Depathologizing diverse bodies, desires and identities
L’Armari de la Memòria organizes, in collaboration with the five Valencian public universities, a new conference of reflection of free access, which will take place from October 24 to November 9 under the title Disordered by Manual: depathologizing diverse bodies, desires and identities.. The aim of this conference is to present critical perspectives of analysis around the processes of pathologization of sex-generic dissidence, and especially those identities that escape the binarisms related to gender, sexual characteristics or desire orientation.
Attendance to the different sessions, which will be held at university venues in the cities of Valencia, Castellón de la Plana, Alicante and Altea, is free of charge, and can be done both in person and by internet; streaming through the YouTube channel of the Memory Closet (https://www.youtube.com/@larmarigva).
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Complete program:https://larmari.gva.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TrastornadesManual_Fullet_Castella.pdf
Registration form:https://forms.gle/1WxPCLRUHAgZvwDM9
Organized by: L’Armari de la Memòria, a service of the Second Vice-presidency and Regional Ministry of Social Services, Equality and Housing.
Collaborators: University of Valencia, Jaume I University, University of Alicante, Miguel Hernández University, Polytechnic University of Valencia.
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PROGRAM
ma 24.10.2023 / Universitat de València
FROM “FEMALE HORMONES” TO “LESBIAN BRAIN”.
Towards a critical non-binary history of sexuality and gender –
18:00 h – Lecture Hall, Gregori Maians Social Sciences Library, Tarongers campus –
Lecture | Sam Fernández-Garrido, biologist and PhD in gender studies, specializing in medical anthropology; her research focuses on the intersection between biology, feminism and social studies of science; | | Moderator: Arantxa Grau, professor of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at UVEG, researcher in the field of sociology of health, sexualities and gender.
Thu 26.10.2023 / Universitat Jaume I de Castelló
SPEECHES THAT UPSET US
Theories, therapies, manuals and other forms of violence from the mental health sciences.
18:00 h – Salón de Grados, Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences, UJI campus –
Round table Ricardo Llamas, PhD in Political Science and Sociology, author of the first thesis on queer theory in Spain and, among other publications, of Twisted theory: prejudices and discourses surrounding “homosexuality”.Saúl Castro, lawyer specializing in human rights and sexual diversity, author of the monograph “The Human Rights and Sexual Diversity in the Americas”;Neither sick nor sinners. The silenced violence of “conversion therapies” in Spain.Amets Suess Schwend, PhD in Social Anthropology, specialized in trans and intersex studies from a perspective of human rights and depathologization. Moderator: Emma Gómez Nicolau, PhD in Sociology, professor of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology of the UJI, focuses her research on the social representation of gender and feminist activism.
Thu 02.11.2023 / University of Alicante
BEYOND BINARISMS
Desires and identities that resist pigeonholing –
18:00 h – Conference room, Sede Universitaria Ciudad de Alicante (c/ San Fernando) –
Round table | Ana M. Amigo-Ventureira, co-founder of the Rede Galega de Estudos Queer and author, among other publications, of Biciosas or the need to queerize the queer | Rosa María García, graduate in Philosophy and Master in Applied Sociology, is a translator, researcher and disseminator on trans rights and non-binarisms in spaces such as Feminist Rebellion | Moderator: Beatriz Bustos Mendoza, professor of the Department of Didactics, member of the Research Group on Equality, Gender and Education and technical specialist of the Archive of Democracy of the UA.
ma 07.11.2023 / Miguel Hernández University (Altea)
DEL PASSING AND HOMONORMATIVITY
Pathologization and normalization strategies of gender dissidence.
18:00 h – Classroom 2, Albir building, Faculty of Fine Arts, Altea campus –
Round table | Carmen Romero Bachiller, PhD in Sociology, researches about bodies from a feminist perspective and queer intersectional | Jordi Mas Grau, PhD in Social Anthropology, with a thesis on the pathologization and medicalization trans, is a researcher specializing in violence and discrimination associated with the sex-gender system | Moderator: Javier Moreno, PhD in Fine Arts and professor at the UMH, member of the research group FIDEX, focuses his research on homoerotic photographic self-representation.
Thu 09.11.2023 / Universitat Politècnica de València
DISCONFORMING BODIES
Intersexualities and other non-normative corporealities –
18:00 h – Assembly Hall, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Vera campus –
Round table | Nuria Gregori Flor, sociocultural anthropologist and PhD in gender studies, focuses her research on the medical and social management of intersexualities in the Spanish context | Mer Gómez, PhD in feminist and gender studies, is the author of several creative works on intersexualities, as well as the autobiographical account | Mer Gómez, PhD in feminist and gender studies, is the author of several creative works on intersexualities, as well as the autobiographical account The rebellion of the hyenas | Moderator: Juan Vicente Aliaga, curator, historian and art critic, professor of Fine Arts at the UPV and researcher specialized in queer studies, with special attention to the cultural, artistic and political representations of sexual diversity.