36.2235, Confs: Panel at Maricorners 2026: "El género es un decir: análisis del discurso sobre la (re)presentación de lo trans" (Spain)

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Date: 22-Jul-2025
From: Emma Machado de Souza [emmachado at usal.es]
Subject: Panel at Maricorners 2026: "El género es un decir: análisis del discurso sobre la (re)presentación de lo trans"

Panel at Maricorners 2026: "El género es un decir: análisis del
discurso sobre la (re)presentación de lo trans"
Short Title: Maricorners 2026

Date: 22-Apr-2026 - 24-Apr-2026
Location: Vigo / Online, Spain
Meeting URL: https://maricorners.es/maricorners2026_/

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Basque (eus)
                     Catalan (cat)
                     Galician (glg)
                     Spanish (spa)

Submission Deadline: 01-Sep-2025

Discourse plays a central role in the social and cultural construction
of gender. It functions as a dynamic space where meanings are
negotiated, certain identities are legitimized, and others are
marginalized. In the current context, trans people have gained
increasing visibility, which has brought to the forefront the
discursive tensions between dominant narratives that continue to
pathologize and exclude, and alternative discursive practices that
promote recognition, inclusion, or resistance to cisnormative and
binary frameworks. A critical analysis of these discourses requires
examining how ideologies, identities, and power relations are shaped
through language.
In this context, this panel aims to bring together research that, from
various approaches to discourse analysis—critical, Foucauldian,
narrative, sociolinguistic, or corpus-based—examines how trans
identities and experiences are constructed, represented, and contested
through different discursive practices. We particularly welcome
contributions that address questions such as: How are power relations
related to gender reproduced, challenged, or transformed in discursive
contexts such as media, medicine, or digital platforms? What
discursive strategies do trans individuals use to produce alternative
narratives that resist hegemonic frameworks? How do lexical and
grammatical choices influence public perception of trans experience?
What kinds of discursive differences emerge across diverse cultural
and linguistic contexts?
This panel seeks to create an academic space for critical reflection
on the ideological functioning of discourse and its key role in the
political and social articulation of trans identities. It also aims to
highlight how discourse analysis can help challenge exclusionary
representations and foster more inclusive and socially engaged
discursive practices.
Proposals and inquiries should be sent to emmachado at usal.es.
Submissions are welcome in Spanish, Galician, Catalan, or Basque. The
deadline for submission is September 1, 2025.
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