Thinking through feminist and queer approaches in the dispersal of the Jo Spence Memorial Archive across London, Toronto and beyond.

Description

Researching Queer, Trans and Feminist Approaches to Art and Visual Culture:

This afternoon workshop brought together current research on queer, trans, and feminist approaches to art and visual culture by researchers at the Universities and St Andrews and Edinburgh, with a focus on methodologies and approaches, particularly in relation to archives. The emphasis was on discussion and exchange, with short presentations alongside opportunities to discuss projects-in-process on gender and sexuality from PhD, post-doctoral and early-career researchers in a supportive and generative environment.

Questions that we might consider together:
• In what ways do our research projects address and theorise questions of gender, sexuality and embodiment, including for example in relation to protest, representation, and/or resistance?
• What are the methodological connections and affinities between queer, trans, and feminist approaches to art and visual culture?
• How have queer, trans, and feminist approaches to art and visual culture related to archives and processes of archiving, particularly regarding questions of politics, ethics, ephemerality, erasure, and power?

Period	12 Dec 2024
Event title	Researching Queer, Trans and Feminist Approaches to Art and Visual Culture
Event type	Workshop