Can an anti-caste movement politics found trans/queer histories? Using the framework of caste abolition and queer/trans legal struggles in South Asia, our workshop will offer some potential pathways for radical trans/queer/caste futurites.
Two (rather ambitious!) questions will animate our gathering:
- How has the escalation of authoritarianism and religious violence in South Asia impacted queer/trans/caste projects of dissent?
- What do trans/queer/caste movements teach us about navigating crisis amidst a climate of constant conflict?
Arondekar is currently working on a third project, tentatively entitled, Oceanic Sex: Archives of Caste and Indenture, that couples the archival forms of indenture with the oceanic voyages of caste and sexuality.
Light refreshments will be available.
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This event is presented by the Queer and Trans Anti-Fascisms Research Cluster, funded by the Public Humanities Hub.
Co-sponsors: Department of Asian Studies, Centre for Migration Studies, Centre for Climate Justice, Department of Geography, Department of English Language & Literatures, and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice.