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lang="EN-US">European Association of Social
Anthropologists Conference 2012: Uncertainty and
disquiet
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lang="EN-US">Nanterre University, France,
10/07/2012 – 13/07/2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
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lang="EN-US"><font size="3">W021 Transgender experience:
how societies manage the uncertainty of gender<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<h4 style="MARGIN: 10pt 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><em><span
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'Arial','sans-serif'">Convenors</span><span
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<p class="panelconvenor" style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT:
15pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333;
FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Laurence Hérault
(Aix-Marseille Université)
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Niko Besnier (Universiteit van Amsterdam) <br
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<h4 style="MARGIN: 10pt 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><em><span
style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
'Arial','sans-serif'">Short Abstract</span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></span></em></h4>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt;
COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';
mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Contrary to
appearances, gender is uncertain. Transgender experiences
are sites where the uncertainty of gender emerges and
generates particular disquiet. The workshop seeks to
explore multiple ways in which European and non-European
societies apprehend contemporary forms of transgender
life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
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lang="EN-US">Long Abstract</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:
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mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></em></h4>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt;
COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';
mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">To speak of gender
is to speak of certainty: according to widely held
essentialist perspectives, gender is certain because it is
grounded in biology and anatomy. Yet it is clear that
gender is not self-evident and, contrary to appearances,
it is uncertain. Transgender activism as well as the
experience of the intersex is sites where the uncertainty
of gender emerges and generates particular disquiet. What
is one to do with and about a person who says s/he does
not belong to his/her assigned gender? How do societies
apprehend the particular take on gender certainty that the
transgender experience represents?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt;
COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif';
mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">A comparative
approach to the question is essential because it is in the
contemporary context that the transgender experience
constitutes itself in a transnational space. Knowledge,
both expert and everyday, of the broad variety of
transgender experiences throughout the world is now so
widely disseminated that trans-identified people today
craft their life designs in a global context. For example,
Western transgender persons often turn to "traditional"
forms of transgenderism as inspirational models and/or
resources for a critique of what they see as Western
gender binarism. At the same time, some non-Western
transgender persons are demanding and accessing the body
modifications (hormone therapy, surgery) made possible by
Western medicine since the 20th century, enabling the
emergence of new transgender figures in these societies.
The workshop seeks to explore multiple ways in which
European and non-European societies apprehend contemporary
forms of transgender experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New
Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language:
FR" lang="EN-US">All proposals must be made via the online
form.:
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color="#800080">http://www.easaonline.org/conferences/easa2012/callforpapers.htm</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New
Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language:
FR" lang="EN-US">Proposals should consist of a paper
title, a (very) short abstract of <300 characters, and
an abstract of 250 words (in French or English). Deadline:
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY:
'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Nov 28th 2011</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Niko Besnier
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Co-Director, Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society and Culture
Universiteit van Amsterdam</pre>
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