Call for Papers: Queer Studies Easter Symposium 2008

Call for Papers: Queer Studies Easter Symposium 2008

23 March – 29 March, 2008
Mexico City

Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 15. November 2007

The International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS), AIDSinCULTURE.org and Enkidu Magazine in Mexico City invite the global community to a vibrant and exciting multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual and multi-cultural Queer Studies Easter Symposium in Mexico City in March 2008.

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Call for Papers : Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis’

(closing date for proposals is 14th of december)

Lesbian Lives XV: Friday 15 – Saturday 16 Feb 2008

Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis’

A 2-Day, International, Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the Women’s Education, Research and Resource Centre (WERRC), School of Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland

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AFIS & PROGRAM LF RO 07

(english here)
afis_lf_net.jpg LADYFEST BUCURESTI
12-14 octombrie 2007

“Whatever your fight, don’t be ladylike!”
– arta si activism grassroots pe teme de gen

[1 RON sugestie donatie in timpul zilei]
[10 RON intrare la show-uri / 25 RON pass pentru tot festivalul]

>> ATELIERE, ACTIUNI, DISCUTII, PROIECTII
@ H.arta
str. Pictor Arthur Verona nr. 19, sector 1
(intrare de pe B-dul Magheru)

* Vineri (12/10)
13-14:30 Strategii anti-rasiste
14:30-16:30 Self-defense – gender attacks
20:00- “Granitele tranzitiei”… discutie D MEDIA despre tranzitie si postcomunism
ACTIUNE
18:00-20 Take Back the Night rally (pentru toti) si mars (women-only)
[cu plecare din Piata Constitutiei]
FILME D MEDIA
20:00 “Commonplaces of transition”; “Border diaries”

* Sambata (13/10)
10-12 Vegan baking
12-13 Discutii pe “femei si stiinta/tehnologie”
13-14:30 Identitati queer vs. heteronormativitate
14:30-15:30 Discutie/atelier despre comunicare non-ierarhica, feminista, non-violenta si organizarea in grup
15:30-17:00 Maternitatea si implicatiile sale sociale si politice
17:00-19:00 H.arta: cum adresam teama & radical reading
20:00- “Munca femeilor”… discutie/masa rotunda D MEDIA despre situatia muncii in romania si discriminarile care inca mai exista impotriva femeilor
FILME D MEDIA
20:00 “Made in Italy”; “Eden”

* Duminica (14/10)
10:00-11:30 Gen si wikipedia/prezenta femeilor in spatii pe internet
11:30-13 Atelier/forum/panel pe prostitutie, trafic, violenta impotriva femeilor
13-14:30 Video activism
14:30-16:00 Corporalitatea feminina, corporalitatea noastra
16:00-18 “Turul radical” al Bucurestiului [prin oras]
16:00-17:30: Idei preconcepute: o zi in media.
18:00-19:00: Intro to open source software
19:00- “Vieti precare”… discutie D MEDIA despre conceptul de precaritate

Pe tot parcursul festivalului:
ZINE-MAKING, ACTIVIST FAIR, TRAVELING ZINE LIBRARY
PROIECTII din videoteca Ladyfest: “Ladyfest Grenoble”, “female+queer words+beats”, “Bought and sold”, “Behind the labels”, “If hope were enough”, “War zone”, “Mami”, “Hot and bothered – feminist pornography”, “Grrlyshow”, “Clitfest 2004 – the documentary”, “Born in flames”, “Market this!: queer radicals respond to market assimilation”, “The art of hollering”, “Barely audible”, “Flori de mac”

>> CONCERTE & EXPO
@ PUNKOTECA,
str. Atelierului nr. 14
(langa Gara de Nord)

* Vineri (12.10) de la ora 22:00:
STACEY CAPOOT – acoustic / indie (San Diego, S.U.A.)
NOT YOURS – rock (Deva, Romania)
DJ: K* (Bielefeld, Germania)

