual conference, and encourage participants to
present in the language they feel most comfortable in using.
Interested contributors should send a max. 300-word abstract of a paper
via online submissions by 30 April 2013 (extended deadline). In case of
difficulties using the online submissions system, please send your abstract
to geosexualities@gmail.com.
The conference is organised by:
- Centre for Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial
Planning, University of Lisbon (CEG-UL)
- e-GEO, Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Faculdade de
Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group of the Royal Geographical
Society (with Institute of British Geographers)
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European Geographies of Sexualities Conference - an interesting conference on power, sexuality and gender
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This looks great - I'd really like to go! I think I probably will put in an abstract.0 likes