Resistance Studies

Stellan Vinthagen December 30th, 2009

Due to the lack of time, we send this out the schedule for the first seminar 2010. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive schedule for the whole spring, now in early January. It will be posted here at the website as soon as it is done. 

We will continue as usual every other Thursday, starting January 7 with Cathrin Wasshede.

Cathrin Wasshede is a doctoral student since spring 2002. Her research focuses on the construction of gender and sexuality among young political activists in the extraparliamentary movement on the political left. Her research interests include feminist theory, political culture, identity, social movements, and questions related to methodology. Her seminar will be held in Swedish and details are listed below.

MotstÃ¥nd och gränserfarenheter: Inordnandet av människor i köns- och sexualitetskategorier fungerar som en disciplinerande och subjektiverande kraft. Vi blir till som subjekt, vi blir människor och vi blir begripliga. PÃ¥ detta seminarium belyser jag motstÃ¥nd mot detta i form av disidentifikation och abjektifiering, d v s en verbaliserad form av abjekt/abjektion, utifrÃ¥n mitt pÃ¥gÃ¥ende avhandlingsarbete i sociologi. När den förkastade positionen används som utgÃ¥ngspunkt för motstÃ¥ndet – exempelvis genom att, som nÃ¥gra av aktivisterna i mitt material gör, ”använda smutsen som vapen” eller identifiera sig som intergendered – utmanas och överskrids gränser mellan det inkluderade och det exkluderade, det begripliga och det obegripliga. Kan dessa gränserfarenheter bidra till förändring av den heteronormativa könsmaktsordningen?

For those who want to familiarize themselves with Cathrin Wasshedes research we recommend this paper: Den Gode, den Onde, den Normale: Motstånd och ambivalens – unga aktivistmän i närkamp med heterosexualitet (Download directly by clicking on the link). 

See you, as usual Thursday 15:15-17.00 at room 403 at the Annedalseminariet; Seminariegatan 1A, close to Linnéplatsen. After the seminar there is a post-seminar gathering at restaurant Gyllene Prag (Sveag. 25) from 17:00 and onwards. We eat, drink and continue the discussions from the seminar in a more informal way. You are welcome to attend even if you was not at the seminar!

The new organizer, from January 2010 and onwards, of the Resistance Studies Seminars is Per Ström. If you want to suggest a seminar, one you yourself make a presentation or one were you know someone who could be interested to make a seminar, feel welcome to mail to Per. He can be contacted at: write “per.strom” and then @ and add “yahoo.se”

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