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GEXcel Conference of Workshops – Örebro University 22-25 May 2008

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Supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council Centre, Örebro University and Linköpings University launched a project to establish a European Center of Gender Excellence based in Sweden– Gendering Excellence (GEXcel): Towards a European Centre of Excellence in Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment . In 2007-08, the theme of research sponsored by GEXcel has been “Gender, Sexuality, and Global Change,” directed by Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Professor of Gender Studies at Örebro University. (For a full description of the theme, go to http://www.genderexcel.org)

We invite applications for this conference of workshops from junior and senior scholars whose research directly addresses one of the following three sub-themes: 1) Sexuality, Love and Social Theory; 2) Power and Politics: A Feminist View; and 3) Common and Conflicted: Rethinking Interest, Solidarity, and Action.

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an image and its message

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apropos of the old “sexual politics of meat” debate…

here is a classic misogynistic illustration used to promote meat by telling us to “break the dull beef habit” (by imagining a woman‘s body made up of “tender juicy” beef cuts);
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and here are two possible ways of making use of that image in order to promote vegetarianism:

  • peta‘s take, which casts a real woman in the same pose, makes the same “cuts of meat” markings on her body and just adds the text “all animals have the same parts”:
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  • an example of what i would consider a critical take, whose message to the viewer is no longer a plea to look at a cow’s body in the same way as at a woman’s body and viceversa, but rather to STOP viewing anyone – human and non-human animals alike – as being made up of “cuts” and ready for consumption, because we all should have the same right to bodily autonomy and integrity (the ecofeminist message):
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    • women and tech stuff

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    because unfortunately the tech-related discussions planned for ladyfest were all cancelled in one way or another, i’m listing here the materials i’d prepared for some of it, in case someone finds them useful as resources:

    Call for Papers: Queer Studies Easter Symposium 2008

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    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’

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    (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

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    (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