Goran Pavlić Public Lecture: To Queer or Not to Queer:
A Non-Normative Approach to Curating
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Topic Tags: queer marxism
In my presentation, I will try to outline some of the problems we face when we try to curate the liminal fields, i.e. those spheres which defy clear-cut academic categories. More precisely, what do we mean when we say ‘queer’? Does it denote only sexual or gender identity, or can it be understood as a tool in political struggle? Is this alternative viable at all, or does it only misrepresent always fluid categories of subject’s agency and structural constraints. Borrowing some of the theoretical tools from queer-Marxist political theory, I will propose a materialist approach to the problem of curating ‘marginal’ cultural practices. To put it more concretely, we will investigate in what manner our academic apparatus with its established categories inhibits our attempts to approach the complexity of queer experiences. Finally, we will propose alternative epistemological stances when dealing with communities which depart from normative societal standards.
Document:
The Reification of Desire_ Towa - Kevin Floyd.pdf
Goran Pavlić is assistant professor at the Academy of Dramatic Art (Zagreb). His research interests include political theory, performance theory, political economy of art. In 2019, he published a book on Krleža's political economy Glembajevi: dvojno čitanje (The Glembays: A Dual Reading). He co-edited two volumes (with S. Petlevski): Theatrum Mundi. Interdisciplinarne perspektive (Theatrum Mundi. Interdisciplinary Perspectives) (2015), and Spaces of Identity in the Performing Sphere (2011).
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