[ecrea] Call for Papers and Participation: “Intersectional Encounters"

Call for Papers and Participation:

“Intersectional Encounters” – A One-Day Symposium

6 March 2015. University of Sussex.



http://ngender.wordpress.com/intersectional-encounters-a-one-day-symposium-6-march-2015-university-of-sussex/


Originally named by Crenshaw as both understanding of and intervention 
in “the multidimensionality of marginalized subjects’ lived experiences” 
(1989: 139), INTERSECTIONALITY is one of the most applied, discussed and 
contested concepts in the social sciences and humanities.

25 years after its naming it remains a key perspective in engaging with 
privilege, power, policy and realities in everyday life. Described and 
critiqued as a theoretical concept, a method, a framework, a sensibility 
and a perspective, intersectionality is concerned with the politics of 
power and knowledge production in society, and the violence of 
structures imposed in life.

NGENDER SUSSEX is hosting a one-day symposium to reflect on the 
development of the theory on intersectionality, the application of its 
potential, and the future of its evolution. The symposium is open to all 
practitioners, activists, students, academics and researchers interested 
in – but not limited to – intersections of race, class, gender, 
sexuality, nationality, language, age and ability.

The organisers of the event invite submissions of either abstracts for 
~15-minute paper presentations or summaries for ~45 minute 
workshop-style discussions/presentations on projects. We invite 
proposals for contributions in one of two sessions during the day:

Part 1: Theoretical Encounters

We invite submissions which deal with intersectionality in its 
theoretical form(s). This may include, but is not limited to, 
theoretical discussions of intersectionality as:

·         Concept

·         Epistemology

·         Method framework

·         Representation

·         Critiques, limits or pitfalls of its modern uses and evolution

·         Theoretical self-reflection



Part 2: Practical Encounters

We invite submissions which apply or use intersectionality in everyday 
projects. This may include, but is not limited to:

·         Activist work

·         Fieldwork

·         Community projects

·         Services provided

·         Social, political and economic interventions

·         Methods developed

·         Self-reflections

·         Pitfalls and failures in application of the concept

·         Shifts away from the prototypic intersectional subject

The day will be thought as a workshop which will require the active 
participation of both presenters and participants in an interactive 
exploration of the multiple facets of intersectionality and what they 
may involve. The organisers realise that academics, activists and 
practitioners do not so easily cleave theory and practice. The day will 
be staged as a ‘multi-voiced dialogue’ which equally and fluidly engages 
with both of these areas of interest, and participants are invited to 
choose an aspect of their work to present on. In group discussions and 
reflections the overlapping and intersecting nature of theory and 
practice will be engaged with.

Framed as a sensibility geared toward an openness to multiple axes of 
power and privilege, working towards creating spaces for intervention, 
the symposium will remain committed to the activist roots of 
intersectionality. The day will remain focused on building an investment 
in “doing something” (Grzanka 2014: 306) – in actively seeking to 
transform social structures by reflecting on modes of interaction, 
suggesting nodes of intervention, and looking to form coalitions for 
broader change.

If you are interested in either:

·         Presenting in part 1,

·         Presenting in part 2,

·         Just attending and participating,

please go to:

http://ngender.wordpress.com/intersectional-encounters-a-one-day-symposium-6-march-2015-university-of-sussex/ 
to complete the registration form and return by 25 January 2015 to 
(ngender /at/ sussex.ac.uk).

NGender: Graduate seminars in Gender and Sexuality, University of Sussex

http://ngender.wordpress.com/

http://twitter.com/Ngendersussex

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