PG Arts Glasgow

[Suchitra Choudhury @suchichoudhury]

@difference_conf Two fantastic days at Glasgow conference --- Big thanks to organisers Moira, Colin, Matteo and others!

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Check out the Storify of #diffconf16! https://t.co/YoJyiniprF

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@bluedevilism You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Difference: Fear, Fascination and Foreignness" https://t.co/YoJyiniprF

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Did anyone leave a bag with this notebook at the pub? Let us know if it was you! #diffconf16

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@arp_chak thank you! You were great, really loved your presentation!

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The conference committee have managed to get a Game of Thrones reference into the theory chat. #lifegoals #canyoutellweretired #diffconf16

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Is queer an identity, a behaviour or a term for anything we want to call queer? Can we call, for example, pregnancy, queer? #diffconf16

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Changing ideas of what is radical - affected by society and defined against mainstream culture #diffconf16

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Presentation from reading group asking what does it mean to be queer? Raising questions about sexuality + gender transgression #diffconf16

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Beautiful view of the Glasgow sunshine only slightly marred by the Boyd Orr! #diffconf16

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Text 2 is Preciado's Testo Junkie. They talk about resistance to fixed gender categories and 'pharmacopornographic capitalism' #diffconf16

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Is 'bearing witness' an adequate term? Discussions over whether this is a passive act, or if it can be more active #diffconf16

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How do women use language and texts created by and for men? How do readers interact with texts? #diffconf16

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Text 1: 'What does a woman want?' - how is women's writing different? Is it necessarily autobiographical? #diffconf16

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Reading group begins w/ noting theory in academia doesn't happen in a vacuum but against a political backdrop #fairpayinhe #diffconf16

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The reading group is about to kick off! Still space to join us in the Alwyn Williams building. #diffconf16

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Closing things off with a session run by the Theory @ Random group - 3pm in the Alwyn Williams building! #diffconf16

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And that's all our panels done! Huge congratulations to all our fantastic speakers #diffconf16

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Panel 5B: Empire. Three very different, completely fascinating approaches to colonialism. Shows benefit of interdisciplinary approach.

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McMorris - 'when I found this photo, she stopped being my grandma and became colonised'. Very powerful, evocative presentation #diffconf16