Affective Worldmaking: Narrative Counterpublics of Gender and Sexuality
Anmeldung bis 11.01.2021, 23:59
Lecture and Symposium
Elisabeth-List Fellowship Research Group “Intimate Readings”
January 14-15, 2021
Join us for a lecture on “Public Feelings in a Time of Pandemic” by affect scholar Ann Cvetkovich (Carleton University, Ottawa), followed by a one-day symposium that presents the provisional results of a collaborative book project on affect and narrative theory with a focus on the topics of gender and sexuality.
The event is co-hosted by Karl-Franzens-University Graz (KFU) and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and will be held online via FAU-Zoom. Please register by January 11, 2021 at grazaffect(at)gmail.com. Please note that the event will be recorded (audio only) and excerpts may be used for a radio podcast.
Program:
January 14, 2021, 4-6 pm:
Lecture: Public Feelings in a Time of Pandemic – Ann Cvetkovich (Carleton University, Ottawa)
This presentation will draw on writing that I have been doing over the course of the pandemic in monthly meetings with my Austin (Texas)-based Public Feelings group, whose participants are also in Chicago, Vancouver, and Ottawa, Canada. These short pieces constitute efforts to make sense of what is going on – or just document how it feels – with attention to topics such as covid silver linings (and other pandemic keywords); Zoom-based art and performance; protest under conditions of social distancing; dialectics of hope and despair; black feminist resources for survival and other forms of collective care and mutual aid; and the relation between the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the covid-19 pandemic. Through an exploration of the current state of theories of affect and sensation, I would also hope to prompt discussion of the differences and connections between how the pandemic feels in Canada/US and how it feels in Austria/Europe.