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Queer Italia Network

意大利酷儿网络

基本信息

批准号：
AH/N006836/1
负责人：
Charlotte Ross
金额：
$ 4.31万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FN006836%2F1
关键词：
Queer Italia Network

项目摘要

Until the 1990s, 'queer' was largely understood as a term of abuse for homosexuals. Since then, it has been reclaimed by activists and scholars seeking to validate identities and sexualities that trouble or transgress social norms: these include the notion that monogomous, reproductive heterosexuality is the standard, and that any other forms of desire or sexual practice are 'deviations'. 'Queer' is often taken to mean any way of being that is at odds with what is considered 'normal'. Research on queer experiences in the Italian context is urgently required for three reasons: 1) In Italy, there is still no national legislation to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual/transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, and campaigns to combat discrimination, to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, to protect LGBTQ asylum seekers, and to challenge prejudice are under attack from groups such as the 'Sentinelle in piedi' (Standing Sentinels) who oppose initiatives that seek to protect the rights of LGBTQ individuals. This situation means that discrimination is widespread, and victims have no recourse to the law to protect them. 2) Very little research on queer lives and phenomena has been carried out in Italy, partly because the Italian academy is generally resistant to queer theories and methodologies, including critical and interdisciplinary analyses of social and cultural constructions of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. Despite this, the Italian context offers a wealth of queer thought and activism that demands critical attention in order to understand more fully the changing expressions and experiences of sexuality. This project will also analyse important dissenting voices that denounce sexual and racial discrimination, for example, including amongst communities of LGBTQ immigrants and refugees seeking asylum due to sexual discrimination. This will reinvigorate debate on a crucial aspect of human experience and will contribute in important ways to multiple academic disciplines (including Literary Studies, History of Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Human Geography, Sociology, Cultural and Media Studies), as well as to policy (the Project Team (PT) will write a paper making research recommendations on issues of LGBTQ rights). 3) While many established scholars have called for wider engagement with queer ideas and perspectives that have emerged in different linguistic contexts, queer theories continue to remain focussed on the Anglophone world, and have not yet entered into dialogue with Italian thought on sexual and other forms of dissidence. However, as mentioned, the Italian tradition offers a rich array of theoretical positions and cultural interventions, including activism and contemporary performance art, that might contextualize, challenge and reshape existing Anglophone theories. Dialogue with contemporary and historical radical Italian thought on sexuality, as well as with cultural practitioners who tackle this and other queer subjects through art or theatre, may also enable queer studies scholars to overcome what some see as stumbling blocks in current thinking.The project will focus on the following questions:1) Theories and Practices: How have Anglophone queer theories been received in Italy and what queer perspectives and practices have developed in Italian culture? How might transnational dialogues foster larger academic and social investigations and understanding of both the Anglophone and Italian queer contexts?2) Representation and Reappropriation: How are queer lives, moments and politics represented in Italian media and culture, and how do queer perspectives impact on and provide alternatives to dominant contemporary and historical media forms?3) Interstitial Spaces/Temporalities: What insights can be gained from queer theoretical and creative explorations of class, sex, gender, race, and migration that focus on intersectionality and inbetweenness?

直到20世纪90年代，“酷儿”基本上还被理解为对同性恋者的虐待。从那时起，寻求确认扰乱或违反社会规范的身份和性行为的活动家和学者重新提出了这一观点：其中包括一夫一妻、生殖异性恋是标准的概念，以及任何其他形式的欲望或性行为都是“偏差”。“酷儿”通常被认为是任何一种与“正常”不符的生活方式。意大利迫切需要对同性恋经历进行研究，原因有三：1)在意大利，仍然没有保护女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者、变性人/变性人和同性恋者的权利的国家立法，打击歧视、解决学校中仇视同性恋的欺凌行为、保护女同性恋者和变性者寻求庇护者以及挑战偏见的运动正受到诸如“站岗”等团体的攻击，这些团体反对旨在保护女同性恋者和变性者个人权利的倡议。这种情况意味着歧视很普遍，受害者无法诉诸法律来保护他们。2)意大利对同性恋生活和现象的研究很少，部分原因是意大利学术界普遍抵制同性恋理论和方法，包括对种族、族裔、性和性别的社会和文化结构的批判性和跨学科分析。尽管如此，意大利的背景提供了丰富的奇特思想和激进主义，需要批判性的关注，以便更全面地理解不断变化的性行为表达和经历。该项目还将分析谴责性别歧视和种族歧视的重要异议声音，包括因性别歧视而寻求庇护的LGBTQ移民和难民社区。这将重新激发关于人类经历的一个重要方面的辩论，并将以重要方式促进多个学术学科(包括文学研究、性史、性别和性研究、人文地理学、社会学、文化和媒体研究)以及政策(项目组(PT)将撰写一篇论文，就男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者权利问题提出研究建议)。3)虽然许多老牌学者呼吁更广泛地接触在不同语言环境中出现的酷儿思想和观点，但酷儿理论仍然专注于英语世界，尚未与意大利关于性和其他形式的持不同政见者的思想进行对话。然而，如前所述，意大利传统提供了一系列丰富的理论立场和文化干预，包括激进主义和当代行为艺术，这些可能会联系背景，挑战和重塑现有的英语国家理论。与当代和历史上激进的意大利性爱思想的对话，以及与通过艺术或戏剧处理这一主题和其他同性恋主题的文化从业者的对话，也可能使酷儿研究学者克服一些人认为是当前思考中的绊脚石。该项目将专注于以下问题：1)理论和实践：英语国家的酷儿理论在意大利是如何被接受的，意大利文化中发展了哪些奇怪的观点和实践？跨国对话如何促进对讲英语和意大利语的酷儿背景的更大的学术和社会调查和理解？2)再现和再利用：酷儿的生活、时刻和政治如何在意大利媒体和文化中表现出来，以及酷儿的观点如何影响占主导地位的当代和历史媒体形式，并提供替代形式？3)间隙空间/时间性：从关注交叉性和中间性的关于阶级、性别、性别、种族和移民的酷儿理论和创造性探索中可以获得哪些见解？