NOI♀SE 2013 Summer School
Naturecultures in Feminist Academia, Art and Activism
26 - 30 August 2013, Utrecht University, The
Netherlands
Organized by the Netherlands Research School of
Genderstudies
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Are you intrigued
by the question how nature participates in processes of signification and in
knowledge production?
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Would you like to
study how not only gender and race, but also nature is a performance?
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Do you want to know
more about the entanglement of culture, technology and the environment?
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Are you curious
about transversal connections, such as how a theatre play can have
epistemological significance?
Then join the 2013 Summer School!
This year’s (the 21st) edition of NOI♀SE will introduce cutting edge scholarship at the
crossroads of gender studies, performance studies and philosophy of science. We
will take the concept of ‘naturecultures’, established by Donna Haraway in the Companion
Species Manifesto (2003), as our starting point. By investigating selected
scholarly as well as cultural practices, we aim at using this conceptual tool
so as to sharpen our understanding of the blurred boundaries between gendered
oppositional pairs such as active and passive, body and mind.
The consistency of the many manifestations of feminism - in past,
present and future, and across different domains - is the fight against the
naturalization of women and other Others. Ever since Simone de Beauvoir’s The
Second Sex, feminists have addressed the consequences of making women,
animals, bodily matter mute. After all, a passive object is easily spoken for
and essentialized. This Summer School builds on an innovative genealogy of
feminist engagements with naturalization and it will present cases of its
disruption from a trans-disciplinary and trans-generational perspective.
Radically thinking out of the box, Naturecultures in Feminist
Academia, Art and Activism presents a series of case studies from science,
ecofeminist activism and performance art. We will explore how all these cases
present avenues for changing the gendered roles of critical-creative scholars,
producers and consumers of cultural artifacts and sustainability-driven human
beings.
Aims
This advanced training course offers a diversified yet coherent
programme of study from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Summer School is
meant for PhD and MA students. Separate seminars for these two groups will be
provided in the afternoons.
Formula
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Two lectures in the
morning
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Separate PhD and
MA-seminars in the afternoon
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Social programme
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Students
prepare before NOISE by reading and collecting material for assignments.
Students receive a NOI♀SE
Certificate of Attendance. An ECTS-system is in place for students who fulfill
all requirements (ask the coordinator for these requirements).
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All students are
expected to participate in the entire programme for the duration of five days
Please check the website for more information, registration and regular
updates:
http://www.graduategenderstudies.nl/ ~ Education ~ NOISE Summer School
Venue
The NOISE Summer School 2013 will be hosted by Utrecht University, the
Netherlands.
Tuition Fees
The tuition fee is €425,-. This includes tuition,
digital reading materials and the social programme.
Arrangements like accommodation, transportation and
living expenses should be arranged by and paid for by the applicants
themselves.
Teachers in
the course
The Summer School is organized by the Netherlands Research School of
Genderstudies (NOG, Utrecht University). The 2013 edition is coordinated by dr.
Iris van der Tuin, prof. dr. Maaike Bleeker (both
Utrecht University) and Liu Xin, MA (Åbo Akademi,
Finland). Several renowned scholars and
practitioners from various disciplines will be teaching at the Summer School:
dr. Arun Saldanha (Lancaster University, UK), dr. Niamh Moore (Manchester
University, UK), dr. Milla Tiainen (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) and Jan van
den Berg (Performing Arts and Science). As soon as other collaborations are
confirmed, their names will be announced on the website.
Registration
and Deadline
The deadline is Friday May 3, 2013. You can find the application form on
the website:
For more
information
NOISE Central Coordination
Utrecht University
Muntstraat 2a
3512 EV Utrecht
The Netherlands
E-mail: noise@uu.nl
Tel:
+31-30-2536001
Fax:
+31-30-2536134
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