International conference
The Coordination for Gender Research calls for abstracts to the international conference on Feminist Materialisms in Copenhagen, 26-27 April 2012.
Please see attached flyer, which we would appreciate if you could forward to your network.
The aim of the conference is to present and discuss new feminist materialisms and related theories, methodologies and case studies. The material turn opens a whole new way of analyzing materiality, yet also requires development of new methodological and scientific tools and new approaches and themes.
Confirmed speakers include :
Professor Karen Barad, University of California, USA
Associate Professor Vicki Kirby, University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Hanne Pedersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor Nina Lykke, Linköping University, Sweden
Associate Professor Cecilia Åsberg, Linköping University, Sweden
Associate Professor Malou Juelskjær, Aarhus University, Denmark
We call for abstracts related to various aspects of material feminisms, concepts and thinking, focusing on themes related to gender, nature, body and materiality. Suggested themes :
. Body technologies
. Affective shaping of bodies
. Human-animal relations
. Agential realism
. Space, place, time
. Climate changes
Contact :
aw@soc.ku.dk