Thinking transfeminisms

On the occasion of the forthcoming publication of the translation of her article "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttransexual Manifesto" (1991) in the issue # 1 of Comment S'en Sortir ? – article regarded by many as the founding act of Trans Studies – Sandy Stone will speak on the tensions and exchanges between trans and feminist theories and movements. Professor, artist, activist, writer, Sandy Stone is a key figure in trans studies and politics. Her work is particularly crucial for thinking about contemporary transfeminisms.

The conference will be complemented by interventions of Karine Espineira, PhD in Information Science and Communication, author of The transidentity. Media space to public space (2008), co-founder of the Observatoire des Transidentités, and Miriam Sola and Elena Urko, trans-queer-feminist activist and co-editors of the anthology Transfeminismos: espistemes, fricciones there flujos(2013).

Panelists:

• Sandy Stone (Allucquére Rosanne), educator, researcher, media specialist, artist, author of science fiction, ACTLab (Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory), Santa Cruz (keynote speaker)
• Karine Espineira, PhD in Information Sciences and Communication and activist, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis / LIRCES (moderator)
• Miriam Sola and Elena Urko, activists and coeditors of the anthology Transfeminismos: epistemes fricciones there flujos, Barcelona (moderator)

Venue:
Archives Nationales – conference room
59 rue Guynemer - 93380 Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Subway line 13 : Saint-Denis Université (station)


Contact:
For further informations, or enquiries, please contact the organisers : Ian Zdanowicz (ian.zdan [at] gmail.com) and Kira Ribeiro (kira.ribeiro [at] yahoo.fr)