* Sambata (13.10) de la ora 21:00:
HEADPHONE KICKS – funk / ska / alternative (Bacau, Romania)
THE FITS – pop (Orebro, Suedia)
DJ PINKTROL (Poland/Stockholm, Suedia)

* Duminica (14.10) de la ora 21:00:
VIVE LA NOIZ – alternative / ska / punk (Bistrita, Romania)
MEANOX- aternative / rock / indie (Bucuresti, Romania)
DJ IF (Munchen, Germania)

Pe tot parcursul festivalului:
ART EXPO
—-fotografie: Mira Marincas (Cluj); Luiza Puiu (Timisoara); Elena Stoehr (Köln, Germania); Adina Rafaila (Brasov)
—-pictura: Iulia Nicolaie (Brasov); Maria Ivan Gurzu (Bucuresti); Ana Maria Dinescu (Bucuresti); Eliza Gereanu (Bucuresti)
—-gravura/pictura: Laura Partin (Iasi)
—-gravura/colaj: Olivia (Bucuresti)

Cosponsori: ACCEPT, Alert Fund, D Media, Indymedia Romania, Komunitas, Ladyfest Frankfurt, Ladyfest Mannheim, Project Space, XminY Solidariteitsfonds

++++++++ Detalii: https://fia.pimienta.org
++++++++ Contact: ladyfest-ro@lists.riseup.net

POSTER & PROGRAM LF RO 07

afis_lf_net.jpgLADYFEST BUCHAREST
12-14 october 2007
“Whatever your fight, don’t be ladylike!”
– art and grassroots activism on gender themes

[1 RON suggested donation for during the day]
[10 RON concert entrance / 25 RON pass-par-tout]

 
>> WORKSHOPS, ACTIONS, DISCUSSIONS, SCREENINGS
@ H.arta
str. Pictor Arthur Verona nr. 19, sector 1
(entrance from B-dul Magheru)


* Friday (12/10)

13-14:30 Anti-racist strategies
14:30-16:30 Self-defense – gender attacks
20:00- “The borders of transition”… D MEDIA discussion on transition and post-communism
ACTION
18:00-20 Take Back the Night rally (for all) and march (women-only)
[leaving from Piata Constitutiei]
D MEDIA FILMS
20:00 “Paint Romanian”; “Border diaries”

* Saturday (13/10)
10-12 Vegan baking
12-13 Discussions about “women and science/technology”
13-14:30 Queer vs. heteronormative identities
14:30-15:30 Discussion/workshop on non-hierarchical, feminist, non-violent communication and group organizing
15:30-17:00 Maternity and its social and political implications
17:00-19:00 H.arta: how to address fear and radical reading
20:00- “Women’s work”… D MEDIA discussion/round table about the work situation in romania and the discrimination that still exists towards women
D MEDIA FILMS
20:00 “Made in Italy”; “Eden”

* Sunday (14/10)
10:00-11:30 Gender and wikipedia/women’s presence in internet spaces
11:30-13 Workshop/forum/panel on prostitution, trafficking, violence against women
13-14:30 Video activism
14:30-16:00 Feminine corporeality, our corporeality
16:00-18 “Radical Tour” through Bucharest
16:00-17:30: Preconceived ideas: a day in the media.
18:00-19:00: Intro to open source software
19:00- “Precarious lives”… D MEDIA discussion about the concept of precarity

During the entire festival:
ZINE-MAKING, ACTIVIST FAIR, TRAVELING ZINE LIBRARY
SCREENINGS from the Ladyfest videotheque: “Ladyfest Grenoble”, “female+queer words+beats”, “Bought and sold”, “Behind the labels”, “If hope were enough”, “War zone”, “Mami”, “Hot and bothered – feminist pornography”, “Grrlyshow”, “Clitfest 2004 – the documentary”, “Born in flames”, “Market this!: queer radicals respond to market assimilation”, “The art of hollering”, “Barely audible”, “Flori de mac”

>> CONCERTS & EXPO
@ PUNKOTECA,
str. Atelierului nr. 14
(near Gara de Nord)

