Queer Politics of Post-Enlightenment

Kulpa, Roberto

Abstract

This invited presentation reflected on the contemporary queer studies and the geo-temporal ‘unsettlement’ of Central and Eastern Europe in the occidental (and occidentalist) imaginary.

Dr Kulpa pointed to the uncanny possibilities for queer studies emerging from the Central-Eastern European position of ‘inbetweenness’ the Occident and the Orient. He reflected on the role and place of The Enlightenment and the continuation of ‘coloniality of knowledge’ (Quijano) in LGBTIQ+ activism, pondering structural limitations of this dominant paradigmatic frameworks.

The invitation was part of the international seminar: "Working transnationally beyond comparative hierarchies. Exploring relationalities, solidarities and changing conditions in transnational research and pedagogies", Lund University, Sweden.

Citation

Kulpa, R. (2021, December). Queer Politics of Post-Enlightenment. Presented at Working transnationally beyond comparative hierarchies: Exploring relationalities, solidarities and changing conditions in transnational research and pedagogies, Lund University, Sweden

• Presentation Conference Type: Speech
• Conference Name: Working transnationally beyond comparative hierarchies: Exploring relationalities, solidarities and changing conditions in transnational research and pedagogies
• Conference Location: Lund University, Sweden
• Start Date: Dec 1, 2021
• End Date: Dec 3, 2021
• Deposit Date: Dec 25, 2022
• Keywords: Queer Politics; Post-Enlightenment; LGBTIQ activism; Central and Eastern Europe; decolonial knowledge
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2993972