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POSTCOLONIAL SEXUALITIES: EMERGING SOLIDARITIES
Workshop at the University of Sheffield, Thursday 8 November, 2012.
Speakers include: Mark Gevisser, Open Society Fellow; Gill Valentine,
Sheffield University.
This workshop will bring together academics and postgraduate students,
representatives of NGOs and aid agencies to explore emerging
transnational sexuality politics. Points of departure include western
interventions in non-western and post-colonial settings through
activist organisations, NGOs and governmental aid strategies. Most
recently, for example, the UK and US governments have threatened to
make foreign aid conditional upon the protection of minority sexual
rights. These efforts, intended to safeguard the rights of sexual
minorities in non-western countries, have found mixed receptions.
The workshop will critically examine recent interventions in
non-western settings, and will go on to explore how these might be
reconsidered and reformulated in the future. Transnational and
inter-cultural sexuality politics will be set in the broader context
of efforts – some clumsy, some more successful – to forge
transnational solidarities. The workshop will explore practical as
well as intellectual questions, asking how it might be possible to
forge new solidarities across borders while respecting postcolonial
sensitivities.
The workshop will take place at the HRI (Humanities Research
Institute), Sheffield University, from 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM and will be
followed by dinner for those who can stay. Refreshments and lunch will
be provided during the day; dinner will be self-funded.
The format of the event will involve short (10-15 minute)
presentations, followed by structured debates involving all
participants, and the details of this will be agreed when the list of
participants is known. Not all participants will be expected to make
presentations, but we hope that everyone will participate.
The event is free to attend but we require all participants to
register in advance. Numbers are limited and places will be allocated
on a first come, first served basis.
If you would like to participate, please email Richard Phillips at the
University of Sheffield ([log in to unmask]) suggesting how
you would like to contribute, including a brief description of your
interest in this issue.
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