Trans-Architectural History of the Women's Anarchist Nuisance Cafe (WANC)

近年来，变性人的可见度在英国有所增加，然而，建筑史学科在方法和主题上仍然缺乏变性人的视角。本研究提出通过关注1998年至2012年在伦敦发生的女性无政府主义滋扰咖啡馆（WANC）的未经审查的历史，开发一种创新的跨性别方法来实践建筑史。这个diy咖啡馆空间由几个深蹲和自主空间组成。这是一个激进的另类酷儿空间，作家莎拉·沃尔特斯（Sarah Walters）和特纳奖得主夏洛特·普罗杰（Charlotte Prodger）等文化影响者都来过这里，这里为政治讨论、表演、探讨性别的研讨会和跨性别者的存在提供了空间。本研究旨在将WANC的政治和过渡空间与过渡身体的政治和过渡空间联系起来，探讨跨性别的体现如何提供对建筑历史和实践的扩展视角和批评。本研究采用“跨”理论来实践建筑史。2008年，跨性别被认为是一个关系术语（Stryker等人），通过与性别以外的后缀联系，拓宽了跨性别话语。作为一个运动的图形，以非线性焦点为导向的过程，“过渡”被概念化为“组合和拆卸，折叠成权力结构以及成为的运动”（Taylor & Schaffer 2008）。女权主义历史学家（Rendell et al. 2000）和酷儿理论家（Bonnevier 2007）的作品解构了二元对立和看似稳定的建筑状态，以观察两者之间的空间。然而，仍然缺乏跨性别的建筑概念（Gourney & Heuvel 2017），采用“过渡”的概念来进一步消除其固定性。这项研究提出了一种背离女权主义和酷儿二元解构主义的方法，并动员“过渡”来产生一种经验主义的、共同产生的跨建筑历史。

Transgender visibility has increased in Britain in recent years, however, the discipline of architectural history still lacks a transgender perspective both in method and subject matter. This research proposes to develop an innovative transgender approach to the practice of architectural history by focusing on the unexamined history of the Women's AnarchistNuisance Café (WANC) which took place across London from 1998-2012. This DIY-café space operated out of several squats and autonomous spaces. A radical alternative queer space, visited by cultural influencers including writer Sarah Walters andTurner Prize winner Charlotte Prodger, it offered room for political discussions, performances, workshops exploring gender and negotiated the presence of transmen. This research aims to draw connections between the politics and transitional spaces of WANC and that of the transitioning body, asking how transgender embodiment can provide an expanded perspective on, and critique of, architectural history and practice.This research adopts theories of 'trans-ing' to practice architectural history. In 2008 transwas conceived as a relational term (Stryker et al.), broadening transgender discourse by connecting with suffixes other than gender. As a figure of movement, process orientated with a non-linear focus, 'transing' is conceptualised as 'both assemblage and disassemblage, as folded into structures of power as well as a movement of becoming' (Taylor & Schaffer 2008). Work developed by feminist historians (Rendell et al. 2000) and queer theorists (Bonnevier 2007) has deconstructed binary oppositions and the seemingly stable condition of architecture to look at the spaces between. Yet there remains a paucity of transgender conceptions of architecture (Gourney & Heuvel 2017) employing the concept of 'transing' to further de-essentialise its fixity. This research proposes a departure from feminist and queer deconstructions of dualisms and to mobilise 'transing' to produce an empirically informed and co-produced trans-architectural history.