* Friday (12.10) from 22:00:
STACEY CAPOOT – acoustic / indie (San Diego, U.S.A.)
NOT YOURS – rock (Deva, Romania)
DJ: K* (Bielefeld, Germany)

* Saturday (13.10) from 21:00:
HEADPHONE KICKS – funk / ska / alternative (Bacau, Romania)
THE FITS – pop (Orebro, Suedia)
DJ PINKTROL (Poland/Stockholm, Suedia)

* Sunday (14.10) from 21:00:
VIVE LA NOIZ – alternative / ska / punk (Bistrita, Romania)
MEANOX- aternative / rock / indie (Bucharest, Romania)
DJ IF (Munchen, Germania)

During the entire festival:
ART EXPO
—-photography: Mira Marincas (Cluj); Luiza Puiu (Timisoara); Elena Stoehr (Köln, Germany); Adina Rafaila (Brasov)
—-painting: Iulia Nicolaie (Brasov); Maria Ivan Gurzu (Bucharest); Ana Maria Dinescu (Bucharest); Eliza Gereanu (Bucharest)
—-engraving/painting: Laura Partin (Iasi)
—-engraving/collage: Olivia (Bucharest)

Cosponsors: ACCEPT, Alert Fund, D Media, Indymedia Romania, Komunitas, Ladyfest Frankfurt, Ladyfest Mannheim, Project Space, XminY Solidariteitsfonds

++++++++ Details: https://fia.pimienta.org
++++++++ Contact: ladyfest-ro@lists.riseup.net

ak kraak – videoactivism si documentare critica in contextul activismului

Project Space
10.10.2007
str. Pictor Arthur Verona, nr.19

ak kraak – videoactivism si documentare critica in contextul activismului – Katharina Koch, Marie Du Vinage, Florian Hülsey, Elizabeth Grenier.

12:00 – 19:00 Video lounge

19:00- 21:00 Prezentarea istoriei grupului Ak Kraak ca parte a scenei de stanga din Berlin 1990 – 2007

21:00 – 22:00 Magazin 24- documentare de scurt metraj, Berlin, 2006

Prezentarea istoriei si activitatii grupului de video activism ak kraak din Berlin in contextul miscarii anarhiste din Germania si internationale cat si atelierul despre moduri alternative de a produce filme documentare vor cuprinde idei despre strategii de auto-organizare, despre conceptul de do it yourself, despre o raportare critica la filmul documentar, diferita de cea mainstream corporatista, despre feluri de a lucra impreuna. Va fi proiectata o selectie de filme din arhiva ak kraak realizate in perioada 1990-2007 si va putea fi consultata o arhiva cu postere si materiale informative despre activitatea grupului.

Project Space este parte din proiectul Spatiul Public Bucuresti / Public Art Bucharest 2007.

Ce mai fac eroii nostri?

Va invitam in 08.10.2007 la orele 19:00 pe strada Pictor Arthur Verona nr 19 la prezentarea Ce mai fac eroii nostri? sustinuta de catre Cristian Cercel

In timpul national-comunismului promovat de Ceausescu, manualele scolare (de istorie si literatura romana mai cu seama) prezentau o naratiune eroizata a istoriei romanilor (n.b.: istoria era a romanilor, si nu a Romaniei). Fara existenta unor alternative autentice, monopolul producerii si reproducerii de identitate se afla in mainile Partidului, unul dintre canalele cele mai importante prin care o identitate nationala departe de a fi all-inclusive era propagata fiind sistemul educational. Care este insa situatia acum, dupa ce manualele alternative au devenit o realitate cotidiana pentru elevii de liceu? Cum o mai duc acum vajnicii nostri eroi nationali? Cat de diferita este actuala ‘naratiune romana’ fata de cea din epoca national-comunista?

Cristian Cercel este traducator, absolvent al departamentului de Studii Europene din cadrul Facultatii de Litere a Universitatii Bucuresti, Master of Arts in Nationalism Studies, la Central European University, Budapesta.

