When Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Where Zoom (registration required)
Join Imagining Trans Futures for talks by micha cárdenas (Performance, Play & Design, University of California, Santa Cruz) and Percy Lezard (Indigenous Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University), followed by a conversation moderated by Hexe Fey (digital storytelling and dance artist). In "Stitching & Dreaming: Imagining Trans, Nonbinary and Two Spirit Futures," cárdenas and Lezard discuss how trans of color poetics are in dialogue with glitch aesthetics, feminism, and radical relationality to create an intervention in 2 spirit, Indigiqueer futurities.
Description
This talk, organized by IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen, is taking place on Zoom in conjunction with BISIA 410: Labor Stories from Pandemic Times & BISSTA Institutions & Social Change. The talk is free and open to the public, with pre-registration. Zoom links will be e-mailed the day of the talk.
For event questions and UWB Labor Colloquium questions, contact Ching-In Chen at chingin@uw.edu.
About the series: In a time of crisis and austerity, what strategies can we use to imagine a safe and thriving future for trans, nonbinary, Two Spirit, intersex, gender-variant, and gender-creative people and communities? This tri-campus research cluster brings cross-disciplinary scholars, artists, and leaders together in conversation around imagining trans futures. Discussions especially focus on the intersections between critical trans studies and trans knowledge production inside and outside the academy. This includes developing a writing group for trans-identified scholars and hosting a series of public events that showcase key conversations and cultural work in the field of trans studies.