Pressing inequalities remain a central fixture of social theory, research, activism, and everyday living. Climatological distress; racialized terror; criminal [in]justice system expansion; techniques of extractive labor practices and production; militarized borders; right-wing populist resurgence; anti-trans and -queer violence; gendered stratification; threats to indigenous sovereignty; and neocolonial formations are only broad hints to the varying oppressive regimes and inequities occurring throughout the Americas and the world. Structural analyses are important tools in which scholars and activists have come to development knowledge and resistance; however, Borderlands: A Critical Graduate Symposium 2018 will function as a space in which the body is centered, re-posited, and re-illuminated within discussions of these phenomena. Accordingly, the 3rd annual conference theme is “Cartographies of the Body: Subversion. Surveillance. Crossings.”
Borderland will take place on Friday, March 30th and Saturday, March 31st. This two-day symposium will explore scholarship and artwork that highlight how different meanings and conceptions of bodies, identity, and their residues impact our mapping of the social world. This event is open to all departments and disciplines.
To register for Borderlands: A Critical Graduate Symposium please visit: https://borderlandsgraduatesymposium.wordpress.com/registration/
For more details about the conference, participants, and research being featured, please visit: https://borderlandsgraduatesymposium.wordpress.com/upcoming/
For more information, contact: Cynthia Melendez at borderlands.uconn@gmail.com