New publication 2024 An introduction to queer theory by Antke A. Engel. Queer theory is explained in a accessible way, yet, without losing sight of complexities and controversies. What’s special: Excerpts of the three experimental video introductions to queer theory (Engel/filmfetch 2021) can be accessed via QR code while reading the book, and guide the reader through the text.
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On Thu, 25th of July, the IQT invites you to a review of the aesthetic concept of the Queerokratia! conference and a playful brainstorming session on actions around the naming policies of Berlin’s registry offices.
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On 14 June 2024, a joint exchange with a Finnish research group on academic and activist strategies against the takeover by the right in trans/TIN* politics will take place at iQT.
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11 April, 2024, 8 pm, Lettrétage, Berlin-Mitte (DE / EN / DGS / with sign language interpretation). Hearing and Deaf performance art exploring their encounter A a collaboration develops between deaf performance artist Eyk Kauly and the hearing sound artists HYENAZ (Kate Fischer and Adrienne Teicher). Together they explore through sound, signs, and performance how conditions of audibility can be challenged.
Continue readingEngel queerversing // Engel wider die Eindeutigkeit, writing workshops and free-lancing profile
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On 12 November 2023, the SBSG group “Selbstbestimmung selbst gemacht” (“Self-determination done yourself”) published an alternative draft for a self-determination law – egalitarian, for all, against coercion, convinced of the sexual maturity of all people. As the government draft of the self-determination law, which was approved by the Bundestag on 12.04.24, has various snags, there will be a federal conference for self-determination from 30.05.-02.06.24 in Berlin under the title QUEEROKRATIA.
Continue readingSept. 9 and Oct. 22, 2023 (2-7 pm) preparing the articles and developing the layout of The Multilingual Issue. Two workshops that are part of the series “Queer Multilinguality and Embodied Speech”.
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Presentation and discussion by and with Antke A. Engel
Wed August 23, 2023, 4-6pm CET, online
Planetary pluralism is a form of pluralism that supports cohabitation of all non/human and more-than-human beings, while following a denormalizing, yet egalitarian perspective of trans*versal justice.
Workshop 4 of the series Queere Multilingualities and Embodied Speech, June 29, 2023, 5-8 pm, Vienna. With Chaka Collective (Claudia Frikh-Khar, Nina Höchtl, Verena Melgarejo Weinandt), performance artist Pêdra Costa and author and scholar Daniela Rodríguez.
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