Relating Against the State: Decolonial & Anti-Imperialist Approaches to Gender/Sex/uality
Topic Summary:
The goal of this summer session is to address de/colonial and anti/imperialist thinking and approaches to sexuality and gender, and to approach sexuality and kinship through an anti-racist lens. Participants in the seminar will learn about the epistemic roots of contemporary Western studies of sexuality and gender in colonial violence, anti-Indigeneity, and anti-Blackness. Participants from Psychology and Sexuality Studies backgrounds will learn to challenge colonial doctrines of sexuality and gender, and to re-think sexual categories, gender, and kinship practices. Students with prior knowledge in Indigenous studies, anti-racism, sexuality, and/or decolonization will leave the summer session equipped to identify and challenge how colonial structures of sexuality and gender inform studies of colonialism and anti-racist politics.
See the syllabus here!
Facilitator:
Adria Kurchina-Tyson is a queer Anishinaabe scholar of Indigenous, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and PhD candidate at Queen's University. Adria approaches their subjects of interest through an Anishinaabe epistemological lens, informed by anti-colonial, queer, and anti-racist feminist critique. Adria’s interests include sexual and reproductive health and justice, queerness, kink/BDSM, mental health, environmental sustainability, and interspecies intimacies. Their PhD research examines elements of kink and BDSM in Indigenous epistemologies, governance and kinship. Adria also works with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) as a sex educator in Indigenous and related communities.
Dates, Times & Structure:
Thursdays 1-3pm EST, June 10th-July 29th, 2021.Meetings will occur on Zoom. Participants will read in advance of each meeting, develop/follow group guidelines, provide reflections (in any format, e.g., written/video/art), discuss materials, reflect on the impact of materials, etc. Please ensure you have time and energy to commit to all meetings, readings in advance of meetings, and discussion (spoken or messaged) during meetings before you apply :)
Cost: Free!
Funded by Dr. Sari van Anders' Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology, Sexuality, & Gender/Sex.