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• 05 mar 2018

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Queering Friendship | citizenship, care and choice

  Intimate Final Conference

  Contrary to individualization theories that suggest the impoverishment of human relationships, theories of relationality recognize the increasing centrality of informal networks of solidarity and care. In this debate, friendship plays a fundamental role. The mutual implications of intimacy and citizenship need to be addressed, exploring the extent to which issues of LGBTQ friendship matter (or not) in being recognized as citizens. The centrality of friendship is even more striking when considering personal lives of trans and non-binary people, but also lesbian women, gay men and bisexual people, LGBTQ migrants and other intersecting, vulnerable groups. In particular, the way transgender people actively provide and receive different care between friends offers invaluable contributions to political debates and conceptual discussions around friendship and care as a key aspect of LGBTQ everyday life. Unveiling the richness of the blurred spaces of intimacy, the ways in which LGBTQ people produce alternatives to family-based forms of cohabitation are also of critical importance. LGBTQ lived experiences further contribute to destabilizing the family/friends and public/private binaries, whilst challenging heterocisnormative expectations about who legitimately belongs to the intimate sphere and who remains excluded and/or invisible.

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• 07 nov 2015

  Saint-Denis

  Study days - Sociology

  Care and Intersectionality

  Cette journée entend fournir un espace collaboratif qui vise à construire des notions théoriques transdisciplinaires fortes pour mettre au centre de la réflexion le point de vue, les expériences et les résistances de sujets politiques marginalisés. Dans le souci de produire, à partir de contextes et de points de vue hétérogènes, un déplacement épistémologique, méthodologique et conceptuel qui rende compte d’expériences subalternisées, il nous paraît important de remobiliser les héritages politiques et théoriques de l’intersectionnalité et du care. De fait, pensés « avec » et « depuis » les marges, ces deux paradigmes font apparaître (ou requalifient) les portées éthiques et politiques d’expériences et de savoirs relégués. Nos recherches multisituées gagneraient à revenir sur ces outils, afin de produire des « connexions » prometteuses d’avenir.

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