Call for papers
queer life
The conference "live queer" is derived from a Projekttutorium to 'queer spaces "at the Humboldt University in Berlin and takes place in cooperation with the queer feminist days. The aim of the conference is to address the current state of queer theory and queer practices especially in Germany. We hope that through workshops, short presentations and discussions, an exchange can arise as to the boundaries of the academic field and also a reflection on political strategies. This is, among other things, the question of the boundaries between "theory" and "practice" is important. The conference is running under the name "queer life" to create a space for practicing and for reflecting on queer life realities.
We welcome proposals for papers and workshops, including the following questions:
- inventory
- "theory" and "practice"
- visibilities
- intersectionalities
- policies
defined how and by whom the term "queer" today, compared to the last two decades? Where is the Queer Theory in German-speaking? What is the basis and where there are vacancies? What is the relationship with the English theory? Where and by whom Queer Theory is run? What queer practices it? What belong they? Where they take place (set, everyday life, subcultural spaces, etc.)? Who are the Akteur_Innen? What queer spaces are there? What the term queer spaces may be taken (such as "really existing", discursive, utopian spaces)? How and by whom these queer spaces be created?
Along which lines are drawn boundaries between "theory" and "practice"? Who can draw those limits, who claims the power of interpretation of the relevant fields? What are the struggles for authority between it an academic "theory" field and a sub-cultural "practice" field do? Who collects such right to Authenticity and politics? Which queer identities are set out here?
What practices are queer in queer spaces or in the "mainstream" (the hetero-normative culture, and also the gaylesbianmainstream) visible? What can be called a queer practice? Who decides? What is the status of everyday practices in relation to stage performances in terms visibility? What conflicts arise from the demand for visibility as a central political goal? What relationship is visibility to uncertainty or Veruneindeutigungsstrategien? What Veruneindeutigungen can ever be seen in what contexts?
What contradictions arising from competing identity politics? Which categories of difference hides the focus on visibility and Veruneindeutigung, especially in that the Veruneindeutigung is usually made in terms of gender and sexuality? Who can a policy of Veruneindeutigung "afford"? What other approaches queer practice it? What can be conceived?
What is "queer" politics? What problems and conflicts "queer politics" is facing up to date? How can visibility to everyday practices "be developed? How can the relationship between "theory" and "practice" be re-thought? What role does the production of utopian spaces for queer politics? What networking strategies are possible?
proposals for lectures and workshops (title and max. 1-page abstract) please to 30 June 2007 queerleben@gmx.net.
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