Project Space este parte din proiectul Spatiul Public Bucuresti / Public Art Bucharest 2007. (www.spatiul-public.ro)

prezentare Initiativa One Laptop Per Child in Romania

Va invitam in 07.10.2007 la orele 19:00 pe strada Pictor Arthur Verona nr 19 la prezentarea Initiativa One Laptop Per Child in Romania sustinuta de catre Liviu Pop.

Prezentarea Initiativa One Laptop Per Child in Romania se va referi la proiectul OLPC initiat de Nicolas Negroponte care propune o alternativa educationala revolutionara destinata tarilor din lumea a treia, dar nu numai. Chiar daca laptopul proiectat de catre reprezentantul MIT pare modest ca si caracteristici tehnice in comparatie cu standardele tehnologiilor informationale de ultima ora, ar putea reprezenta o imbunatatire radicala a sistemului educational romanesc. Povestea acceptarii initiale si a ingroparii ulterioare a proiectului de catre politicienii romani nu ar trebui sa fie ultimul capitol al OLPC-ului in Romania, ci inceputul unei dezbateri serioase despre modernizarea reala a educatiei in Romania.

Project Space este parte din proiectul Spatiul Public Bucuresti / Public Art Bucharest 2007. (www.spatiul-public.ro)

Petition for the parents of the Roma children…

Liberty and justice for the parents of the Roma children burnt to death in the fire of Livorno fire on August 10th, 2007

The EveryOne Group and the “Amici degli Angeli” are asking concerned for the immediate release of the parents of the young victims, as well as immediate assistance, starting with a home and state benefit. The groups also request an all-out inquiry against GAPE, a gang of racist murderers, who are responsible for this monstrous crime.

[SIGN ONLINE PETITION]
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ateliere despre femei si tehnologie

“La lucru… Spatii libere temporare”
Reni Hoffmueller
—- Luni 24 octombrie, 12:00 — 20:00

Atelierele, discutiile si prezentarile care vor avea loc in decursul celor patru zile sub titlul „La lucru… Spatii libere temporare” vor avea subiecte ca: relatia dintre gen si tehnologie, rolul free software si open source in promovarea libertatii informatiei, femeile ca producatoare de continut in domeniul culturii si tehnologiei, etc. Continuturile atelierelor si discutiilor nu sunt prestabilite, acestea hotarandu-se impreuna cu participantele/participantii in cadrul unei situatii non –ierarhice, intr-o atmosfera de lucru democratica. Fotografiile de documentare facute in timpul atelierelor si discutiilor vor fi folosite apoi pentru o apropriere simbolica a spatiului orasului. Locuri din Bucuresti care au o importanta pentru o istorie alternativa a femeilor vor fi marcate cu aceste fotografii reprezentand femei in situatii non-stereotipice, atat in spatiul real cat si pe o harta virtuala a Bucurestiului, harta gazduita de site-ul proiectului. Reni Hofmüller este artista, muziciana, compozitoare si activista in domeniul folosirii noilor medii, tehnologiei si a insemnatatii politice a acestora. Reni Hofmüller traieste si lucreaza in Graz.

@ Str. Arthur Verona nr 19
(PROJECT SPACE)
(www.spatiul-public.ro)

cafenea, proiectii ACCEPT

Cafeneaua “Eu, tu… si mai cine”
Asociatia ACCEPT
—– Vineri 21 octombrie, 19:00

Prezentarea unor filme documentare legate de probleme LGBT pe plan international, filme din arhiva ACCEPT.
—– Sambata 22 octombrie, 19:00

1. “Politics of the heart / Politica sentimentelor” (Canada 2005, documentar, 68 minute, Regia: Nancy Nicol)

2. “Heneini / Aceasta sunt eu” (SUA 2005, documentar, 62 minute, Regia: Irena Fayngold)

3. “They still smile / Ei totusi zambesc” (Belarus 2002, documentar, 16,47 min, Regia: Irina Sizova)

@ Str. Arthur Verona nr 19
(PROJECT SPACE)