Zamišljanje radikalno drugačnih prihodnosti: Dialektika spola in feministične utopije danes

Mednarodni simpozij
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V Dialektiki spola je Shulamith Firestone zagovarjala feministično revolucijo, ki pod vprašaj ne bi postavila le privilegijev, temveč bi sprevrnila samo materialno osnovo spolnega, rasnega in razrednega zatiranja. Poznejša feministična teorija in filozofija sta se sicer le redko sklicevali na njen utopični manifest in se usmerili v bolj umeščene, heterotopične (če uporabimo koncept Michela Foucaulta) načine mišljenja upora. Danes pa so številni glasovi ponovno pozvali k ambicioznejšemu, sistemskemu pristopu k spolno zaznamovanemu zatiranju, ob tem pa ponovno oživili zamišljanje korenito drugačne prihodnosti. Nekatere_i se pri tem navdihujejo tudi pri »nevarnem« utopizmu Shulamith Firestone: mislijo možnosti korenite reorganizacije biološke reprodukcije, spolnosti in družabnosti, reproduktivnega in domačega dela; zagovarjajo opuščanje mezdnega dela; osredotočajo se na tehnologijo kot obenem silo zatiranja in potencialnega upora; prevprašujejo posesivno logiko filiacije in krvnega sorodstva, tudi iz kvir in trans feminističnih perspektiv.

V okviru simpozija bomo premislile_i razloge za, zlasti pa potenciale te teoretske preusmeritve danes. Raziskale_i bomo epistemsko in politično vlogo, ki jo zamišljanje drugačne prihodnosti skozi sistemske spremembe lahko igra pri razumevanju in kritiki obstoječih institucij in razmerij oblasti, ter vlogo pojmov, s katerimi slednje mislimo. Medtem ko je Firestone poskusila spolno zaznamovano zatiranje razložiti s sklicevanjem na njegov domnevni izvor (v biološki reprodukciji), želimo tu premisliti obratno potezo: kaj nam lahko zamišljanje drugačne prihodnosti pove o sedanjosti? Kakšno vlogo – če sploh – bi imaginacija in spekulacija morali igrati pri analizi in kritiki družbenih razmerij? Premislile_i bomo tudi nevarnosti, ki lahko pestijo utopične predloge: ti so lahko kaj hitro razumljeni kot model za politično delovanje in nova norma obnašanja. Je normativnost, ki predpisuje delovanje, nujni sestavni del vsakršne emancipatorne, kritične teorije? Če je, na čem jo lahko utemeljimo? Je preskripcija inherentna spekulativnemu mišljenju? Obstaja način, da se ji izognemo – in ali bi se ji sploh morali?

V okviru simpozija bomo naslovile_i tovrstna in druga vprašanja, vezana na vlogo utopične spekulacije v kritičnem mišljenju. Simpozij zaznamuje izdajo prvega slovenskega prevoda Dialektike spola. Prispevki na simpoziju bojo objavljeni v zborniku, ki bo v letu 2020 izšel za Založbo /*cf., uredili ga bosta Katja Čičigoj in Amelia Kraigher.

Predavanja: Victoria Margree, Sophie Lewis
Paneli: Pia Brezavšček, Katja Čičigoj, Chrys Papaioannou, Anamarija Šiša

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Urnik:

9.30: Odprtje simpozija

9.45: Victoria Margree: Nevarni utopizem Shulamith Firestone

11.15: Panel 1:
Chrys Papaioannou: Vse-svetovno življenje
Katja Čičigoj: O izvorih in ciljih: teleologija in naravno stanje v Dialektiki spola

14.30: Panel 2:
Anamarija Šiša: Šola je umirajoči pekel: anti-kapitalistični razmisleki o otrocih
Pia Brezavšček: Radikalnost feminizma Shulamith Firestone

16.15: Sophie Lewis: Maternično delo, konec dela, osvoboditev

17.45: Sklepna diskusija

Vstop prost.

Koncept: Katja Čičigoj; organizacijski odbor: Katja Čičigoj, Amelia Kraigher, Teja Reba; soorganizacija: Mesto žensk; Založba /*cf., Knjigarna Azil (ZRC SAZU); podpora: Ministrstvo za kulturo; Mestna občina Ljubljana.

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Imagining radically different futures: The Dialectic of Sex and feminist utopias today

International Symposium
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In The Dialectic of Sex, Shulamith Firestone
advocated for a feminist revolution that would not merely question
privileges, but overthrow the very material bases of sex-, race- and
class oppression. Her utopian manifesto has rarely been taken up in
subsequent feminist theory and philosophy, which tended to gravitate
towards more situated, heterotopian modes of thinking rebellion
(to use Michel Foucault’s concept). Recently, however, several voices
have called for a more ambitious, systemic approach to gendered
oppression and have revitalised the imagination of radically different
futures. Some of them take their inspiration from the “dangerous”
utopianism of Shulamith Firestone: they conceive the possibilities for a
significant reorganisation of biological reproduction, sexuality and
sociality, reproductive and domestic labour; they contest the wage-form;
they focus on technology as both a force of oppression and of potential
rebellion; they question the possessiveness of filiality and genetic
kinship, including from queer and trans feminist perspectives.

In this Symposium, we will investigate the reasons behind
and the potentials of this theoretical reorientation today. We propose
to explore the epistemic and political role which imagining a radically
different future through systemic change might play in understanding and
contesting present institutions and power relations, and the role of
the concepts with which we grasp them. While Firestone herself tried to
explain gendered oppression with reference to its supposed origin
(biological reproduction), we propose to explore what the opposite move
might yield: what could imagining a different future tell us about the
present? What role – if any – should imagination and speculation play in
analysis and critique? We will also consider the risks of blueprinting
political action and norming behaviour, potentially inherent in utopian
proposals. Is a normative, prescriptive component necessary to an
emancipatory, critical theory, and if yes, what should ground it? Is
prescription inherent to speculative thought? Is there a way to avoid it
– and should we want to?

In this Symposium, we would like to address these and other questions
pertaining to the role of utopian speculation in critical thought. The
Symposium marks the publication of the first Slovenian translation of The Dialectic of Sex.
Contributions to the Symposium will be published by the /*cf.
publishing house in 2020 in a volume edited by Katja Čičigoj and Amelia
Kraigher.

Keynotes: Victoria Margree, Sophie Lewis
Panelists: Pia Brezavšček, Katja Čičigoj, Chrys Papaioannou, Anamarija Šiša

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Schedule:

9.30: Opening address

9.45: Victoria Margree: The Dangerous Utopianism of Shulamith Firestone

11.15: Panel 1:
Chrys Papaioannou: Pan-World Living
Katja Čičigoj: On Origins and Endpoints: Teleology and the State of Nature in The Dialectic of Sex

14.30: Panel 2:
Anamarija Šiša: School is a dying hell: anti-capitalist thoughts about children
Pia Brezavšček: The Radicality of Shulamith Firestone’s Feminism

16.15: Sophie Lewis: Womb Work, Anti-Work, Liberation

17.45: Closing Discussion

Concept: Katja Čičigoj; organising committee:
Katja Čičigoj, Amelia Kraigher, Teja Reba; co-organized by: City of
Women; Založba /*cf., Knjigarna Azil (ZRC SAZU); suppoerted by: Ministry
of Culture, City of Ljubljana.